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Your Local Connection May 24, 2007 North Brunswick * South Brunswick 500 Future Leaders The area's best and brightest young adults are profiled Page 23 SCOTT PILLING staff Arms race Bobby llcyn chomps down on a sparerib during the Taste of the Towns food festival held at Our Lady of Peace in North Brunswick on Friday. The Weightiifting show fundraiser will support the 25th annual Heritage Day festival in the fall. raises funds for team Page 3 NJB. bolsters codes for sale of homes Quote of the week: units or habitable spaces in an attic or base- Gordon, who addressed the issue at the April Occupancy standards ment that are used for sleeping purposes can 30 council workshop meeting, any time there "There's nothing made more lenient for be sold or transferred without first obtaining a is a sale, the purchaser is obligated to comply Islamic about basket- current residents Certificate of Compliance from the with all regulations, and whether or not the ball or volleyball or Department of Community Development. The Realtor is from North Brunswick or out of soccer, but the way new aspect is that this ordinance has a broad- town, they must also adhere to the standards. BY JENNIFER AMATO er applicability, addressing houses other than He said the township will not permit the clos- you piay is what Staff Writer makes it more Islamic," just rental units. ing of a house unless the town has signed off n an effort to apply safer living conditions According to the regulations, any new pur- first. — Salaudeen Nausmdeeo without dislocating established North chaser must certify that he or she is aware of The ordinance also sets forth, codes and Pugc? IBrunswick families, the Township Council restrictions regarding the legal number of regulations for minimum square footage has revised two code enforcement ordinances units in a building, the legal number of occu- requirements. Every dwelling must have a affecting living spaces and occupancy stan- pants in each dwelling unit, the legal number minimum gross floor area of 175 square feet dards in homes. of occupants in each bedroom and the legality for the first occupant and 125 square feet for index The new sections regarding occupancy and of sleeping areas in a basement or attic. The each additional occupant. Sleeping areas must Classified .53 rental of property, which were adopted purchaser must obtain and sign a copy of the have 70 square feet for one person, but rooms Crossword 44 Monday, are based on existing regulations certificate. accompanied by two or more people must have Editorials 10 that were deemed too stringent and were Real estate agents who are involved with 50 square feet of space for each person. Entertainment 43 affecting residents who were following what such sales are also included and must ensure Children under the age of 3 are not considered Obituaries .46 they thought were the correct procedures. that the purchaser complies with the condi- additional occupants. Police Beat 13 "There are a lot of people who are living tions prior to receiving the title and ownership In addition, every bedroom must have Real Estate ... .49 absolutely legally and appropriately in their documents. The ordinance states that the access to at least one toilet and one bathroom Sports .48 homes who technically fall in violation of the township has the discretion of reporting any without passing through another bedroom. ordinances that were originally drawn, and real estate licensee who violates the require- In regard to other occupancy requirements, that was certainly not our intention," said ments to the New Jersey Real Estate living and dining areas must have 100 square Mayor Francis "Mac" Womack. "We want to Commission. feet of space for three people and 25 additional inter Media Newspaper address overcrowding and approved work in "It is important that when a house is sold, square feet for every additional person. The homes without potentially displacing or aggra- the real estate agent understands what our kitchen area can be 50 square feet for up to vating residents who are doing absolutely laws are so they can properly relate them to three people but four or more people www.gmnews.com nothing wrong." the purchaser," Womack said. The revisions state that no multifamily According to Township Attorney Ron (Continued on page 15) 2 SENTINEL, May 24, 2007 NS FLOWERING 14" COCONEST BASKETS tfo A tea Family Fcarm & MEMORIAL DAY SPECIALS gaskostamilyfarm.com Zonal Large Flower 5-6' NOW! ISTHEPERFECT TIME TO PLANT! 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Gaskos is (approx. 3 miles on right) iwww.gaskosfamUyyarm.com NS SENTINEL, May 24, 2007 3 Bodybuilders arm robot builders with over $2K Competition raises funds for award-winning NBTHS team's travels BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK - Quarter turn Double bicep. Relax. Quarter turn. Lat > * spread. Relax. Quarter turn. Side chest ol ,-T your choice. Relax. Quarter turn. Side tn- cep. Relax. Favorite most muscular posi- tion. Pose down music. Such simple instructions had much larg- er implications as a bodybuilding show, held by the North Brunswick Township High School Raider Robotix team on Saturdav raised over $2,000 to put toward the team"- expense account in*.--hopes of traveling t» Hawaii next year for a robotics competition The National Gym Association-san( - >• tioned competition featured 25 amateur and professional bodybuilders competing at the Tier One Novice Class, Tier Three and Pro Qualifier levels. Kyle Poulsen, 22, of Piscataway was a crowd favorite, placinu first in the novice lightweight category dui - ing his first professional show. "This was a local show. I was able to d" it after being done with school now. It's eas- ier to concentrate now that school is over It's fun and there are good guys in the show," said the former wrestler and curreni criminal justice/communication dou- ble major at Rutgers University. Poulsen wakes up and does 100 pushups and situps before eating every two to three hours and lifting weights at the gym five times a week. He said time management has helped him succeed in bodybuilding and col- lege. "The same thing with school and bodybuilding, if you surround yourself with the right people and have a good support structure, then you can pretty much have the same things to be suc- cessful," he said. Stephanie Alicandro, one of three female competitors in the show, said that success in female bodybuilding relies on muscle tone, overall symme- try, proportionality, smooth and natu- ral movements and a graceful smile. The 26-year-old U.S. Air Force mem- ber of eight years started bodybuilding about a year ago, influenced by the military to uphold proper physical fit- ness.