Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Mother’s mission: Help at-risk veterans

    East Brunswick’s Linda Bean tells congressional panel more services are needed BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer On July 14, Linda Bean was sworn in at a hearing in Washington, D.C., and gracefully advised a congressional panel on how the Veterans Administration can improve treatment resources for veterans. Though this was Bean’s first time testifying before…

  • ‘Heavenly’ sight

    Mark and Kelly Koching, of North Brunswick, explain the unique features of the “Apprentice” during the Tri-County Radio Club’s fourth annual open house event at Heavenly Farms in East Brunswick July 18. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • for the record •••

    In the July 22 article, “Local man seeks to produce drug for sickle cell disease,” two of the photographs were incorrectly attributed. The photograph of the Nigerians waiting for information about Nicosan, and the photograph of the drug sitting on the shelves of a warehouse in 2006, were taken by retired Col. Bhuwan Pandey, a…

  • N.B. Food Bank in desperate need of donations

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The North Brunswick food bank is in desperate need of donations, so Buffalo Wild Wings and the United Way teamed up to help. With the food bank serving over 400 people each month, summers are especially difficult because school food drives are no longer in place. As a result, Bill…

  • Community YMCA becomes just ‘The Y’

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — After 43 years, the Y will be flying solo. In a massive rebranding campaign, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), one of the most iconic nonprofit community organizations in the nation, has announced that it will be dropping the “MCA” from its name. “Going forward, the YMCA…

  • S.B. mulls construction of homes on small lots

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The South Brunswick Township Council discussed an ordinance last week that would establish floor-area-ratio standards for residential districts in the township, thus reducing the large-house, small-lot trend seen in recent years. “We should be concerned about having awfully large houses on small land,” Councilman Charlie Carley said. “We just don’t…

  • Local man seeks to produce drug for sickle cell disease

    LaMonte Forthun is assisting Xechem Nigeria BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer ASouth Brunswick man is hoping to team up with Nigerian officials to produce an organic drug that some say effectively treats sickle cell disease (SCD). Mothers and children in Nigeria learn about Nicosan, a drug that can be used to treat sickle cell disease,…

  • N.B. residents invited to a huge ‘party’ Aug. 3

    Annual National Night Out event is dubbed as a going away party for crime and drugs BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Coming off an event that was recognized by the National Association of Town Watch last year for outstanding participation, Charisse Rodriguez is trying to organize an even more successful National Night…

  • Surveillance cameras discussed for new S.B. businesses

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Surveillance cameras may soon be required outside new commercial properties in an effort to hinder crime and increase safety for township residents. The cameras would be placed in parking lots and near the buildings’ entranceways in order to “ensure proper video surveillance for patron safety,” according to…