Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Operation Cookie no half-baked idea
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer It’s a tradition nearly a half-century old.In their own way of helping veterans at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Hospital at Menlo Park, Edison, the East Brunswick Woman’s Club has again baked and delivered hundreds of cookies and candy items. The annual baking event, called Operation…
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Resident dies in trailer fire
Responders unable to gain entry to home of disabled veteran BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A raging fire took the life of a South Brunswick resident early last Thursday afternoon. The body of Wallace Whiting Sr., 68, was found after firefighters extinguished the blaze that ravaged his mobile…
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Township gets half of aid requested from state
Council tabled budget adoption in lieu of application outcome BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The state denied the township’s application for a half-million dollars in extraordinary aid for this year’s budget. The Township Council could adopt its $36.3 million budget as soon as Monday night, but it will…
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Police seek robbery suspects
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — An armed robber reportedly got away with $6,000 cash from the Oaktree Apartment Rental Office last week. A 31-year-old township woman working in the Oaktree Drive office reported the robbery, during which two men wearing black nylon stockings over their faces held her…
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Magazine contribution a ‘Highlight’ for 1st-grader
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A 6-year-old township girl has become part of a children’s classic. “Highlights for Children,” a magazine found in millions of waiting rooms, school rooms and homes across the globe, published a cartoon caption by Parsons Elementary School first-grader Erica Burns in its November…
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No. Bruns. man charged with cocaine distribution
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Township police arrested a 37-year-old Leary Drive resident on drug distribution charges in his home last week. Clarence Thompson faces drug possession and distribution charges after police executed a warrant at his home at 10:29 a.m. Nov. 3 that resulted in the confiscation…
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Democrats sweep South Brunswick
Party will now take full control of Township Council BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer In an unexpected turn of events, Democrats swept the South Brunswick Township Council election, giving the party complete majority control. Incumbent Carol Barrett and candidates Joseph Camarota and Charlie Carley defeated Republicans Lynda Woods Cleary, Roger Craig…
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Drug arrest made at NBHS
NORTH BRUNSWICK — An accusation of theft led to drug-related charges at the township high school Oct. 14. Police arrested Kamal McBride, 18, of Birchwood Court, after a teacher reportedly searched McBride’s belongings and discovered a controlled dangerous substance, believed to be marijuana, in McBride’s book bag on Oct. 13, according to police reports. The…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Corey Balint, Vishal Ramani and Keith Chester, of the Raiders team, take part in the Robotix Competition at North Brunswick Township High School on Saturday.
