Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Man accused of defrauding company out of $20K

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A five-month-long investigation into a series of financial irregularities has led to the arrest of a township man, who surrendered to police March 23. According to South Brunswick Detective Jim Ryan, James Woisznies, 38, faces three counts of theft by deception, forgery, fraudulent…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Rowan Ostrowicki, 3, examines the dashboard of a fire truck at the volunteer appreciation luncheon held by B’nai Tikvah Nursery School at Fire Company No. 3 in North Brunswick on Friday. Story, page 3.

  • School board votes for $126M budget

    So. Brunswick gets pleasant surprise on state aid figures BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer The South Brunswick Board of Education unanimously approved a $126 million budget Monday night, officially putting the decision before voters April 18. Described by board member Robert Long as “one that seeks to balance the interests of…

  • Kids show N.B. firemen they are appreciated

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Jordan Glassman, 4, glances at the Sept. 11 remembrance display on the back of a fire truck during the volunteer appreciation luncheon held by the B’nai Tikvah Nursery School at Fire Company No. 3 in North Brunswick on Friday. NORTH BRUNSWICK – It…

  • Residents critique three designs for J&J property

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The idea behind “the more, the merrier” definitely applied last Thursday night as roughly 85 residents had the opportunity to overlook and critique three preliminary design layouts for the Johnson & Johnson property as formulated by Hillier Architecture of Princeton. As part of…

  • Municipal budget called ‘a work in progress’

    Administration works on lowering 8-cent tax rate hike it would carry BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Township Council was presented with an introductory budget Tuesday, which would raise the tax rate by 8 cents, if passed in its current form. For a home assessed at $200,000, the…