Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Driver pleads guilty in teen suicide crash case
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Joshua Aanestad, accused of murdering his teenage friend as part of a suicide pact, pleaded guilty to murder in Family Court in New Brunswick on June 29. Aanestad, 17, was sentenced to 15 years and was remanded to the Juvenile Justice Commission, according…
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Ailing twp. employee thanks God, No. Bruns.
Community BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Imagine going into the hospital with a slight pain you think could be pneumonia, instead being diagnosed with leukemia and then being told that the cause is nothing more than bad luck. Carolann LaBarbera, 51, a clerk and typist for the Department…
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Research on caffeine and cancer earns teen grant
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A township teen is helping to find a cure for cancer, all before graduating high school. Sherry Zhou, 17, who just finished her junior year at South Brunswick High School, was recently awarded grant funding by the New Jersey Academy of Science (NJAS)…
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Medical Examiner’s Office ready for use
North Brunswick facility becomes operational Friday BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer PHOTOS BYSCOTT PILLING staff Above, the main autopsy room of the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Facility in North Brunswick is equipped with three beds, with the ability to expand to four. At left, North Brunswick Township Council President Carlo Socio…
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So. Brunswick rail line hits historical snag
Park service says line through battlefield would cause great harm BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer It could become the battle over the battlefield.Monmouth County and the U.S. National Park Service (USNPS) officials have begun discussions on the preservation of history in the face of proposed passenger rail service through a historic battlefield. Kristen Stevens, the…
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SCOTT PILLING staff North Brunswick Township High School graduate Robert Berls smiles as he receives his diploma during the ceremony held at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton on Tuesday. For more photos, see page 3.
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Council cuts increases to water, tax rates
So. Brunswick residents could see 5-cent hike to the municipal tax rate BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — How low can it go? The Township Council Tuesday introduced an amended ordinance that would further lower the rate increase for water and sewer to 8 percent. An ordinance that would…
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Innovation zones bill passes in Assembly
Supporters say expanded zone will bring jobs, tech sector companies to area BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Legislation sponsored by Assemblymen Upendra Chivukula (D-Middlesex/Somerset) and David Mayer (D-Camden/Gloucester) to establish new innovation zones in Central Jersey was passed Monday by an Assembly vote of 76-2 with one abstention.…
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Teen’s chronicle takes readers to hell and back
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer South Brunswick SOUTH BRUNSWICK — For Gabrielle Gozo, writing is more than just a hobby. Gozo, 18, who earned her high school diploma last week, is also a published writer. Gozo is the author of “Holy Hell,” published in March by AuthorHouse. The 591-page novel follows…
