Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • 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.”

  • County offers residents emergency alert program

    Middlesex County residents are being encouraged to sign up for Middlesex County Alert, an emergency notification system sponsored by the county. Residents who register will receive emergency notification via mobile texts, email or both. The Middlesex County Office of Emergency Management will send emergency messages as needed, but messaging will be restricted to conditions when…

  • Warming up

    Supporters warm up before beginning the 12th annual Care-to-Walk to support the fight against breast and ovarian cancer in North Brunswick on Sunday. More photos page 24. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Contest could win new playground for school

    Residents asked to vote online through Oct. 21 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Afive-star rating is all Livingston Park Elementary School in North Brunswick needs to get new playground equipment. Livingston Park Elementary School needs residents to vote in a Bing! Internet contest in the hope of receiving funds to upgrade a vandalized playground. JENNIFER…

  • Muslim Consumer Conference to highlight contributions to U.S. economy

    Second annual marketing event set for Oct. 30 in New Bruns. BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Muslim professionals, entrepreneurs, and media and marketing executives will meet to share their experiences during the second annual Muslim Consumer Conference on Oct. 30. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, the focus…

  • Celebrating Garba

    Members of the Indo-American Cultural Foundation of Central Jersey are celebrating the Indian festival of Garba throughout the month of October. The Navratri, or nine-day festival, marks nine nights during which Hindus worship the goddesses Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati, the goddesses of health, prosperity and knowledge, respectively.