Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Hook, line and sinker

    PHOTOSBY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: Participants line up along the shoreline at the North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services’ Father’s Day Fishing Derby at Boyd Pond on Sunday. Christina Panyko, 3, looks over the 12-inch catfish she caught with her uncle, Anthony, 19. A young angler waits for a bite.

  • Shuttle brings seniors, disabled ‘into the loop’

    Plan for bus lines thru southern parts of county kicks off next week BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Freedom was never so inexpensive.Middlesex County officials yesterday announced plans to provide senior citizens, those with disabilities and others confined to their homes with low-cost bus services throughout the southern portion of the…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN staff The Szucs family, (l-r) John Jr., John Sr., Matthew, Patti and Cameron, relax during the Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services’ Community Camp Out at Sabella Park in North Brunswick on Saturday.

  • An ‘Enchanted Evening’ in North Brunswick

    Seniors hit the dance floor at annual prom BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Bucky Pollard and his wife Elsie share a slow dance during the fifth annual senior prom on Friday. NORTH BRUNSWICK — You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around … Nearly 150 senior citizens participated in…

  • Gardening, landscaping programs get new digs

    Rutgers office moves to So. Bruns. site, plans Aug. open house BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Time for a walk in the park. The Middlesex County Office of the Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension has moved to its new location at Davidsons Mill Pond Park. The office moved…

  • Firefighters battle 3 consecutive blazes

    Seven people left homeless following incidents last week BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff A fire in a home on Wheeler Road in Kendall Park left the building uninhabitable. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — It was a really hot few hours in South Brunswick. The township was hit with three separate…

  • ‘Lucky John’s’ love of poetry led to full life

    John Ciardi BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer John Ciardi On a quiet street downtown Metuchen lived a man who was born into poverty but who became a millionaire doing what he loved ––writing poetry. He shared Thanksgiving dinners with Isaac Asimov and lectured students at Harvard. He was a guest twice…

  • So. Brunswick library closes for the summer

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Shake-speare’s being shuffled around. The library officially closed on Monday for renovations to complete its $4.3 million expansion process. The temporary location at the utilities building at the municipal complex is expected to open in early July, according to Assistant Director Christopher Carbone.…

  • Police qualifications unchanged, for now

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Township Council put off a vote on an ordinance that would have changed police hiring procedures on Tuesday. The police hiring ordinance would amend the requirements for police recruits to allow four years of military service to be equivalent to 60 college…