Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • 29 residents complete CERT training

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — South Brunswick’s first Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) graduated on Monday. Twenty-nine residents completed the eight-week curriculum, designed to utilize community members in the wake of an emergency or disaster. The program covers areas such as disaster preparedness, medical operations, fire suppression, search…

  • Police seek suspected rapist

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Police continue to search for a man who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl in an Adams Lane apartment. North Brunswick Township Police discovered the girl on Holly Avenue on Monday at 1:30 p.m., shortly after she was seen ringing a resident’s doorbell, according…

  • Man faces cemetery theft charges

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A New Brunswick man may have given new meaning to the phrase “grave robber.” Charles Ocello, 47, reportedly tried stealing over $500 worth of flowers, plants and flags from the Van Liew Cemetery on Georges Road at 3 p.m. Nov. 12, according to…

  • County receives 5,460 more flu vaccine doses

    The Middlesex County Public Health Department recently received an allotment of 5,460 additional doses of the influenza vaccine from the state. The more than 2,000 senior citizens who applied for, but did not receive, a reservation for a flu shot during the recent lottery will now be able to receive the vaccine. The health department…

  • Crowd assembles to honor sacrifices of vets

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9111 and the American Legion Post 401 and residents of South Brunswick gathered on Veterans Day to honor men and women who gave their lives for their country. “Every day is Veterans Day,” Gary P.…

  • Items sought for troops

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A collection drive stands to bring a touch of home to troops overseas. Assemblyman Bill Baroni (R-Middlesex) and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will be collecting items to send to New Jersey troops stationed overseas. The “Basket for Troops,” according to Baroni,…

  • Jewish Center organizes new women’s group

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Local women can make new acquaintances while exploring tradition at the new Jewish Women’s Circle. The Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick, located at 1 Riva Ave. in North Brunswick, will host its first all-female event tonight at 8 p.m. “Women have always…

  • Public gets kick out of benefit

    Students organize events to raise funds for classmate with cancer BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Danielle Veverka, (l), 16, and Patty Veloso kick-box on Nov. 16 at South Brunswick High School to raise money for Trina Pierce, a student with cancer. It was a class with a lot…

  • Angelic Care offers pampering and support

    Area cancer patients find BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer For years, cancer patients in the Woodbridge area dealing with hair loss as a result of radiation treatments had no choice but to buy wigs from a counter person at a local store. Roxanne Corba wanted to change that. “They need a…