Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Dems debate having de­bate before primary

    Candidates tradeinvitations andallegations in letters By jennifer kohlheppStaff Writer Dems debate having de­bate before primary Candidates trade invitations and allegations in letters By jennifer kohlhepp Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — As the hours tick away, election day draws closer and Democratic candidates are scrambling to find a forum to debate in before the June primary.…

  • Low turnout marks

    Holt By jennifer kohlheppStaff Writer Holt’s town meeting Those in attendance ask about Social Security benefits, health care By jennifer kohlhepp Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Rep. Rush Holt wants to hear what’s on his constituents’ minds. "Every year in Congress, I vote on your behalf on hundreds of issues that make a real difference…

  • Invention wins girl, 10, Universal Studios visit

    North Brunswick studentmakes better tweezersto handle thorny issue By jennifer kohlheppStaff Writer North Brunswick student makes better tweezers to handle thorny issue By jennifer kohlhepp Staff Writer Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, congratulates North Brunswick resident Stephanie Mui, 10, at Universal Studios in Florida on April 11 for winning the theme park’s young inventors competition with…

  • Fund raising for library ex­pansion kicks off $500,000 in donations needed to complete new South Brunswick facility

    Correspondent By Tara Petersen Fund raising for library ex­pansion kicks off $500,000 in donations needed to complete new South Brunswick facility An architect’s rendering of the elevation study of the South Brunswick Library expansion, as seen from Kingston Lane and the library’s parking lot. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The more you give, the more you will…

  • First mental illness walk in state set for Sunday

    Mount Holly selected as pilot site by nonprofit group NAMI NJ By jennifer kohlheppStaff Writer By jennifer kohlhepp Staff Writer They’ve talked the talk for 18 years, and now they, and others, will walk the walk. As New Jersey’s voice on mental illness for the past 18 years, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill…

  • Otken money still

    being held by N.B. Council said it is waiting to see if rent is due By jennifer kohlhepp Staff Writer North Brunswick has not shown the Otken family the money — yet. During the Monday night Township Council meeting, officials discussed withholding some of the $6 million set aside for acquiring the Otken farm through…

  • DeSilva to appear at Pearson fund-raiser

    A psychic/health fair to benefit East Brunswick kidney transplant recipient T.C. Pearson will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 1 at the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, College Farm Road, New Brunswick. Admission fee is $5. Guest speaker Derrick DeSilva, M.D., holistic doctor, author and WCTC-AM Radio talk show host, will…

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT Rubin Rakowsitz (sitting) watches as Alex Ellison and Art Holgate (l) play pool at the South Brunswick Senior Center May 13.

  • Final four builders show

    Ford Avenue proposalsMix of housing types,retail and restaurantsmay be in site By brian donahueStaff Writer Ford Avenue proposals Mix of housing types, retail and restaurants may be in site’s future By brian donahue Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Matzel & Mumford’s David Fisher shows what his company’s development would look like over the Mill Pond from…