Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Testimony continues on zoning application for So. Brunswick Chabad

    No decision is expected for a couple months BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Discussion over the proposed new Chabad Jewish Center on Riva Avenue in South Brunswick continued during a Jan. 24 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, and could continue on for months still. The meeting was a continuation of a Dec. 6 meeting, when…

  • Students have a howling good time learning about robotics

    No. Brunswick Township H.S. ICE Wolves team is over the moon with awards BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Members of North Brunswick Township High School ICE Wolves robotics team pose with their robot, Beta, and their mascot, Lupa. I f the world of robotics doesn’t know the North Brunswick First Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotix Team,…

  • Linwood Middle School challenges students to act with honor

    ‘Rachel’s Challenge’ program stresses how one person can impact the lives of others BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer When eighth-grader Zainab Kahn saw the program “Rachel’s Challenge” last year, it brought out many emotions. “It was upsetting, and then it turned inspirational,” she said of learning about the many people who were touched by 17-yearold…

  • Military veterans can register for free county ID

    Card provides easy access to discounts and other programs A photo identification card for all United States military veterans living in Middlesex County is now available. The county clerk’s office is offering the free card to better serve veterans and make it easier for them to qualify for certain benefits, according to Elaine M. Flynn,…

  • Changing the world one child at a time

    Big Brothers Big Sisters matches disadvantaged youths with mentors BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Royce Winsten, 2013 Big Brother of the Year, listens as his “little,” Wayne, plays bass in Belmar on Jan. 15. ERIC SUCAR staff In 1998, Waldo Sainvilus was a student at Asbury Park Middle School struggling with coursework when he was…

  • Father’s words offer healing, attention to PTSD

    Gold Star father’s second collection of poetry published BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — When William Koch Jr. writes his poetry, which teems with a bittersweet combination of national pride and overwhelming grief, he feels he has special support. “I feel like they’re pushing and pulling me to write about patriotism, to write…

  • So. Brunswick publicizing gun amnesty program

    Project Safe Surrender allows residents to relinquish firearms BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer The South Brunswick Police Department is publicizing the Project Safe Surrender gun amnesty program in the township. Project Safe Surrender will inform residents how to surrender firearms — both legal and illegal — to the township. The program’s reinvigoration came at the…

  • Grant allows S.B. police to increase motel enforcement

    Twenty-two charges lodged against suspects in a three-month span SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office awarded a community concerns grant to South Brunswick police in order to increase police presence and enforcement at area motels. The details, which enhanced information sharing about problems in the area, focused on community development and relationship building…

  • Nurturing nature

    Students help county care for open space areas, no matter how cold BY JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent Korie Vee (l) and Branden Lenahan of the Middlesex County Youth Conservation Corps collect garbage as part of a pitch pine restoration project on Jan. 17 at the Jamesburg Park Conservation Area on the border of Monroe and East…