Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Police seek two women in convenience store robbery

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Two females wearing matching sweat suits reportedly robbed a Route 130 convenience store at gunpoint on Sunday. The women reportedly held up two store clerks at Krauszer’s at 2:37 p.m. and escaped with approximately $500, according to North Brunswick Township police. One of the women, described as short, white, blonde and wearing…

  • Andrews case venue moved

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Councilman-elect Ralph Andrews has yet to have his day in court. Andrews, 53, who won election to the Township Council on Nov. 3, is now scheduled to appear at the East Brunswick Municipal Court at 6 p.m. Jan. 18 to face charges of reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident and…

  • Turnpike bottleneck will get more lanes

    A long-dreaded merge on the New Jersey Turnpike in Middlesex County will be remedied under a plan announced recently by acting Gov. Richard J. Codey. State transportation officials will, over the next 18 months, design a plan to widen a 20-mile stretch of the turnpike in Middlesex, Mercer and Burlington counties. This section includes the…

  • 38-0 Senate vote approves environmental prosecutor

    A bill sponsored by Senate President and Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey and Sen. Ellen Karcher (D-Monmouth and Mercer) to create a statewide Office of the Environmental Prosecutor in order to pursue legal action against criminals who violate environmental laws in New Jersey was recently approved by the Senate by a vote of 38-0. The…

  • Dave leads the fight vs. domestic violence

    Hillsborough resident a protector of women in South Brunswick BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer PHOTOSBY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Volunteer Tina Dave carries a box of supplies for the candlelight vigil to raise awareness of victims of domestic violence, held earlier this month at the South Brunswick Municipal Center. Below, Dave’s daughter,…

  • Beloved mother’s legacy lives on through dance

    No. Brunswick BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Paul Pappas Sr. reflects on his mother, Frances, who passed away six years ago, in his North Brunswick home on Tuesday. NORTH BRUNSWICK — The holidays will never be the same for the Pappas family. When the Pappases lost the matriarch…

  • Fifth-graders earn Nov. student-athlete honors

    Brianna Pastrick, 9, and Joseph Rosenberg, 10, excel in sports and class BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer “I like playing for the township team because they teach us to have fun and not to care about winning or losing, but how you improve at playing the game.” — Brianna Pastrick NORTH…

  • Scenes of 2004 Middlesex County

    Clockwise from top — John Yanchurak, 6, of North Brunswick, plays in a fire engine during National Night Out; General Washington at a re-enactment in Edison in September; JFK-Iselin defense players in a January game with Metuchen; a crowd watches fireworks over Edison’s Lake Pappaianni; a participant in Woodbridge High School Relay for Life has…

  • O’Reilly’s No. 7 high school jersey is retired

    Olympic gold-medalist thanks community, school for their support BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer PHOTO PROVIDED BY EAST BRUNSWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS Heather O’Reilly with Superintendent of Schools Jo Ann Magistro during a recent ceremony at East Brunswick High School. Olympic gold-medalist Heather O’Reilly dreamed of playing soccer in the Olympics and in…