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Parade route, 3 1 Survivor, 6 1 Suspect at large, 10 THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 Sentinel gmnews.com North Brunswick • South Brunswick Furniture retailer invests in vacant shopping center By KATHY CHANG opment is expected to expand the retail pro­ Staff Writer file of Route 1 and all of North Brunswick, and dramatically increase the number of major retailer will breathe new life shoppers by providing new residential op­ into the North Oaks Shopping Plaza. portunities, additional bus stops and a new The majority of the complex, lo­ A passenger station for the Northeast Corridor cated at 1345 Route 1 South in North rail line. Brunswick, has been vacant for years, and Available space at North Oaks Shopping the shopping center lost its anchor store, Plaza spans up to 55,000 square feet. Offi­ Pathmark, in 2011. cials at Raymour & Flanigan said they Furniture retailer Raymour & Flanigan would provide more details regarding the purchased the entire shopping plaza in No­ site before the anchor store opens. vember and will become the plaza’s new an­ In 2014, the township saw a $40 million chor. increase in its ratable base, the first such im­ Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack said he provement since the recession began in is pleased the township continues to attract 2008. Township officials said smart growth professional and well-respected retailers throughout North Brunswick is expected to along the Route 1 corridor, saying they “en­ further expand the tax base next year and hance and strengthen North Brunswick as a help to stabilize municipal taxes. desirable place to live, work and shop.” Township Director of Community De­ “We appreciate the investment that Ray­ velopment Michael Hritz said the Route 1 mour & Flanigan is making, not only for corridor continues to provide a strong mar­ their own store, but for the betterment of the ket for new retail tenants looking to take ad­ entire shopping center,” he said. vantage of area demographics. He said The North Oaks Shopping Plaza is being Crush Fitness in Commerce Center, Comer marketed as an open-air shopping center Bakery Cafe in the Shoppes at North with great visibility, located at the intersec­ Brunswick and Staples in the North Village tion of Route 1 and North Oaks Boulevard. Shopping Center are the latest examples of The center is less than 3 miles from the national retailers choosing to do business in newly planned mixed-use development known as MainStreetNB. The new devel­ (Continued on page 11) South Brunswick officers save three lives in a week By KATHY CHANG The officers returned later and forcibly Staff Writer entered the home, finding the man on the outh Brunswick police officers are bedroom floor, Ryan said. He was taken to being credited with saving the lives of an area hospital for treatment. three residents in separate incidents Relatives later called police to report that S the uncle had suffered a stroke and had been last week. A 68-year-old man reportedly suffered a on the floor for three or four days. Medical stroke and was found lying semiconscious personnel indicated to relatives that the on the bedroom floor of his Kingsland Cir­ uncle’s condition was life-threatening and cle home on Feb. 26, according to Police Lt. that he would have died had he not been James Ryan. A relative of the man had found, Ryan said. called police earlier in the day to report that The second incident took place on it had been a few days since anyone heard March 3, when police responded to a from his uncle, a university professor with a Springwood Court residence on a report that medical condition. a 75-year-old homeowner was not answer­ Officers Salvatore Fama and Brady Shel- ing his door. A housecleaner called police to cusky and Sgt. Ron Seaman responded to the report that she was concerned for the man’s man’s home, finding the door locked, Ryan welfare since he always lets her in, Ryan said. Looking through a window, they ob­ said. served a pair of glasses on the floor. After fur­ Officers Ryan Bartunek and Tara Jair- FRANK W0JCIECH0WSKI ther investigation, they learned that the uncle’s dullo observed newspapers on the front Glenis Redmond, poet with the State Theatre of New Brunswick’s Artist-in-Residence cellphone had not been used since Feb. 23, program, recites some of her works at the North Brunswick Senior Center on March 6. when it was used inside the residence. (Continued on page 11) 2 SENTINEL NS GREATER MEDIA NEWSPAPERS • www.gmnews.com March 12, 2015 LIMITED-TIME OFFER ENDS MARCH 15th Game of Thrones' available with HBO® on XFINITY TV Go app and at xfinity.com/tv More devices need more Internet speed. Do you have enough? For two weeks only, you can get a great deal on the XFINITY® XI Double Play. You’ll enjoy XFINITY Internet, which delivers the fastest, most reliable in-home WiFi for all rooms, all devices, all the time. 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HBO1" and related channels and service marKs are the property of Home Box Office, Inc. NPA162053-0023 DIV15-Q1-NNJ-A2 March 12, 2015 GREATER MEDIA NEWSPAPERS • www.gmnews.com NS SENTINEL 3 School principal proud to lead parade with education theme By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer local resident proudly displayed his heritage during the Woodbridge St. A Patrick’s Day Parade on March 8. Kendall Park resident Robert Patten — who is principal of Woodbridge's Matthew Jago Elementary School, a magnet school for special education that also houses regu­ lar education classes — served as grand marshal of the 42nd annual parade. “It was an amazing day for me,” said Patten, who led the parade in a red convert­ ible. “Aside from my pride in my commu­ nity regarding my Irish heritage, it was very heartwarming for me because the theme of the parade was education.” Patten, an educator in Woodbridge for 43 years, was named the New Jersey Prin­ cipal of the Year and received the Reward­ ing Visionary Leadership Award for 2005-06. He has been director of Wood- bridge Township’s Extended School Year Program since 1990, forming several parent organizations and coordinating parent train­ ing and fundraising events with Parents of Autistic Children (POAC). Previously, he was a teacher in Wood- bridge’s Gifted and Talented and Extended School Year programs, as well as in the township’s elementary schools. He served as an adjunct professor in the special edu­ cation department at Kean University. Patten said he saw many of the children he has taught over the years, as well as their parents, lined along Main Street dur­ ing the parade. He said he was proud that his school’s students with special needs were able to ride in the parade behind his vehicle. PH0T0 COURTESY OF ROBERT PATTEN “Sharing this day with my family and Robert Patten of Kendall Park, who is the principal of the Matthew Jago Elementary School in Woodbridge, serves as grand marshal of friends who were sitting on the reviewing the American Irish Association of Woodbridge’s St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 8. stand bundled up in blankets and matching tied by Irish immigrants,” Patten said. green scarves is a picture in my head that I He also said he has great pride in the ed­ will never forget,” he said. “The day was ucational system and noted how immigrants filled with memories and emotions that I settling this country relied on education to will cherish forever. move forward. Therefore, he said the Irish “I also think about how many of my parade and this year’s theme of education is daughter’s friends went away this week on “so much more than it seems on the sur­ their college spring break, yet my daughter face.” Rebecca chose to stay home and join my The American Irish Association of wife Karen and I at all the scheduled activ­ Woodbridge sponsors the parade.

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