Category: Sentinel-NBS Calendar

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Dina Michaelidas, 3, enters the last leg of the North Brunswick Township Parks and Recreation Department’s Preschool Program’s annual Turkey Trot, Tuesday.

  • Local program viewed as more viable alternative Retired officer prefers hard-hitting, up-close and honest approach in drug education

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Local program viewed as more viable alternative Retired officer prefers hard-hitting, up-close and honest approach in drug education “DARE to keep kids off drugs” To retired Middletown Police Detective Michael Slover, the reel-to-reel, look-’em-in-the-eye lessons learned by drug addict Richie Johnson’s videotaped life and death are key components in…

  • DARE isn’t the answer for some school districts

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Middletown isn’t the only school district that uses alternative programs to educate children about the ramifications of substance abuse. While Oceanport, Long Branch and West Long Branch do have a DARE program implemented in their schools, each of those towns is also part of what is referred to as…

  • Boating skills course coming to Sayreville

    U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 2-1 will offer a four- lesson boating skills and seamanship course from 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays beginning Nov. 26 at the Flotilla Headquarters Building, 167 Main St., Sayreville (Borough Hall annex). Upon satisfactory completion of the end-of-course test, students will receive a New Jersey State Boating Safety Certificate.…

  • New Jersey Council on Arts grants to be offered

    The New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA), Trenton, has announced it will offer various grants for fiscal year 2002-03. Available categories are special projects grants, community arts collaboration grants, and projects serving artists grants. Eligible groups are nonprofits incorporated in New Jersey, a unit of government, or a college/university. Grant applicants must hve…

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    DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT Richard and Janet Einstein along with their dog, Lulu, are greeted by Dog Park owner Gretchen Zimmer during an open house at the new business on Route 27 in South Brunswick on Sunday.

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI South Brunswick High School cheerleaders Arisa Sawyer, Dionne Hemmings, Mira Alegre and Shante Slaughter take a break from their cheering at Saturday’s football game in Middletown.

  • Suspect walks with cash from bank on Ryders Lane

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra MILLTOWN — A bank robber walked into the Fleet Bank located at 100 Ryders Lane last Thursday and escaped on foot with $7,300, according to Sgt. Douglas Cole. "He put his elbows on the counter, said nothing, and held up a note that read, ‘Give me $15,000 or I…

  • South Brunswick to unveil ‘Crossroads’ mural Tues.

    South Brunswick to unveil ‘Crossroads’ mural Tues. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick Arts Commission will unveil "Crossroads," the township mural during a special celebration at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the South Brunswick Municipal Building. The mural will be hung in the main meeting room and the public is invited to view the exhibit. Created…