Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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So. Brunswick camp night could become tradition
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Above, the Duarte family gets ready to sleep in their tent with daughter Julia, 7, during the South Brunswick Family Camp Out on Friday. At left, Brianna Rubino, 7, South Brunswick, leads the pack while dancing at the Family Camp Out at the Environmental Center. The…
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Police investigating Renaissance vandalism
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Several areas of the Renaissance development on Route 130 have been vandalized over the last month. Most recently, the Snack Shop at 3 Lindsey Drive, sustained less than $100 worth of damages. From Aug. 14-19 someone broke two bathroom vents, according to a…
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All Shall Fade battles it out in Sayreville
East Brunswick-based band sees success with original rock music BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer All Shall Fade, made up of (l-r) Guy Coletti, Milton Banerjee, Dan Page, of North Brunswick, John Stevenson and Joe Brower, will perform in the finals of a months-long Battle of the Bands this week in Sayreville.…
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Patrol boat among many homeland security buys
Middlesex County officials will use a $1.65 million federal grant to buy a patrol boat, computer equipment and other supplies designed to improve security in the area. The county’s 12-member Homeland Security Implementation Committee came up with a list of allocations, which are being funded with an annual grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland…
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Police Beat
All items in Police Beat are taken from police department records. All suspects are presumed innocent until found guilty in court. North Brunswick Police are investigating a report of a burglary at a residence on Livingston Avenue on Aug. 12. More than $1,300 worth of jewelry and $1,200 in cash were taken from the bedroom.…
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The back-to-school silence is golden
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch Another school year is rapidly approaching, and I’m not happy. I’ll surely pay heck for admitting that. The gals in my Let’s Have School Year-Around Club will shun me forever. People will start to look at me differently, and my mother will load me up and take me straight…
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The buzz around town
North Brunswick resident stuck on making honey BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff North Brunswick beekeeper Frank Locke uses smoke to deter bees to retrieve honey. Winnie the Pooh would have a field day if he ever came to North Brunswick.North Brunswick’s Frank Locke, 51, is a roofer by…
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Designer honored memorial was chosen
Fountain dedication Sept. 11; deadline to buy pavers Friday BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Above, workers lay the foundation at South Brunswick’s September 11 Memorial site at the municipal building. At right, Amado Batour works on the memorial. His design was chosen by the public in the fall. Construction on South…
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Youths learn police work from the pros
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer North Brunswick Junior Police Academy officers (l-r) Mark Byrd, Alexandria Crisofulli and Daniel Davis graduated Friday after a two-week training period in CPR, drill, terrorism and crime scene photography. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Left, left, left, right left. Twenty Junior Police Academy officers graduated on Friday after…
