Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Township may repair fewer streets than planned
Hurricane Katrina caused higher prices for raw materials BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Township Council is deciding which road to take in regard to repairing various traffic surfaces in town. According to CME Associates engineer Michael McClelland, increased prices for raw materials have caused bidding estimates for…
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NFL players to take on public on the hardcourt
Charity game Saturday will raise funds for S.B. PAL BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Police Athletic League in South Brunswick will be getting a boost from some former professional athletes on Saturday. A benefit basketball game, “Pros vs. Kids,” will pit a team composed of players ages…
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In Cops and Rodders, the police always win
April 30 car show to raise money for families of deceased police officers BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Police Department is hoping for repeat offenders at this year’s 12th annual Cops and Rodders Car Show. Held by the township’s Death, Retirement, Widows and Orphans Fund Inc., the…
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Scouts heading south to help rebuild Miss. town
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Ten Boy Scouts and four adults will be traveling to hurricane-ravaged D’Iberville, Miss., where they will spend five days helping to rebuild the town South Brunswick has pledged to help recover in any way that it can. Six Scouts from Troop 10, Monmouth…
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‘Guys and Dolls’ runs this weekend in N.B.
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, guys and dolls: the township high school’s Alchemist Theatre Company will present its annual spring musical this weekend at the Commons on Raider Road. “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat,” “If I Were a Bell” and “Luck…
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Police: Man stole checks from mail, spent them
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police charged a Princeton man March 30 for going through numerous mailboxes in the area in an attempt to find and use blank checks mailed by credit card companies. Andrew Riley, 21, of Princeton, pilfered several checks and used them for his own…
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Council announces plans for $118K grant
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Township Council voted to approve a number of uses for a Community Development Block Grant Fund as part of its consent agenda on March 20. The $118,800 grant, which came from the county, includes $40,000 allotted for an existing code enforcement personnel…
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Better luck next time
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Muhammad Ahmad (r) reacts to losing the grand prize by one point during Ice Cream Bingo night at Livingston Park Elementary School in North Brunswick on Friday.
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35-cent tax hike proposed in N.B.
Board says faculty, equipment needed for high school BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer The North Brunswick Board of Education passed a school budget Tuesday that would spike the tax rate 35 cents, 13.3 cents of which was attributed to funding operations in the new wing of the township high school. If…
