Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Discussion aims to put Islam into perspective

    Panel shares experiences of being a woman and growing up a Muslim BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Sarah Eltantawi (l-r), Mona Elsayed, Atiya Aftab and Zehra Cataltepe spoke at the “Muslim Women’s Perspective” panel discussion, sponsored at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center April 12. Growing up as a…

  • Rte. 33 could one day host baseball stadium

    Mayor supportiveof possible stadiumfor minor leagues BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Mayor supportive of possible stadium for minor leagues BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer Monroe may one day score big as the home to a minor league baseball stadium, Mayor Richard Pucci said this week. The Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA) is expected to issue a report within…

  • Permacel closing will affect 150 workers

    Fourth plant closing brings local job-losstotal to 800 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Fourth plant closing brings local job-loss total to 800 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff The Route 1 Permacel facility will be the fourth manufacturing plant to cease operations in North Brunswick this year. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Another Route 1 manufacturing…

  • Army Corps announces May 20 Rte. 92 hearing

    Oldest unfinishedroad project in state breathes again BY Charles W. KimStaff Writer Army Corps announces May 20 Rte. 92 hearing Oldest unfinished road project in state breathes again BY Charles W. Kim Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is coming to town. According to a public notice issued by the…

  • Old prints solve 1999 criminal mischief case

    BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A set of fingerprints of a security guard applicant helped solve a five-year-old case this week, according to police. South Brunswick police charged a 21-year-old man this week with breaking into an unoccupied home on Kimberley Court in 1999. The man,…

  • Campaign reform ordinances discussed

    Council and groupopenly discusscontribution limits BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer Council and group openly discuss contribution limits BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer South Brunswick’s Township Council will talk about "pay-to-play" again in two weeks. Council members decided Tuesday night to continue a discussion on a campaign finance reform ordinance in two weeks, after they get more…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Drew Nelson, 5, of South Brunswick, shows off his bug-finding glass at Woodlot Park on Friday.

  • Clark returning to N.B. school district

    Administrative vacancies now filled for 2004-05 BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer Clark returning to N.B. school district Pete Clark Administrative vacancies now filled for 2004-05 BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer Pete Clark is coming back to the North Brunswick school district. "We are excited to have him back," Schools Superintendent Robert Rimmer said. Clark,…

  • Exhibit spotlights Middlesex County College’s best artists

    Future media specialists put work on display BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer PHOTOS BY MIGUEL juarez staff Visitors examine the graphic design work on display at the MAD exhibit at Middlesex County College in Edison during the opening reception April 8. EDISON — Today’s students may be tomorrow’s media arts professionals.…