Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • No ID given on farm worker

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The identity of a man fatally electrocuted on Dey Road farm last week remained unreleased as police continued to work with the Guatemalan consulate in New York to notify the victim’s family. The man was found unconscious by a construction worker at the farm last week. According to South Brunswick Detective James…

  • Twp. helps board on cleanup funds

    About $6 million has been spent on NBTHS remediation BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer North Brunswick has agreed to amend its interlocal agreement with the Board of Education from February 2004 regarding money allotted for the cleanup of the North Brunswick Township High School. The township is now granting the board…

  • Constable parking lot plans changed

    Residents BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Time doesn’t heal all old wounds.Residents of Dawson Road, in the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, still sees faults with the Board of Education’s plan to expand Constable Elementary parking lot, despite changes to it. The plans, introduced in September, propose adding 87 staff…

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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…

  • Grant will be used for transit village studies

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A Smart Growth planning grant, which will be used to examine the possibility of a transit station in South Brunswick, was discussed at the Township Council’s workshop meeting on Tuesday. The $75,000 grant, awarded to the township by the Department of Community Affairs,…

  • Reform Dems take county committee primary races

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer North Brunswick NORTH BRUNSWICK — Although two factions of the Democratic Party were running against each other in the primary for county committee seats on Tuesday, both sides agreed that unity is now the key issue. “I’m glad this is over. It is time to get…