Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Officer: MySpace is also predators’ space

    Cyber crimes expert shows parents what area teens post online BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer A local police officer came to South Brunswick last week with a dire warning to parents about what lurked just beyond their computer monitors. During a district-hosted cyber-safety seminar, Sgt. Rob Garofalo, a 16-year veteran of…

  • Italian Cultural Club holds first Pasta Festa

    No. Brunswick student awarded scholarship to study abroad BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above, chef Alfredo de Bonis transfers a handful of his homemade pasta to be cooked for the Italian Cultural Club’s Pasta Festa. Below left, Caterina Guido (l) serves Lora Arkin of New Brunswick a…

  • Officials note routine violations of truck ban

    Say state DOT has been slow to post proper signs on Adams Lane BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – A truck ban on Adams Lane has not been adhered to despite an ordinance adopted in May because of a traffic sign problem not yet corrected by the state. According…

  • County embarks on clean energy initiative

    Solar plant, hybrid trucks unveiled at press conference BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer PHOTOSBYJENNIFER AMATO Middlesex County will begin using biodiesel fuel in its heavier equipment vehicles, such as this truck, to reduce the dependence on environmentally unfriendly fossil fuels. Officials are preparing a long-term conversion plan for the para-transit fleet…

  • Lawyer’s absence delays VanDyke farm hearing

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A decision on the fate of the 300-year-old VanDyke farm was delayed for the fourth time during the South Brunswick Planning Board meeting on June 21. The application to build 76 luxury houses on the Davidsons Mill Road site was moved to another…

  • Community shaken over shooting death

    Boy, 12, is killed by gunshot while playing at friend’s BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Summer got off to a tragic start in the township Monday when a 12-year-old boy died as the result of a gunshot wound to the head. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that…

  • LEAL offers alternative to staying home alone

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Over 300 students had a LEAL good time at an end-of-the-year picnic at Babbage Park on Friday. Members of the Extended Leisure and Learning Alternative program (LEAL) celebrated the Wild, Wild West with games, rides, music, a barbecue and snacks. “This celebrates the…

  • County grant to improve pedestrian access at park

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The township is pedaling towards improving the 105-acre North Brunswick Community Park on Route 130. The township has received an $80,000 grant from the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders under the county’s Open Space & Recreation Pedestrian/ Bicycle Grant Program, according to…

  • Life imitates art with radio personality’s novel

    Wendy Williams draws crowd for book signing BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Radio personality Wendy Williams signed copies of her new novel “Drama Is Her Middle Name” at Barnes & Noble on Route 1 in North Brunswick on Friday. NORTH BRUNSWICK – She puts the “s” in shock and…