Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Raider Robotix team continues its winning streak
Team 25 heads to world competitions this weekend in St. Louis BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The Raider Team 25 robot attempts to climb up to get a basketball during the District Championship game at Mount Olive High School earlier this month. Last week the North Brunswick Township High School team placed first in the…
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Foundation commits funds to enhance pediatric cancer research
Sherrie and Michael Wells offer $100,000 to CINJ in honor of their late son, Brady BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Sherrie and Michael Wells fully understand the need to support pediatric cancer research. Their son, Brady Michael, died in July 2010, just three weeks shy of his second birthday, from acute undifferentiated leukemia.…
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Holocaust survivor speaks at remembrance ceremony
Sol Lurie preaches messages of love, tolerance BY LANA LI Correspondent NORTH BRUNSWICK — Holocaust survivor Sol Lurie shared his experiences, both good and bad, during a Holocaust remembrance program held at North Brunswick Township High School on April 16. For a half-hour, Lurie, who survived six concentration camps, including Dachau, Auschwitz and Buchenwald, spoke…
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Father, daughter charged in hit-and-run accident
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The father of a 19-year-old suspect in a hit-and-run accident at South Brunswick High School was charged in connection with the incident on April 18. According to a South Brunswick Police press release, Rajesh Patel, 51, was charged with fourth-degree hindering the apprehension by attempting to conceal the…
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Earth Day activities
Andrew Besold, of the North Brunswick Environmental Commission, demonstrates how to plant saplings received from the New Jersey Forestry Service during North Brunswick’s observance of Earth Day, held at the Pulda Farm on April 21. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Residents enjoy a hayride around the Pulda Farm during North Brunswick’s observance of Earth Day on…
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N.B. PBA goes full throttle with annual car show
Cops & Rodders returns for its 17th year Sunday BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — After a year of reorganization by committee members from North Brunswick PBA Local 160, the annual Cops & Rodders Car Show will return for its 17th year on Sunday. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at DeVry University…
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N.B. man charged after allegedly fleeing from S.B. police
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A North Brunswick man was charged by South Brunswick Police after eluding a police vehicle on April 19, according to a press release. John Andretta, 30, was driving a 2011 Hyundai Sonata at 10:21 p.m. when Officer Ricardo Morreira attempted to stop him on Georges Road. The vehicle…
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Day of Silence speaks volumes at NBTHS
Students try to combat harassment and bullying of those who are LGBT BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — North Brunswick Township High School never sounded so quiet. On April 20, 35 students took a vow of silence to call attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools.…
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Transit village project could start this year
No. Brunswick TOD Associates holds first meeting to seek preliminary site plan approval BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The construction of the transit village project in North Brunswick could begin later this year. The entire build-out of the property is expected within 20 years. According to John Taikina, director of planning and development for North…
