Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Kendall Park Rescue Squad celebrating 50 years
Volunteer organization seeking members, donations from community BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The Kendall Park First Aid & Rescue Squad is celebrating 50 years of existence, seeking members and donations from the community. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The ambulances and the personnel may have changed, but in the 50 years that the Kendall Park First Aid…
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S.B. teens try to prevent minors’ ‘shocking’ behavior
Sticker Shock campaign places labels on alcohol to boost awareness of legal drinking age BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Like death and taxes, neon is unavoidable. On Nov. 3, three South Brunswick High School juniors used this point to their advantage as they “sticker-shocked” the Buy- Rite Liquors on Route 1 to raise awareness of…
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Residents asked to join celebration of gay and lesbian rights
Response to scheduled protest on Nov. 20 at NBTHS by Westboro Baptist Church BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — In response to reports that the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, will protest the production of “The Laramie Project” by North Brunswick Township High School (NBTHS), hundreds of people are expected to hold…
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N.B. superintendent to lead state educator task force
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Brian Zychowski, the township’s superintendent of schools, has been selected as chairman of the New Jersey Educator Effectiveness Task Force by Gov. Chris Christie. Head of North Brunswick’s school system since February 2007, Zychowski previously served as a high school history teacher; longtime coach of boys and…
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No. Brunswick detective testifies in bank robbery trial
Steven Dunkel had shots fired at him during pursuit of suspicious vehicle last year BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEWARK — “Jersey Avenue — they’re taking off on me. “Shots fired. Shots fired. Shots fired. “The back window’s shot out. He was shooting at me. “Just coming out of traffic by Walgreens. Shots fired again,…
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Program makes science & technology its FIRST priority
NBTHS Raider Robotix team holds ninth annual Brunswick Eruption competition BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Inventions such as the Segway, coronary stents and the insulin pump have an indirect connection to North Brunswick Township High School. Archbishop Wood High School (Pennsylvania) mentor Ron Rossbach examines his team’s machine during the ninth annual North Brunswick Township…
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Helping the environment one bottle cap at a time
St. Augustine of Canterbury School collecting detergent lids for recycling BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Every day, Bill Smith ventures behind the Laundromat near his house and takes the caps off the used detergent bottles he finds. On a normal day, he said, he gets around 50 caps. He then gives the caps to his…
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Woman pleads guilty to hindering murder suspect, endangering child
Body of Patricia Belizaire, 25, of North Brunswick, found in February NEW BRUNSWICK — A New Brunswick woman has pleaded guilty to helping an Edison man abandon his 20- month-old daughter and protect him after he allegedly murdered the toddler’s mother, a North Brunswick resident, in February. Ritu Loi, 26, admitted to a count of…
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The beauty of nature
Peter Emer, a photography student at North Brunswick Township High School, has had his photograph “Nature’s Beauty” published in the “Best of 2010 Photography Anthology,” which contains amateur and professional work.
