Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Officers pleased with medicine collection

    Operation Take Back New Jersey collected 14,436 pounds of unwanted or unused prescription and overthe counter medications at locations around the state on Sept. 25. The goal of Operation Take Back New Jersey was to prevent those drugs from slipping into the hands of young children and teenagers. N.J. residents responded to a DEA initiative…

  • Proposed law a tribute to late Sayreville teen

    Sara’s Law would create a contact registry for victims of car accidents BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Sara Dubinin SAYREVILLE — A bill named in honor of Sara Dubinin, a borough 19-year-old who was killed in a car crash in 2007, would create a next-of-kin registry to be used to notify family members if a…

  • Local attorney donates pink socks to N.B. soccer league

    Fundraiser for Susan B. Komen Foundation is ongoing BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Members of the North Brunswick Adult Soccer League’s Team Juventus don pink socks donated by Neil Malvone, pictured at the far right of the first row. Malvone is honoring his late father by fundraising for the Susan B. Komen Foundation. NORTH BRUNSWICK…

  • N.B. council recognizes good deeds of residents

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Elise Bender NORTH BRUNSWICK — Several township residents and organizations were recognized during the Oct. 18 Township Council meeting. Elise Bender was recognized as a Scholar Award recipient for October. The North Brunswick Township High School freshman is an honors student who has been a swimmer for seven years and…

  • Walk for Diane

    Above: Eva and Michaela Anello blow kisses to their Aunt Diane Goodwin, for whom the second annual Walk for Diane was held in South Brunswick on Sunday. The walk promotes early screenings and detection for breast cancer. Right: Walkers show their support. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Lobbyist reports available on ELEC Internet website

    Members of the public, the media and others can now go online and conveniently view annual financial activity reports filed by lobbyists in 2010, Jeff Brindle, executive director of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), announced. A lobbyist is a person who is compensated to communicate with, or provide a benefit to, a…

  • S.B. celebrates Lights On Afterschool program

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The township declared Lights On Afterschool [LOA] for schoolchildren Oct. 21. After school ended, children and their families were invited to take part in a variety of activities at schools all over the district. LOA is part of the Afterschool Alliance Organization [AAO], a national group that…

  • Into the woods

    Patrice Zinnikas, a student at North Brunswick Township High School, received a third-place award in the first Rutgers Gardens photography contest, in the landscapes category, with her photograph “Helyar Beauty.”

  • Belly Dancing for Breast Cancer

    Warren Mayorga, of North Brunswick, leads the crowd during the belly-dancing portion of a benefit dance-a-thon at Curves of North Edison Oct. 10. Participants enjoyed two hours of Zumba and belly-dancing to raise money for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. SCOTT FRIEDMAN