Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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All the right moves
Former dance retiree teaches local boys the art of break dance, hip-hop dance BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Students look on during a recent Boyz Only! Hip-Hop dance class. SCOTT FRIEDMAN NEW BRUNSWICK — It’s all about selfexpression. That is the focus of Daniel Levi-Sanchez’s new Boyz Only! Hip-Hop dance class, offered at the extension…
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Turkey Trot
Top left: Melody Gomez (c) gets ready to go on a hayride during the Sabella Park Preschool Turkey Trot on Nov. 16 in North Brunswick. Above: Sabella Park Preschool’s Debi Verpent waits for the start of the hayride. Bottom left: Arianna Penna gets ready to start moving.
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Man arrested after fleeing scene, possessing handgun
NORTH BRUNSWICK — Police arrested a man with a handgun in his car after the suspect fled from the scene on Nov. 12. Abubakkar King, 18, of Somerset, was driving in a suspicious car with a loud muffler around Hudson Road and Seneca Road, police said. An officer dispatched to the scene observed a vehicle…
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Democrats win races for county freeholder, clerk, sheriff
Rafano: Board will continue work toward reducing taxes, county work force BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Despite a record number of victories for Republicans nationally and in many local races, the Democrats maintained their hold on Middlesex County, sweeping the races for freeholder, sheriff and county clerk on Nov. 2. Voters re-elected incumbents Christopher Rafano,…
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Woman sentenced to 12 years for fatal DWI crash
Kimberly Green found guilty of vehicular homicide in death of Kylie Pinheiro of S.B. BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — Kimberly Green was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Nov. 9 for fatally injuring an 18-year-old South Brunswick woman in 2007 as well as for injuring the girl’s two cousins. According to…
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NBTHS sophomore receives President’s Volunteer Service Award
Student volunteered 100-plus hours of service in 2 years BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Harika Thatukuru NORTH BRUNSWICK — Harika Thatukuru, a sophomore at North Brunswick Township High School, has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for completing 139 hours of community service before turning 15 years of age. “It’s important because it’s good for…
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McDonald’s: No. Brunswick is ‘lovin’ it’ a little more
Fundraiser aids Parsons Elementary School students BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer ‘Would you like fries with that?” isn’t as simple a question as it seems. Above: Parsons Elementary School kindergarten teacher Gerry Agyeman serves a customer as part of the McTeacher’s Night fundraiser at McDonald’s on Georges Road in North Brunswick on Nov. 10. Below:…
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Parsons Elementary School teacher Kathie Moon serves a line of customers during the McTeacher’s Night fundraiser at McDonald’s on Georges Road in North Brunswick on Nov. 10. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Natural health center helps heal the environment, too
The Natural Health Center of Central New Jersey uses Viridian Energy BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Natural Health Center of Central New Jersey is trying to keep true to its name, employing energy saving measures for a more efficient, natural operation. Colleen Murray-Seig and Rosina Valvo use recycled sticky notes, paper…
