Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Juveniles charged with robbing food deliverer

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Five township juveniles were arrested last week, allegedly connected with the robbery of a local delivery man. Two students were arrested at Linwood Middle School on March 15, and another three were arrested at North Brunswick Township High School on March 16 during…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Samaad Thomas takes a shot from the free-throw line during the 10th Annual March Madness Tournament in North Brunswick on Sunday. North Brunswick lost the tournament finals to Pennsylvania’s Upper Makefield, 62-30.

  • Salamander season has sprung

    Lizard-like amphibians begin annual migration across Beekman Road BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer This spotted salamander was among the first to make its way across Beekman Road in East Brunswick March 12. About 40 people came out to see if the warmer temperatures and rainfall would prompt the amphibians to cross…

  • Recycling poster contest open to K-8 students

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Stud-ents can win prizes, fame, and perhaps a cleaner environment in the school district’s first recycling poster contest. The competition is a joint effort between South Brunswick schools and the township’s recycling department in an effort to promote better awareness of proper recycling methods among students. South Brunswick students in grades K-8…

  • Mayor forms 7-member Quality of Life Team

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Seven municipal employees were appointed by Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack to spearhead the Quality of Life Team, a new group formed to help identify resident concerns and find ways to resolve them. “The preservation of North Brunswick as a desirable place in which…

  • IRS cautions taxpayers on identity theft scams

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer The Internal Revenue Service has issued several warnings for taxpayers to watch out for scams and cons that become more common as the filing deadline draws near, including two new scams that have begun making themselves prevalent this year. Scams tend to take on many forms,…

  • On Campus

    Anna Buchalczyk, Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y. Meghan Kathleen McCarthy, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, has been named to the dean’s for the fall semester at The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. Caldwell (N.J.)…

  • Planners reverse warehouse decision

    Company to pay $100K for study on developments’ effects BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer The South Brunswick Planning Board has reversed a Feb. 15 decision that denied a developer permission to build a 1.8 million-square-foot warehouse complex on Davidsons Mill Road amid concerns over flooding and traffic. At the board’s March…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff North Brunswick Police and Linwood Middle School staff help evacuate the students from the building after a handwritten bomb threat was found on a bathroom wall on Tuesday. For story, see page 5.