Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Babbage Park summer concert schedule set

    Musical varietywill mark annualsummertime series BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Musical variety will mark annual summertime series BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Daylight will fade into dusk, music and dance in Babbage Park on Wednesday evenings this summer. Local performance artists will give free concerts on the park stage at 7 p.m. every…

  • Auditions to be held next week

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Standing ovations and curtain calls could be the finale for local thespians this summer. Auditions for The North Brunswick Young Adult Drama Group’s 34th annual musical, "Once Upon This Island," will take place at 7 p.m. on June 28 and 29 in the…

  • Annual Lebanese Festival of Somerset opens this weekend

    For more than 15 years, the Lebanese Festival of Somerset, hosted by St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church, has been an annual tradition. The outdoor festival is known to the Lebanese as a "Mahrajan," which is a gathering of families, friends and neighbors for authentic Middle Eastern food, music, dance and culture. This year, the festival…

  • Walling awaits trial;

    says he is not guilty BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Walling awaits trial; says he is not guilty BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A township zoning board member says he is not guilty of sexually harassing a female student in the vo-tech class he teaches. Richard Walling continues to await trial, which will…

  • Judge reverses N.B. zoning approval

    (Continued from page 1) Judge reverses N.B. zoning approval Judge reverses N.B. zoning approval (Continued from page 1) exclusively reserved to the council." Womack, who now serves as mayor, said the council "took an extremely unusual step" in suing the board, but was pleased with the final outcome. "We are extremely heartened by the court’s…

  • Township high school student wins state honor

    Military fraternityrecognizes townshipstudent for second year BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Township high school student wins state honor Military fraternity recognizes township student for second year BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — For the second year in a row, the prestigious U.S. Military Academy awarded a township student with its highest honor. Robert L.…

  • Police look into possible luring attempts in boro

    Two reports followedtalk at school on dangersof talking to strangers BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Police look into possible luring attempts in boro Two reports followed talk at school on dangers of talking to strangers BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Police are investigating reports of strangers possibly attempting last week to lure local youths…

  • Students to send WWII vets to D.C. memorial

    Project seeks to helpmiddle school students relate to servicemen BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Students to send WWII vets to D.C. memorial COURTESY RON LATOFF/AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS Students from Linwood Middle School hope to take World War II veterans to see the new memorial in Washington, D.C., this summer. Project seeks to help middle school students…

  • Judge reverses N.B. zoning approval

    Township wins suitit filed againstits own board BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Judge reverses N.B. zoning approval Township wins suit it filed against its own board BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer North Brunswick prevailed in a lawsuit filed against its own Zoning Board of Adjustment last week. On June 15 in New Brunswick, state Superior Court Judge James…