Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Life is a carnival

    Above: Shelby Turiello, 10, of Sayreville, gets a close-up look at Brad Matchett’s “Agricadabra” show during opening night of the Middlesex County Fair in East Brunswick Aug. 2. Left: The Typhoon soars as high as the treetops. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Artist grows his love for art in his backyard

    Art Lee designs mixed-media pieces for his garden gallery BY KERRI McCUNE Correspondent SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Art Lee, a local artist who never believed that he had any artistic talent, decided to take a leap of faith 20 years ago and has been creating works of art ever since. The South Brunswick resident has created…

  • S.B. Nurses Corps supports health and wellness goals

    BY KERRI McCUNE Correspondent SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick Township Volunteer Nurses Corps is a new organization in search of volunteers. The group was originally formed to administer flu shots at H1N1 clinics through the month of April, but after the task was completed, the nurses searched for a way to stay together and…

  • N.B. recognizes scholar award, anniversary of ADA

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Erica Lepinsky NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Township Council recognized the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as well as Scholar Award recipient Erica Lepinsky during a council meeting Aug. 2. The ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. Bush in order…

  • Volunteers are CERT-ain they can help in a crisis

    N.B. is training those interested in Community Emergency Response Team BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick is currently training residents to be part of its Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). The CERT concept was developed by the City of Los Angeles Fire Department in 1985 based on the recognition that citizens are very likely…

  • Two North Brunswick principals switch schools

    Brian Brotschul will lead middle school; Pete Clark to return to NBTHS BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Joseph “Pete” Clark will become top administrator of North Brunswick Township High School and Brian Brotschul will move to Linwood Middle School come September. The decision was announced Aug. 4 during a special Board of…

  • A taste of America

    Gabriel Chiappetta, of North Brunswick, once again produced a 35-by-45 foot garden in his backyard, filled with tomatoes, cucumbers, escarole, hot cherry peppers and Italian herbs. The entire garden had to withstand this past winter’s snowstorm, which caused the fencing to collapse. Pictured in front of “Nonno’s Garden” are (l-r) Chiappetta, his grandson Devan Patel,…

  • Experts confirm oil spill unlikely to reach Jersey Shore

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Oil from the Gulf oil spill is unlikely to reach the Jersey Shore, experts on the New Jersey Gulf Spill Task Force told an environmental summit on July 26. Bob Connell of the Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring, N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), shared positive…

  • State restores some funding for libraries at last minute

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Don’t get her wrong, Patricia Tumulty is grateful that some of the massive cuts in state funding to libraries across New Jersey were restored during last-minute adjustments to the state budget. But problems still remain. “We still have about a 50 percent cut from the year before,” said Tumulty,…