Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Peace and joy celebrated by Muslims
Islamic Society of Central Jersey celebrates end of holiday with Eid-Ul-Fitr BY SAM SLAUGHTER BY SAM Staff Writer The main message of the Eid-Ul-Fitr celebration held Sept 10th at the Islamic Society of Central Jersey in South Brunswick was, simply, peace and joy. Nadia Nasism (l), 3-month-old Hayaa Aisha and Naeem Rehman celebrate after an…
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Driver suspended after two children left on school bus
BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The South Brunswick Police Department successfully located and returned two missing Indian Fields schoolchildren to their parents on Sept. 7. The children were reported missing by their mother at around 4:15 p.m. after they did not exit the bus at their Friendship Road stop at the usual 3:10 p.m. time,…
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N.B. volunteers visit Haiti, begin to build dry toilet
For This One nonprofit is dedicated to improving conditions on the island country BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Two North Brunswick residents who created an organization to assist the people of Haiti have just returned from their second visit. A feeding program implemented in Jubilee Blanc in Gonaïves, Haiti, provides at least one meal of…
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Trial continues in death of 18-year-old So. Bruns. woman
Kimberly Green, of Somerset, accused of being involved in 2007 drunken-driving accident BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — The source of an odor of alcohol is one point being contested in the trial of Kimberly Green, who is accused of driving while intoxicated in 2007 and killing an 18-year-old South Brunswick woman. Green…
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Nine years later, pain still exists
No. Brunswick holds ceremony commemorating terrorist attacks of 2001 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The Middlesex County Police & Fire Pipes & Drums play during the Sept. 11 Ceremony held by North Brunswick Township on Saturday. JENNIFER AMATO NORTH BRUNSWICK — Glenn Kirwin worked on the 105th floor of the North Tower in the World…
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Horn blowing
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Shani Azimov tries out a shofar while her father, Rabbi Levi Azimov, watches during a shofar-making workshop at the Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick on Sept. 5. Right: Mendel Azimov cuts the tip off a ram’s horn in preparation to make a new shofar during the workshop. The shofar…
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Lensman’s photo published in National Geographic
BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent This photograph of a horse playing in the snow was taken by Mike Quinn of Colts Neck and published in the August issue of “National Geographic.” MIKE QUINN COLTS NECK — Readers of “National Geographic” who examined the August issue closely may have noticed that a Colts Neck resident had a…
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Bat tests positive for rabies in No. Brunswick
NORTH BRUNSWICK — A bat tested positive for rabies in the vicinity of Adams Lane and Route 130 in North Brunswick on Sept. 5. A live bat was captured by an animal control officer and was sent to the New Jersey State Department of Health Laboratory for testing. This is the 14th rabid animal reported…
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Off-duty police officer hit by alleged drunken driver
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Monroe police alerted the South Brunswick Police Department to a hit-and-run on a police officer at 1:40 p.m. Sept 12. Monroe police reported that they were searching for a green Ford Taurus station wagon that had fled the scene. Officer Laszlo Nyitrai was off-duty and heading to work while traveling south on…
