Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Residents invited to drop off items for reuse in honor of Earth Day

    NEW BRUNSWICK — Midco Waste has announced a recycling project to honor the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. The program is open to residents and is an initiative that enlists the active participation of Midco Waste employees to advocate protecting the environment. “We take our role as environmental stewards very seriously and have selected the…

  • Woman, 19, charged in hitand run of S.B. student

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — South Brunswick Police charged a 19-year-old Rutgers University student in connection with a hit-and-run incident on Ridge Road on April 13. A South Brunswick High School student was injured in the accident. According to police, Shivangi Patel was driving a 2009 Nissan Altima in the driveway in front of the main Ridge…

  • Batter up

    Sydney Cortez, 13, watches her hit sail during the Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run competition, held by the South Brunswick Athletic Association at Rowland Park April 15. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • El Dorado restaurant to support S.B. resident Tom Dardani

      From Monday through Thursday during the month of May, El Dorado Tex Mex Restaurant, 4095 Route 1, Monmouth Junction, will donate $1 per entrée to Tom Dardani, a longtime South Brunswick resident who is suffering from advanced esophageal cancer. Dardani and his family have spearheaded the Skull Riders Charity Bike Run, The Dardani Haunted…

  • Photo

    Avery Aymes, 8, shoots for the target during the Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run competition, held by the South Brunswick Athletic Association at Rowland Park on April 15. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Lotsa matzah

    The Chabad of South Brunswick presented a “Matzah Factory” for the Jewish Community Center Nursery School of North & South Brunswick on March 26. The children learned that for Passover, matzahs must be baked and finished within 18 minutes from the time that the flour and water are mixed together. Everyone had the opportunity to…

  • Men and women become aware of domestic violence

    Women Aware breakfast honors those who advocate for victims, serve the community BY DEANNA McLAFFERTY Staff Writer Prior to attending Women Aware’s second annual Moving Beyond Abuse Awards and Awareness Breakfast, honored guest Fran Newman shared tearful words with the organization’s executive director, Phyllis Adams: Newman told Adams that her daughter’s death will not be…

  • Youth athletes invited to MLB Pitch Hit and Run event

    So. Brunswick will host competition on April 15 SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Youth athletes are invited to participate in the Major League Baseball Pitch Hit and Run Competition at Rowland Park on April 15. The event serves as the Official Skills Competition of Major League Baseball and is designed to provide youngsters with an opportunity to…

  • Machine heads

    The North Brunswick Township High School Raider Robotix Team 25 won the FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) District Championship at Mount Olive High School in Flanders on April 1 in the final match by one point in a “buzzer beater” at the very last second. Previously, the team competed in…