Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • Assemblywoman takes tough stand on threats

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer With no type of legislation currently on the books to handle the issuance of bomb threats, state Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Monmouth and Middlesex) has announced plans to introduce a bill which would mandate punishment for anyone who makes a bomb threat or causes other false public…

  • Nursery school unveils revamped playground

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The nursery school at the B’nai Tikvah temple held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sunday to celebrate a new playground designed to please anyone who is young at heart. Funded through several events to raise money for the new playground equipment, fence and mulch,…

  • Wall project teaches dark chapter of history

    Seventh-graders build tribute to Holocaust at Linwood Middle School BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The seventh-grade students of Linwood Middle School have created a Holocaust Remembrance Wall to commemorate the execution of over 11 million people by Nazi Germany in the early 1940s. Over 300 students created 5-by-8-inch…

  • Participants sought for Memorial Day parade

    Twp. accepting event registrations, grand marshal nominations BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Memories can last a lifetime. For our nation’s armed services veterans, sometimes those memories are not the fondest. It therefore become an American tradition to honor, salute and remember all of the men and women who…

  • Meals on Wheels ready to assist those in need

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – In a society consumed by the socialization component of food, some people still eat to live instead of living to eat. To aid with residents who are in need of food delivery to sustain themselves in their daily lives, the township offers the…

  • It’s mayor vs. mayor in South Brunswick race

    Incumbent Gambatese facing Johnson in the Democratic primary BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Frank Gambatese SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The current and former mayors of South Brunswick are competing against each other in the Democratic primary elections, to be held on June 6. The first directly elected mayor of the township, Debra…

  • It’s all in a day’s work

    Kids live parents’ daily routines in Take Your Children to Work Day BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Not many adults tour the police department, go on a hayride, do arts and crafts, watch a movie, and visit a fire truck and garbage truck while on the job. As…

  • Car show a gas for hundreds in attendance

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above, Dennis Byrne (l) of South Brunswick and his sons, Chase and Garrett, get a rare glimpse of one of the most recognizable cars in the world. Below, Kelly Kelly, of Hamilton, and her daughter, Brittney, admire the details of the “All…

  • Auxiliary schedules May 6 trip to Showboat

    The Brookview Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary will sponsor a May 6 bus trip to the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 8 a.m. from the Dunhams Corner Road Firehouse. Arrival at Showboat will be at approximately 11 a.m. Departure from the casino is set for 5 p.m. Return to East Brunswick will…