Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Another photo casualty in the annals of the DMV

    Lori C linch Are We There Yet? I picked up the phone the other day to call the doctor’s office so I could set up an appointment for my annual physical. I might have even done it if it hadn’t been for one thing: I didn’t want to. There’s nothing I hate more than the…

  • Officer stands trial in ’04 cat euthanization

    SPCA, defense debate ID of cat, whether state law was broken BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer A Monroe Township animal control officer is awaiting a decision in Jamesburg Municipal Court on animal cruelty charges that could cost him his career. Frank Faraone stood trial last week on charges of procuring the…

  • Two plaza shops burglarized

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Businesses on Aaron Road fell victim to snatch-and-grab burglaries this week. Burglars who threw pieces of cinder block at the front glass doors of two shops in Aaron Road Plaza got away with $1,520 in separate incidents between Feb. 3 and 5, according…

  • Two officers promoted

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township promoted two of its men in blue this week. During the Township Council’s regular Monday night meeting, Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack issued oaths of office to two law enforcement officers. Sgt. Keith Buckley, hired by the North Brunswick Township Police Department…

  • North Brunswick adopts pay-to-play ordinance

    Some residents critical, say there are too many ways to circumvent it BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Residents have already expressed skepticism regarding the township’s new pay-to-play ordinance. After the Township Council unanimously voted to adopt the measure, which attempts to regulate the awarding of municipal contracts to…

  • $150K would hire help for master plan review

    No. Bruns. committee will seek planner of BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Officials could spend $150,000 to hire help with the township master plan. If the Township Council approves the measure, the money would fund the employment of a “planner with national status” for the township’s review of…

  • Man robbed in motel room

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 20-year-old South Brunswick man reported he was robbed following an encounter with a woman on Sunday. According to South Brunswick Police Detective James Ryan, the man met the woman at Fuddruckers on Route 1 in New Brunswick. After the encounter, the pair went to the Red Roof Inn on Route 1…

  • Winter clubs formed for residents with disabilities

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Christine Maiorano (r) a Rainbow Club staff member, helps Diane Marannuchi with the chocolate lollipops at North Brunswick’s Senior Center on Monday. NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township is trying to meet the special needs of its residents this season. In trying to…

  • Top cops recognized at annual awards dinner

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — All in a day’s work. The Police Benevolent Association and Fraternal Order of Police held their seventh annual police awards dinner Saturday to honor its officers. Several officers and detectives from the South Brunswick Police Department were recognized for acts of heroism and…