Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • SBHS teacher sentenced for credit card fraud

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A South Brunswick High School English teacher who pleaded guilty to fraudulent credit card use has been placed on probation for three years. Jill Zell, 47, of Dayton, was also fined $1,000 for taking credit cards from two co-workers and running up charges of more than $600, according to a press release…

  • S.B. not settled yet on budget increase

    Council votes down 7-cent and 8-cent increase; is working toward 5-cent increase BY JENNIFER AMATO BY JENNIFER Staff Writer The South Brunswick Township Council voted down an 8-cent and an amended 7-cent budget increase during its public meeting July 27. Instead, the council confirmed a selfexamination of the 2010 budget while it works toward a…

  • Pippin Performance

    Dominick Pate, 16, of Old Bridge, portrays Pippin as Joicqui Pecora, 16, of North Brunswick portrays his love interest, Catherine, during a rehearsal for the Young Adult Drama Group’s performance of “Pippin,” to be held tonight, tomorrow and Saturday at 8 p.m. at North Brunswick Township High School. For story, see page 4. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Obama visit spices up business at sub shop

    Crowds converge for president’s visit to Middlesex County BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Honored. That is how David Thornton and Carl Padovano, co-owners of the Tastee Sub Shop on Plainfield Avenue in Edison, described how they felt when they learned that President Barack Obama had chosen their small business for a visit last week. Obama…

  • Playthings of the past at N.J. Vietnam Era Museum

    Toys from 1960s-70s on display through Aug. 21 at Holmdel educational center BY PATRICIA YOCZIS & ADELE YOUNG If you remember the thrill of eating your first Easy-Bake cake or the pungent odor of a freshly fired cap gun, you’ll enjoy the current traveling exhibit at the New Jersey Vietnam Era Museum and Educational Center…

  • New Jersey, a hidden gem for nature lovers?

    Author shares his yearlong journey in search of wildlife BY KATHY CHANG BY KATHY Staff Writer From the bobcats and black bears that inhabit the northwest of the state to the peregrine falcons that nest atop a Jersey City skyscraper and the harbor seals that pass through the Edison Boat Basin, there is an abundance…

  • Quest for truth continues 147 yrs. after Slocum murder

    Historical presentation revisits murder and trial BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent On the night of July 14, 1863, in the town of Mechanicsville (now West Long Branch) Abigail C. Slocum, 29 Bob D. Waitt (l-r), Robert G. Waitt, Joann Slocum Mazzucca and Arthur T. Green II pose for a portrait following a presentation on the murder…

  • Bocce ball

    Clockwise from above: North Brunswick School District Director of Personnel John Petela (l) participates in a friendly bocce game between officials from the Board of Education and the North Brunswick Seniors bocce ball team at the North Brunswick Senior Center on July 20. Superintendent of Schools Brian Zychowski throws the pallino ball. Nunziato Sgro reacts…

  • Professional journalists not ready to pack it in

    Iam not a person who adapts to change easily, but over the past few years I have gotten used to reading daily newspapers online. While I prefer holding a newspaper in my hand, I must say that being able to read several newspapers a day online is very convenient. I regularly visit the Internet websites…