Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Gov.’s plan promotes healthful diet at school

    McGreevey visits E.B. middle school to unveil rules on food, drinks BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Making one of his final area appearances as governor, James E. McGreevey visited the Hammarskjold Middle School last week to promote a new fight against childhood obesity. McGreevey spoke to a sixth-grade…

  • To well-traveled rabbi, no place like home

    Carlebach established the Chabad of North and South Brunswick BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Rabbi Mendy Carlebach, 25, of the Chabad of North and South Brunswick, with former Gov. Christie Whitman (above), Sen. John McCain (l) and talk show host Sean Hannity (bottom left) at the Republican National Convention last month.…

  • Libraries celebrating Banned Books Week

    Surprisingly, many best sellers top the national list each year BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE — If the word “rebel” can be defined as someone who reads the dictionary, it can only mean one thing: it’s national Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week — Celebrating the Freedom to Read is…

  • Residents cautioned in wake of rabies scare

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A rabid cat bit a South Brunswick woman. The victim was bitten last week after attempting to help the cat, which appeared to be in distress, officials said. Animal Control picked up the cat on Michael Avenue and sent the animal to the…

  • MCEOC expands with new child care facility

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Parents have a new safe place to leave their children during the workday. The Middlesex County Economic Opportunities Corporation (MCEOC), North Brunswick, celebrated the grand opening of its new child care facility in Perth Amboy on Saturday, according to MCEOC spokeswoman Michele Townsend.…

  • Ducking a challenge

    STEVEN M. BARON Russell Hicswa, 2, tries his luck in the “duck pond” at the Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church country fair held Saturday.

  • Residents object parking lot plan

    Say work at Constable School would damage neighborhood BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer Peace and quiet and turkey buzzards.Those could be missing from the fields beyond Dawson Road if parking additions planned for Constable Elementary School in South Brunswick are finalized. The construction plans, part of the school’s expansion project, were met with heavy criticism…

  • Sweet defeat

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Ashley Petrasek, a North Brunswick Township High School cheerleader, was creamed during a fund-raiser at North Brunswick Heritage Day on Sunday.