Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • So. Brunswick to lay off seven employees next week

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Seven South Brunswick municipal employees will be laid off in the coming weeks, officials said recently. The seven, whose last day will be April 8, have received their notices. The positions are as follows: an assistant in the legal department, a clerical support position for social services, a clerical support…

  • No. Bruns. school budget limits effects on classroom, staffing

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Taxpayers could see a $155 increase in North Brusnwick school budget taxes for the 2011-12 year if the budget is approved by voters April 27. This translates into roughly $12 per month for the average assessed home in town, which is valued at $157,464. “Educational integrity can’t be compromised ……

  • Shore musician finds his hero

    ‘Jerseyboy Hero’ premieres April 7 in Red Bank BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Chris Vaughn set out to promote his music and found an ally in rock icon Bruce Springsteen. For Red Bank musician Chris Vaughn, making music was the easy part, but getting it out there would require the help of one of his…

  • N.B. school budget limits effects on classroom, staffing

    Full presentation will be held March 31 at NBTHS Jennifer Amato Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Taxpayers could see a $155 increase in school budget taxes for the 2011-12 year if the budget is approved by voters April 27. This translates into roughly $12 per month for the average assessed home in town, which is…

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    Selected students at North Brunswick Township High School competed in the New Jersey State Police Top Physical Challenge on March 17. Officers ran a boot camp-style fitness test. Pictured here are students taking part in the shuttle run. See story, page 3. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • S.B. teachers’ union rejects wage freeze proposition

    Education Association cites salary structure as explanation; layoffs now possible BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Teachers in South Brunswick voted last week to reject a wage freeze for the 2011-12 school year. The decision was reached after meetings and discussion by the general body of the South Brunswick Education Association (SBEA). “The membership took careful…

  • All are encouraged to become organ donors

    April is National Donate Life Month BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Jay Khare NORTH BRUNSWICK — “Don’t think of organ donation as giving up part of yourself to keep a total stranger alive. It’s really a total stranger giving up almost all of themselves to keep part of you alive.” Though the author of this…

  • John Adams’ students put their twist on birthday salute

    N.B. elementary school celebrates 50th anniversary with trip back to 1961 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Students at John Adams Elementary celebrated the school’s 50th anniversary with dance performances, a jump-roping segment and factoids about the 1960s during an assembly March 17. JENNIFER AMATO Then: Girls wore a dress or a skirt with dress shoes…

  • NBTHS students compete in fitness challenge

    N.J. State Police test exercise skills, stress importance of respect, being well rounded BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer New Jersey State Trooper I Mike Hartnett (l) has student Ross Kurtz demonstrate a Burpee exercise drill during the New Jersey State Police Top Physical Challenge, a boot camp-style fitness test held for selected physical education students…