Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Charity dedicates outing in memory of firefighter
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer The fourth annual Brothers Helping Brothers Golf Classic will be devoted to the memory of New Brunswick Deputy Fire Chief James D’Heron. D’Heron was killed in a Sept. 3 fire in New Brunswick. “We’re going to dedicate it in his memory,” said Rich Hayes, Monroe Township’s…
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Skywalker
FARRAH MAFFAI staff Matt DiBenedetto, 16, of South Brunswick, enjoys the Edison Skate Park Sept. 2.
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Garage/yard sale to aid Aldersgate Crisis Room
The Crisis Room Ministry at Aldersgate United Methodist Church will hold a garage/yard sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 18 indoors and outdoors at the Crisis Room and at the church, both 568 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. The ministry serves needy families in Middlesex County by providing clothing, food and financial assistance.…
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Township employees hope for settlement
New police dispatcher supervisor position among sticking points BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer North Brunswick municipal employees remain optimistic about contract negotiations despite an almost two-year stalemate with township officials. Local 911 International Union of Production, Clerical and Public Employees of Brick, which includes nine police dispatchers and 36 clerical workers, have worked for North…
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Changes on the way at S. Brunswick schools
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Major changes have begun, brick by brick, to South Brunswick schools. Beginning in 2003, the South Brunswick Board of Education began a renovation project for the district’s elementary and middle schools to meet the needs of increased enrollment. Rather than construct a new…
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Event marks start of library upgrade
September 2005 finish expected on $4.3 million project BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer After years of planning, fund raising and waiting, South Brunswick finally broke ground Tuesday for the South Brunswick Library renovation project. “It’s a great day in the history of South Brunswick,” said Muhammad Ashraf, president of the library board of trustees. Ashraf,…
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Corner pocket
JEFF GRANIT staff Venkata RaoJavvaji (l) and Manmohan Phool of South Brunswick play billiards at the South Brunswick senior center.
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Barbosa is artist of the month
NORTH BRUNSWICK — Juan Carlos Sierra Barbosa’s surreal renditions of foreign places hang on the walls of the township’s municipal building this month. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services (DPRCS) has chosen Barbosa as the community’s artist of the month and will display his artwork in the Gallery of Art at 710 Hermann…
