Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Local youth’s artwork gets nat’l recognition

    BY JACQUELYN LANECorrespondent Local youth’s artwork gets nat’l recognition BY JACQUELYN LANE Correspondent Emily Durando SOUTH RIVER — Soon-to-be fourth-grader Emily Durando recently won the privilege of having her artwork displayed in the annual Dream Makers National Exhibition of Student Artwork, sponsored by Crayola. Emily’s artwork was chosen by a jury of educators from among…

  • Book of fables explores lessons of everyday life

    Area womanpublishes book throughWeb-based company BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Area woman publishes book through Web-based company BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — As a child, Antoinette Isabella enjoyed reading Aesop’s Fables, cherishing the lessons she learned from them. As a mother, she wished to pass those lessons down to her son, Benjamin. That is…

  • Suspect held in string of area armed robberies

    Police say manused fake gun BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer Suspect held in string of area armed robberies Police say man used fake gun BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer Authorities believe they have the perpetrator of a number of armed robberies around the region in custody. Derrell Nettingham, 43, Elizabeth, was picked up by Woodbridge township…

  • Donors needed to replenish blood supply

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Donors needed to replenish blood supply BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — In response to declining blood donations in the metropolitan area, the township is hosting a blood drive Aug. 3. New Jersey Blood Services of New Brunswick will hold the blood drive at the municipal courtroom, 710 Hermann…

  • County fair to offer more than ever before

    Festivities run Aug. 2-8at the fairgroundsin East Brunswick BYJOHNDUNPHYStaff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Tents are laid out (left) and put together (above) for the upcoming Middlesex County fair, to be held Aug. 2-8 in East Brunswick. Festivities run Aug. 2-8 at the fairgrounds in East Brunswick BYJOHNDUNPHY Staff Writer Children and adults alike…

  • Hero corrections officer may win medal of valor

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A county Department of Corrections sergeant could win a medal for rescuing a man from a burning car in the township last July. Representatives of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Pittsburgh, Pa., nominated Middlesex County Corrections Sgt. Joseph DeMatteo, Jackson, for their Carnegie…

  • Farming from A to Z is the family tradition

    Ticetown Road manis the county BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Ticetown Road man is the county’s Farmer of the Year for 2004 BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff John J. Hauser, of Old Bridge, who has been named Middlesex County’s Farmer of the Year for 2004, checks out some of the corn…

  • Sept. 11 monument unveiled on anniversary

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Sept. 11 monument unveiled on anniversary BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Residents should see the unveiling of the finished Sept. 11 memorial this year. The township has extended an invitation to all community members and neighboring towns to gather at 10 a.m. Sept. 11 at the monument’s site…

  • Linwood school wins international acclaim

    Middle school oneof 21 recognizedfor annual award BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Middle school one of 21 recognized for annual award BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Linwood Middle School received international recognition this summer by winning the Inviting School Award. The International Alliance for Invitational Education notified the school administration of the honor…