Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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School doesn’t need to pull any strings to enhance music department
Local Music Gear donates two guitars to North Brunswick Township High School BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A student at North Brunswick Township High School plays one of the guitars that was donated to the music department by Local Music Gear. NORTH BRUNSWICK — The two guitars that North Brunswick Township High School received in…
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For blood banks, winter is no season of giving
Blood centers’ challenge: Raising awareness of need for blood, ease of donating BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer A single donation of blood, divided into red blood cells, plasma and platelets, can help save up to three lives. JEFF GRANIT staff A s temperatures plummet during the winter months, so do potentially lifesaving blood donations. A…
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Left turn now allowed at Aaron Road in No. Brunswick
Council eliminates restriction at Hartland Commons intersection BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Motorists can now make a left turn at Aaron Road in North Brunswick.. At the North Brunswick Township Council meeting on Dec. 17, the council voted in favor of eliminating the left-turn restriction at the Hartland Commons intersection. Mayor Francis Womack said the…
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New Jersey Film Festival heads to New Brunswick
Movie premieres will be held from Jan. 25 to March 2 Retrocognition The New Jersey Film Festival will celebrate its 31st anniversary this spring with a showcase of new international films, American independent features, experimental and short subjects, classic revivals and cutting-edge documentaries. The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the…
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Girls basketball team honors victims of school shooting
Crossroads Vikings wear the school colors of Sandy Hook Elementary during games BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer The Crossroads Middle School girls basketball team decided to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., by wearing green and white socks to represent their school colors. The Vikings also held a…
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Organization helps Asian Americans in the AREAA
Real estate association installs board of directors SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) installed its board of directors on Nov. 29. Founded in 2003, AREAA is a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable home ownership opportunities in Asian American communities by creating a powerful national voice for the housing and real…
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Images of 2012
Clockwise from top: Students at North Brunswick’s summer enrichment program presenting “The Real Stepsisters of Cinderella” at North Brunswick Township High School on July 31. Shanice Bland shares a hug with Jeff Lewis prior to South Brunswick High School’s graduation at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton on June 21. The South Brunswick soccer…
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No. Brunswick brings cheer to families in need
Annual donation drive provides gifts, necessities for the holidays BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Thanks to the generosity of township residents, the annual Operation Holiday Cheer has been an ongoing success. Mayoral assistant Janice Larkin and Kathy Aruta, president of the North Brunswick Food Bank, expressed their appreciation to North Brunswick as…
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N.B. resident wins statewide nursing award
Avril Keldo is the head of the adult oncology unit at Saint Peter’s University Hospital Avril Keldo NORTH BRUNSWICK — Township resident Avril Keldo has received the ONE/NJ Nurse Leader Award for demonstrating exceptional leadership, guidance and service to the nursing profession. Keldo is the nurse manager of the adult oncology unit at Saint Peter’s…
