Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Modell’s, Party City to support veteran’s trek

    Customers asked to donate to Troy Yocum’s ‘A Soldier’s Hike for Heroes’ campaign BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Left: Troy Yocum, an Iraq War veteran, is walking across the country to raise money for military families. Above: Mitchell Modell, CEO of Modell’s Sporting Goods, announced a campaign to fund-raise for Yocum’s “A Soldier’s Hike for…

  • Acrobat is tops at No. Bruns. Youth Sports Festival

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Michelle Baum was in awe at the Youth Sports Festival in North Brunswick on June 16. “I’m fearing for her life. She’s not wearing a harness,” the 22-year-old said while looking into the sky above the carnival, watching Galaxy Girl perform acrobatic tricks hundreds of feet in…

  • DeVry students showcase real-world knowledge

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Lawn signs are no longer needed to promote Veterans of Foreign Wars Clark-Moetz Post 2319 in Milltown. Thanks to students completing a project for the DeVry University Senior Project Showcase, the VFW now has a website that includes information on programs, services and events held at the…

  • Up in the air

    The Chicago Fire’s Yury Ashkinadze moves the ball past the New York Red Bulls’ Ramiro Reyes during a North Brunswick Adult Soccer League playoff game on June 15 at North Brunswick Community Park. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Barnes elected to lead Middlesex County Dems

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Former state Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes Jr. is the new chairman of the Middlesex County Democratic Organization. Nine hundred and seventy-one members of the county Democratic committee, a record turnout, cast votes in the June 14 a contest between Barnes, 82, and Kevin Mc- Cabe, 38, who also…

  • Crossroads North receives donation of recycling bin

    BY KELLY CRAIG Correspondent SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Middle school children come running, flocking around what’s new in school; fingers are pointing, mouths are chattering. The students of Crossroads North Middle School are not surrounding a student with the newest gadget or fashion statement, but they are curious about the new recycling container donated by Middlesex…

  • Gym claims exercise is solution to the workday

    Fitness Solutions will hold Endurance Challenge Saturday at N.B. Community Park BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A local fitness studio is encouraging municipal employees to get up from behind their desks and get active. Fitness Solutions, on Livingston Avenue, is offering free one-month memberships to workers in North Brunswick. “Our mission is…

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    The New York Red Bulls’ Matthew Shumaker uses his head during a North Brunswick Adult Soccer League playoff game on June 15 at North Brunswick Community Park. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • S.B. seniors on board with transportation initiatives

    Look forward to new county bus stop on Rte. 522 BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer South Brunswick seniors were invited to hop on board the train — and bus — of thought June 17 when the Aging in Place Partnership (AIPP) held its Accessible Transportation Community Forum. “I think the thing that was most important…