Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Residents face chargesof heroin distribution
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Two residents of Oakleaf Village Drive were apprehended Jan. 11 as part of a cooperative narcotic investigation between the township Police Department, the New Brunswick Police Department’s Anti-Crime Unit and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force. Bernard Dickens Jr., 21, and…
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Greater Media Inc. to observe 50th year
Greater Media Inc., Boston, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in broadcasting throughout 2006. Owned by the Bordes family, the company was founded in 1956 by Yale classmates Peter A. Bordes and Joseph Rosenmiller. Greater Media Inc., whose corporate headquarters is in Braintree, Mass., is one of the largest and few remaining privately held broadcast…
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N.B. responds to cancer allegations
Board of Education no longer a defendant in family BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer In light of a recent lawsuit filed by the wife of a Board of Education member against North Brunswick, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson, the township has released information regarding the contamination at the North Brunswick…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN The Temple University Saxophone Quartet played a variety of classical selections during the “Saxophone Spectacular” at the Reformed Church of North Brunswick on Sunday.
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Man arrested for death of 3-year-old
Police: Mother BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer A North Brunswick man has pleaded not guilty to charges of fatally beating his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son. Robert Knutsen, 30, of Adams Lane, had bail set at $250,000 for the charge of one count of aggravated manslaughter on Friday at the Middlesex County Courthouse…
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Mural offers ‘windows’ into high school’s soul
No. Brunswick students worked over a year on painting in long hallway BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO The new 32-foot mural at the North Brunswick Township High School, which took four students 16 months to complete, incorporated windows and doors to express the theme of school pride represented throughout…
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Feds subpoena records related to Lynch probe
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township officials say they know of no connection between the township and the business dealings of former state Sen. President, political consultant and subject of federal investigation John A. Lynch and his partner John Westlake. The township received a federal subpoena on Dec.…
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Freeholders list priorities for the coming year
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer EDISON — Keeping the tax rate stable and preserving more open space are two major goals for 2006, said veteran Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel at the board’s reorganization meeting last week. “Last year, as you know, we did cut the levy by $257,000,” he said…
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Pet owners cautioned over tainted dog food
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Over 75 dogs have died from eating tainted food which has been shipped to 23 states, including New Jersey. While the manufacturer, Diamond Pet Foods, has issued a recall, there is still concern that people who have already bought the food are unaware of the dangers…
