Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Races in So. Brunswick too close to call

    Council, school board elections are not yet officially decided BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Election results that are too close to call for the South Brunswick Board of Education race will not be finalized until Nov. 19. Unofficial election results are published on the Middlesex County website, but are not certified by…

  • Photo

    Jack Shanabrook, now a member of the Milltown American Legion, mans the gunline on board the USS Brush, a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Tonkin Gulf in Vietnam, in 1968. His wife Kathy says he will always be a hero to her, their son and daughter and five granddaughters. Readers may submit photos via email…

  • Honoring our veterans

    Above: Veterans from all branches of the Armed Forces salute after laying wreaths during the Veterans Day observance ceremony in South Brunswick on Nov. 11. Right: Hank DeGroff takes a moment to reflect. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • New veterans face life’s challenges

    BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Colin Pascik discusses his experiences in the armed forces during an Oct. 19 veterans event at Monroe Township Middle School. See page 6. JEFF GRANIT staff In recognition of Veterans Day, Nov. 11, Greater Media Newspapers pays tribute to the men and women who serve in the nation’s armed forces.…

  • Jewish history preserved through oral histories

    Exhibit will be housed at S.B. library in November BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A traveling exhibit from the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey will be housed through November at the South Brunswick Public Library. The exhibit, titled “Tsars, Stalin, Perestroika, and Jewish Grandmothers: Jewish Immigration to Central New Jersey from…

  • Hero did not have to walk alone after injury

    BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Colin Pascik MONROE — U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Colin Pascik faced a long road to recovery after losing both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan, but it was one he did not have to walk alone. The Monroe native, who recently paid a visit to the Monroe Township Middle…

  • S. Bruns. helps those affected by Hurricane Sandy

    Volunteers are distributing donations, adopting a school BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer South Brunswick is joining efforts to help those who were affected by Hurricane Sandy. Several local organizations have chipped in to host drives or raise money for the thousands whose homes and belongings were damaged or destroyed. One major effort at the Family…

  • Sandy wallops wallets of towns, counties

    Although FEMA will reimburse most costs, governing bodies must go into coffers until then BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer There’s no question that Sandy did a number on New Jersey. Just what that number is remains a question on the minds of many governing bodies in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. “Thus far, it has been…

  • Make a Difference Day

    Top left: Pete Clark, principal of North Brunswick Township High School, volunteers with his students to clean up the Sept. 11 memorial site in the North Village Shopping Center as part of “Make a Difference Day” on Oct. 28. Above: Doug Zimmerman, a Boy Scout leader for Milltown Troop 33, volunteers. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN