Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • County residents encouraged to practice ‘grasscycling’

    Short grass clippings should be left on the lawn rather than put in bags at the curb A s the height of the mowing season approaches in May and June, the Middlesex County Improvement Authority’s (MCIA) Recycling Division has launched its annual campaign to inform residents about the benefits of “grasscycling.” Grasscycling is the practice…

  • Discussions continue about N.B. transit village

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A decision has not yet been reached on preliminary site plan approval for the transit village project in North Brunswick. A Planning Board meeting was held on April 23 to continue discussions about traffic, site improvements, housing and land use, carried from an original meeting on April…

  • Firefighter saves dog from burning S.B. home

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A fourlegged resident of a Georges Road home is recovering after South Brunswick firefighters rescued her from a burning house on April 27. Homeowner Suzanne Strath-Joy told police she had just dropped her daughter off at elementary school and returned home at 8:39 a.m. when she discovered her kitchen on fire and…

  • NJ Local Boards of Health Assoc. debuts online certification program

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The NJ Local Boards of Health Association (NJLBHA) debuted its online member certification program at a meeting at the PNC Bank Arts Center on April 19. This program is the first accredited online course for members of boards of health in the United States. The Board of Health…

  • John Powell exhibit opens in Red Bank

    “Pearls of Cherries”Beacon FineArts Gallery in Red Bank will host the opening of an exhibit of paintings by John Powell on May 4 and 5.  Opening receptions will be held 7-9:30 p.m. Friday and 5-9 p.m. Saturday at the gallery located at 61 Monmouth St. Powell, a lyrical realist painter, was born in Hollywood, Calif.,…

  • Celebrate, remember and fight back

    American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event set for June 2-3 in No. Bruns. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Celebrate. Remember. Fight back. Three simple themes for the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) annual Relay for Life event translate into a much greater impact for cancer survivors and their families . Relay for Life is a 24-hour event…

  • Young photographers honored

    Stefanie Romatowski, (left), a student at North Brunswick Township High School, placed second in the Ocean County Camera Club statewide High School Photography Competition in the Human Interest Category for her photograph “Don’t Ever Look Back.” Three other students were awarded special recognition: Clockwise from below — Andre Sousa, Photographer’s Choice, for “Urban Ar tist”;…

  • Competitive consumers

    Anish Baweja (l-r), Ibanca Anand and Christopher Lynch of North Brunswick Township High School competed in the Central Regional Competition of the Consumer Bowl on April 18. The teams were broken down into two rounds, randomly chosen, and North Brunswick was placed in Round 2 with Monsignor Donovan and Freehold Township high schools. The other…

  • Alchemists show how love is as old as time

    Audience invited to be their guests for performances of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Students from the Alchemist Theater Group will perform “Beauty and the Beast” this weekend at North Brunswick Township High School. SCOTT FRIEDMAN This weekend, North Brunswick Township High School will be filled with beauties and beasts as…