Tag: Monmouth Junction Fire Department

  • South Brunswick High School evacuated after students fall ill

    South Brunswick High School evacuated after students fall ill

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Students returned to class shortly after South Brunswick High School was evacuated due to three students falling ill. According to a statement released by Principal Peter Varela, during a lesson on disease and blood issues on May 8, a student fainted. Two others, in response, did also. A number of other students…

  • Changes continue on South Brunswick Council

    Changes continue on South Brunswick Council

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Township Council selected a new member to replace Christopher Killmurray, who was sworn in as mayor just two weeks prior. Kenneth Bierman, a member of the Zoning Board and Monmouth Junction Fire Department for several years, was sworn in on April 25, according to the township Spokesman…

  • Firefighters save life of fellow member during three-alarm house fire

    Firefighters save life of fellow member during three-alarm house fire

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – South Brunswick firefighters saved the life of one of their own during a massive house fire. The fire, which went to three alarms, heavily damaged a home on the 900 block of Georges Road in the Monmouth Junction section of town around 9:32 a.m. on April 6. South Brunswick police had received…

  • Firefighters and family save pets from house fire

    Firefighters and family save pets from house fire

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A two-alarm fire on Feb. 19 heavily damaged a Monmouth Junction home, but firefighters and the family were able to save all of the pets in the residence. At 4:15 p.m., the husband and wife reported smelling smoke in their living room, according to information provided by the South Brunswick Police Department (SBPD).…

  • Police credit seatbelt with saving young man’s life during crash

    Police credit seatbelt with saving young man’s life during crash

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The 23-year-old driver of a car that split in half after striking a utility pole was released just five hours after the crash because he was wearing a seatbelt. The collision, which occurred at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 5 on Davidson Mill Road at Gregory Court in South Brunswick, caused the 2000 Mitsubishi…

  • Two traffic trailers – including one carrying syrup – overturn off Exit 8A

    Two traffic trailers – including one carrying syrup – overturn off Exit 8A

      SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Clean up crews were called to the scene of a tractor trailer that spilled fuel off of a New Jersey Turnpike exit. Around 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 20, a tractor trailer that had just come off of Exit 8A traveled on Cranbury-South River Road and then made a right onto Route 32…

  • Fatal crash claims life of 96-year-old

    Fatal crash claims life of 96-year-old

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police are investigating a motor vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 96-year-old. The crash occurred on Cranbury-South River Road (Route 535) at the intersection of Route 32 at 1:23 p.m. on Sept. 27, according to information provided by the South Brunswick Police Department. A Honda Accord was reportedly making a left turn…