Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Quick Chek coming to Rte. 130, Stults Road

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Zoning Board approved an application to construct a Quick Chek Food Store and gasoline station June 2. The convenience store will be built on a 3-acre lot on the corner of Route 130 North and Stults Road. The application was approved by…

  • County to preserve records with state grant

    BY MEGHAN ROBERTS Staff Writer BY MEGHAN ROBERTSStaff Writer Middlesex County will now be able to preserve and protect the paper and electronic records of several county departments due to a $940,899 state grant. The largest portion of the New Jersey State Records Committee Public Archives and Records Infrastructure Grant, $244,020, will be used to…

  • Burglary suspect eyed in sexual assault cases

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Police arrested a man they believe may have a connection to a string of sexual assaults occurring in the area over the last few years. Bruce Darnell Sterling, 34, of New Brunswick, was charged with burglary, criminal trespass and possession of a weapon…

  • Abracadabra

    JEFF GRANIT staff Juan Baxter, 9, sits on a floating table during a magic show performance by “Professor Archimedes” at Brooks Crossing Elementary School, South Brunswick.

  • State may expand innovation zone

    Measure offers incentives for area tech companies BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer A state zone designed to attract technology-based industries to the area could soon be expanded by the N.J. Assembly. Assemblymen Upendra Chivukula (D-Somerset/Middlesex) and David Mayer (D-Camden/ Gloucester) sponsored legislation in the fall to promote technological growth near universities…

  • 349-home plan gets final approval

    S.B. mayor says senior units will be good for town BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Final approval was granted to proceed with construction of a 349-unit adult residential community by the South Brunswick Planning Board Wednesday. The board approved Toll Brothers Inc.’s final site plan, which calls for construction of the…

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT staff Members of Boy Scout Troop 90 and VFW Post 911 place wreaths at a memorial site at the VFW in South Brunswick. Pictured are John Mandell, 15, (l-r) Si Volek, Carleen Wojciechowski and John Ryan.

  • Barbecue party carries on ancient traditions

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer PHOTOSBYJENNIFER AMATO Above, at the Glatt Kosher Food Court, hamburgers and hot dogs were barbecued for the Lag B’Omer celebration at the Chabad Jewish Center, South Brunswick, May 26. At left, Yosef Fine helps build a kite during the celebration. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Although the barbecue…

  • Eighth-grader finishes strong in geography bee

    So. Brunswick teen placed in Top 10 at national competition BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Tejas Raje SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Tejas Raje knows the right place to finish. Tejas, 14, an eighth-grader at Crossroads North Middle School and National Geographic Bee state champion, finished ninth among 55 competitors at the National…