Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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‘Tis the season for time-honored holiday traditions
Festivities are as diverse as those who partake in them BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer An extensive Christmas display that includes lights synced to music is a treasured tradition of the DePasquale family of Edison. Pictured are (l-r) Emilio, 10, Tony, Michelle and Anthony Jr., 12. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Whether in celebration of Christmas, Diwali, Hanukkah…
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Two charged in South Brunswick iPhone thefts
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township police charged two New York men on Dec. 5 with stealing Apple iPhones from a Verizon store on Route 1 in South Brunswick. The two suspects, 33-year-old Willie Winfield and 22-year-old Aaron Richard, allegedly walked into the Verizon store at the South Brunswick Square Mall. An employee reportedly observed the suspects…
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Disaster-recovery loans not just for small businesses
Small Business Administration urges businesses, homeowners and renters to apply now BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer By now, New Jerseyans dealt crushing blows from superstorm Sandy have likely contacted their insurance companies, and are aware of assistance available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund started by Gov.…
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New Jersey Holiday Lightfest returns
As seen in TheBeachBeat.com The New Jersey Holiday Lightfest is back at the Middlesex County Fairgrounds, 655 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, and it is bigger and brighter than ever before. The drivethrough light show is open every night of the week through Jan. 6. A benefit for DARE New Jersey, the Gift of Lights drive-through…
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Feeding the new hungry
Pantries keep food on table for the new hungry BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Tom Ellison, an employee of the Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services, sorts canned goods at the agency’s New Brunswick warehouse Dec. 6. MCFOODS distributes food to more than 100 agencies, including area food pantries. JEFF GRANIT Growing group…
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S.B. native works toward educating girls around the world
BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Although she may not have earned first place at the American Giving Awards Dec. 8, Tammy Tibbetts is still working to put girls from developing nations first. The South Brunswick native is the founder and president of She’s The First, a three-year-old charity that funds education through…
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Board hears application for new Chabad Jewish Center
More experts will testify during Jan. 24 meeting BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer The South Brunswick Township Zoning Board of Adjustment began to hear witnesses for the potential construction plans for the Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick. The 1.5-acre site, which is located at the corner of Riva Avenue and Old Georges Road, will…
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N.B. veterans pay tribute to lives lost at Pearl Harbor
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Korean War veteran Richard Pender lays a yellow flower in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor during a ceremony at Veterans Park in North Brunswick on Dec. 7, as Vietnam veteran and North Brunswick Councilman Bob Davis looks on. KATHY CHANG NORTH BRUNSWICK — Erickson Arias, a freshman at…
