Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Bullying makes students want to SCREAM

    Students from Rutgers performance troupe teach about harassment in school BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — In observance of the Week of Respect, the SCREAM (Students Challenging Reality and Education Against Myths) Theatre from Rutgers University put on a skit about bullying at North Brunswick Township High School on Oct. 5. A short,…

  • Residents upset over quality-of-life issues in North Brunswick

    Claim graffiti, unregistered vehicles, signs not being addressed by officials BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Residents are bringing neighborhood issues to the attention of township officials, claiming the problems are not being properly addressed. During the Sept. 4 and Oct. 1 Township Council meetings, several homeowners in the Berdine’s Corner section of…

  • Seeds of hope surround survivors

    Thousands join grassroots efforts to help those affected by breast cancer BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Thirteen mortgage payments, 18 rent payments, 21 electric bills, 14 gas bills, 11 medical co-payments: Paid. Car payments, medical equipment, phone bills, water bills, cable bills … For some local breast cancer patients, such costs have been taken care…

  • Local company makes up ways to help breast cancer survivors

    L’Oreal USA in Cranbury holds events throughout the year to support the Komen Foundation BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The Ultimate Air Dogs show was just one part of a funfilled day in August to raise money for Komen for the Cure. JENNIFER AMATO Nine years ago, an employee in the distribution center of L’Oreal…

  • Medical director: We can get through it

    Gains in breast cancer evaluation and treatment offer greater hope BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Dr. Debra Camal ‘Cancer is biologically angry.” These words, spoken by Debra Camal, the medical director of the breast program at Meridian Cancer Care, ring true for those affected by breast cancer. “Central New Jersey, in general, does have a…

  • Events support breast cancer awareness

    SMS annual Breast Cancer Walk to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation will be held 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5 at Sayreville Middle School, Washington Road, Parlin. Visit www.sayreville k12.net Sisters Network of Central New Jersey, Inc., a national African American breast cancer survivorship organization, will host a 5K Race/Walk4Life, 7:30…

  • Judge removes bail for cop involved in fatal accident

    Lt. Keith Buckley is allowed to use funds to seek another lawyer BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — A Superior Court judge has removed the bail for North Brunswick Police Lt. Keith Buckley, who in 2008 was involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident that killed fellow Lt. Christopher Zerby. On Sept. 17,…

  • County sets influenza, pneumonia clinics

    The Middlesex County Office of Health Services recently scheduled the county’s 2012-13 seasonal influenza and pneumococcal vaccination program. County influenza-vaccination clinics, which will continue through Oct. 30, are open to county residents ages 6 months and above. Appointments are not necessary. Charge is $15 per vaccination. Residents who present a valid Red, White and Blue…