Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Local towns to receive additional school funding

    Gov. Chris Christie plans to reform education BY JENNIFER AMATO & DEANNA McLAFFERTY Staff Writers The North and South Brunswick school districts will receive additional school funding for fiscal year 2012, according to a press release from Gov. Chris Christie’s office. North Brunswick will receive $792,814 in additional aid from the 2011-12 appropriations act, which…

  • BJ’s gets planners’ OK in N.B.

    Applicant hopeful wholesale club will attract other retailers to Commerce Center BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Plans are moving forward for a BJ’s Wholesale Club on Route 1 south. The North Brunswick Planning Board unanimously approved an application July 12 from Prestige Properties, giving way to the basically vacant buildings in the Commerce Center to…

  • S.B. resident celebrates 90th birthday by skydiving

    Aaron Rosloff turned party into fundraising event for S.B. Food Pantry BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer A lthough most people at the age of 90 tend to slow down, Aaron Rosloff had a completely opposite idea. To celebrate his birthday on July 3, Rosloff decided to go skydiving for the first time. Inspired by a…

  • Teens urged to be better drivers during safety summit

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer PISCATAWAY — Who would have thought pee, puke and period are three words that could save someone’s life? Cara Filler spoke about the tragic death of her identical twin sister, Mairin, the day after their 18th birthday, more than 16 years ago. She told hundreds of students, parents and advisers…

  • Rain, rain, don’t go away

    Residents make rain barrels to help recycle water BY KELLY CRAIG Correspondent SOUTH BRUNSWICK — “We quickly filled the registration list weeks ago. People are on a waiting list.” These are not the words of a college recruiter or concert vendor, but of Dorothy Cohen, master gardener and volunteer, referring to the Build a Rain…

  • Tickets on sale for ‘Woodstock on Lake’

    The East Brunswick Elks, 21B Oakmont Ave., will present “Woodstock on the Lake” 2-7 p.m. July 23, rain or shine. Music will be provided by Yasgur’s Farm. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets, lawn chairs and picnic baskets. A cash bar will be available for all beverages; outside beverages will not be permitted. Food will…

  • A ‘wheel’ cause

    Ella Weber is one of the members of the Jewish Community Center of North & South Brunswick day camp who recently held a trike-a-thon for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Youngsters ages 2½ to 5 years old raised $725 to date, under the coordination of Terez Slim.

  • Travelin’ music for the Jazz and Blues Festival

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation’s three-day Jazz and Blues Festival will be divided among three towns on three dates this summer. “We are actually bringing the music to a couple of new communities,” foundation manager Doris Lazur said. The 2011 festivals will take place in Middletown on July…

  • Verizon to move utility pole in So. Brunswick

    Pole stood in the road instead of behind a curb BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — After nine months of complaints, an ill-positioned utility pole on Ridge Road in Monmouth Junction will be moved. The pole, which stands in the road instead of behind a curb, has prompted South Brunswick officials to repeatedly request…