Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Lori Clinch

    Are We There Yet? Facing the fashion critics at home Although I love being the center of attention, I feel that there is nothing more nerve-wracking than talking before a large group. Therefore, when I’m asked to speak to a crowd, I generally begin preparations weeks in advance. I start with a lack of sleep,…

  • So. Bruns. police execute drug raid in mobile home park

    One of three arrested during sting was carrying loaded .357-caliber Magnum BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Township police found themselves in a brief standoff with a resident during a narcotics search in Oakdale Mobile Home Park on April 20 that led to three arrests. The search was part of a two-month investigation…

  • Paw things: Group saves mistreated dogs

    Cascade Beagle Rescue starts chapter in N.B. BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Tucker is one of three rescued beagles owned by Patricia Scully, director of the Cascade Beagle Rescue-East. NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Cascade Beagle Rescue in town is in desperate need of foster homes for its dogs. The nonprofit organization,…

  • State funds redesign studies for highways

    Widening, bridge upgrades planned along routes 1, 27 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer The state Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced funding for four design phases and studies that will directly affect North Brunswick’s roadways. Part of the DOT’s Proposed Transportation Capital Program for Fiscal Year 2007 are the proposed studies…

  • Good, clean fun in S.B.

    Volunteers conclude month-long cleanup effort at Earth Day celebration BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SCOTT FRIEDMAN Ken Yeung (l) 16, and Chris Ruiz, 17, both from South Brunswick, check out the free pine tree saplings offered at Earth Day in South Brunswick on Sunday. SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Outside, there were ominous…

  • N.B. ‘geek’ to appear on the ‘Today’ show

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – A segment of the “Today” show this week will prove that geeks aren’t solely concerned with studying encyclopedias, coordinating suspenders to their bow ties, and playing chess. As part of a recent Harris Poll about what people find attractive in a partner, NBC’s…

  • Arbor Day at new D&R headquarters April 29

    Delaware and Raritan (D&R) Canal State Park will hold an Arbor Day open house April 29 from 1-5 p.m. at its new headquarters at Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston section of South Brunswick. The event will feature a 30-mile early morning bike road with East Coast Greenway at 9 a.m. beginning at Flemer Preserve,…

  • Greater Media Newspapers wins 42 NJPA awards for 2005

    “Willie,” first place, Portrait, Miguel Juarez With a total of 42 editorial, photography and advertising awards, Greater Media Newspapers had its best showing ever in the weekly division of the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2005. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 12 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties, and…

  • Rural Metro ambulance service leaving the state

    No. Brunswick EMTs say emergency service will not be affected by change BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The township’s First Aid and Rescue Squad (NBRARS) does not believe it will be affected by Rural Metro’s decision to phase out its ambulance service in New Jersey by April 30.…