Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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In remembrance
Gregory Zinnikis (l-r), Ian McGeary, Charlie Helms, John Meyer and North Brunswick Township High School Principal Pete Clark participated in a memorial service in commemoration of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, held at Veterans Park in North Brunswick on Dec. 7. PHOTO COURTESY OF JIM McGEARY
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Advocates, scholars honored by No. Brunswick council
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Good deeds do not go unnoticed in North Brunswick. During the Dec. 5 council meeting, the annual Young Adult Peer Advocate Award, Youth Advocate Award and Good Neighbor of the Year Award were presented to deserving residents. Leanne Barnhard received theYoung Adult Peer Advocate Award. The North…
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Join the club
Ninety-five students were recently inducted into the Middlesex County College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges. Seated are Geeta Boodram (l-r), Brittany Spanos, Melodies Vilomar and Xin Lim. Standing are Sanford Harty (l-r), Glenda Robles, Jodie Silverman, Yanick Roman and Marcos Roman. All reside in North Brunswick.
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Test subject
Siemens research consultant Ryan Bohler (l) and science teacher Marybeth Decarlo assist seventh-grader Miles Joiner with a chemistry experiment on Dec. 6. Crossroads Middle School South, Monmouth Junctions, welcomed volunteers from Siemens, an electronics and engineering company in Princeton, for a chemistry-based science day.
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Website connects teachers and students around the world
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — About four months ago, physical education teacher Sarah Diller approached Jeffrey Bradbury of the music department at North Brunswick Township High School. She saw Bradbury’s use of an Apple iPad in the classroom, as well as a projector screen and a computer, and inquired about how to…
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U. Med. Center at Princeton to expand fetal services
PRINCETON — The University Medical Center at Princeton’s (UMCP) Maternal Fetal Medicine Department has partnered with Penn Medicine to offer advanced care for expectant mothers in need of specialized services and round-theclock access to board-certified obstetricians, maternal fetal medicine specialists, anesthesiologists, neonatologists and pediatricians. Through the new partnership with Penn Medicine’s Division of Maternal Fetal…
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Local teens receive awards in nat’l equine competition
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Kristie VonThun, Colleen Soulias and Rachel VanDemark (l-r) accept honors at the 26th annual Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup. Three students from the local area represented New Jersey well at a national equine competition this November, receiving awards during their short stint in Kentucky. Kristie VonThun, 16, and Rachel Van- Demark,…
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Weather service seeks local rainfall readers
A collaborative weather monitoring organization is looking for volunteers from Middlesex County to provide information from their own backyards. The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) is a rapidly expanding national precipitationobserving network that New Jersey has participated in since 2008. The monitoring program now has more than 15,000 volunteer observers in all…
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Former Dow Jones employee sentenced for wire fraud
A former Dow Jones & Co. employee was sentenced to 24 months in prison on Dec. 12 for stealing more than $400,000 while working at a company office in Monmouth Junction, according to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman . U.S. District JudgeAnne E. Thompson handed Jacqueline Bucco, of Bensalem, Pa., a two-year sentence in Trenton…
