Author: JENNIFER AMATO

  • Event center approved at double hotel site in North Brunswick

    Event center approved at double hotel site in North Brunswick

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – An event center will be built between the Staybridge Suites and the Holiday Inn Express and Suites on Route 1 in North Brunswick. Experts testifying on behalf of Koyal Realty LLC came before the North Brunswick Planning Board on Feb. 11 to discuss a building that would sit between the two properties…

  • Sale of #NBSTRONG T-shirts raises more than $12K for North Brunswick Food Bank

    Sale of #NBSTRONG T-shirts raises more than $12K for North Brunswick Food Bank

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – Meg Wright had an idea to support North Brunswick that stemmed from an idea from her children’s elementary school. At Woodfern Elementary in Hillsborough, she is a board member on the Home and School Association and they run a T-shirt fundraiser for the food pantry. So, she said she pitched the idea…

  • Community Bulletin Board: the Sentinel (for June 10)

    Community Bulletin Board: the Sentinel (for June 10)

    Editor’s note: In light of recent events related to coronavirus, some organizations have decided to cancel their upcoming programs. Please check the status of any event before attending.     The East Brunswick Library is teaming up with Princeton Radiation Oncology, Regional Cancer Care Associates (Central Jersey division) and Aura Dermatology to offer a special…

  • Community Bulletin Board: the Suburban (for June 10)

    Community Bulletin Board: the Suburban (for June 10)

    Editor’s note: In light of recent events related to coronavirus, some organizations have decided to cancel their upcoming programs. Please check the status of any event before attending. An ongoing, updated list is available at www.centraljersey.com. Sayreville Day is currently planned for Sept. 12, with a rain date of Sept. 19, at Kennedy Park. Resident…

  • Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for June 10)

    Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for June 10)

      Editor’s note: In light of recent events related to coronavirus, some organizations have decided to cancel their upcoming programs. Please check the status of any event before attending. The 4-H clubs of Middlesex County will offer Social Distance Front Porch Portraits. A professional adult volunteer photographer from the 4-H will photograph families for events…

  • Community Bulletin Board: the North and South Brunswick Sentinel (for June 10)

    Community Bulletin Board: the North and South Brunswick Sentinel (for June 10)

    Editor’s note: In light of recent events related to coronavirus, some organizations have decided to cancel their upcoming programs. Please check the status of any event before attending.   The Islamic Society of Central Jersey (ISCJ), in partnership with the South Brunswick Food Pantry, holds a weekly drive-thru food pantry program every Saturday from noon…

  • Leaders in North Brunswick weigh in on how to create ‘new destiny’ for black community

    Leaders in North Brunswick weigh in on how to create ‘new destiny’ for black community

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – “Enough is enough.” That is how Bishop Calvin Enlow of New Destiny Family Worship Center in North Brunswick began the “Healing for Our Nation” community conversation he organized on June 5. “I have been praying all week that this would serve as a healing platform for our communities and throughout our nation,”…

  • Telemedicine is Emerging as Modern-Day House Call

    Telemedicine is Emerging as Modern-Day House Call

    By Tobe Fisch, M.D. In the early days of medicine, physicians primarily made house calls, which enabled sick patients to stay home, and also provided the doctors a glimpse into their patients’ lives. Today, telemedicine is emerging as the modern-day alternative to the house call, and with the COVID-19 pandemic, the adoption of telemedicine for…

  • Common calendar, Packet papers, June 5

    Editor’s Note: Please call before attending any event. As of press time, the shelter in place due to the coronavirus outbreak was until further notice.   Now open The Princeton Farmers Market is now open for the 2020 Summer Market Season. The new, temporary location is the Franklin Avenue parking lot, 46-80 Franklin Ave., Princeton.…