Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Despite budget cuts, S.B.’s Independence Day festivities go on

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Despite heavy burdens on the municipal budget, the South Brunswick annual Independence Day fireworks display will go on as planned, thanks to the help of local volunteers who helped raise more than $30,000. “We didn’t want this very popular community event to be a casualty of our having to tighten…

  • SBHS valedictorian encourages peers to follow their passion

    Commencement ceremony was held June 21 BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer With the South Brunswick High School commencement more than a week past, and recent graduates winding down from the last four years and looking forward to their upcoming ones, the class of 2010 should remember words spoken at their graduation: Passions carve the path…

  • in the service •••

    Chelsea Sheehy of North Brunswick received an appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., as a member of the class of 2014 and will be sworn in on June 28. Approximately 6,000 applications are received by the Admissions Department and roughly 290 candidates are accepted. She is the daughter of JoAnn and…

  • The sun shone brighter in S.B. on Monday

    Dow Jones & Co. breaks ground for 13,000-panel solar energy system BY KERRI McCUNE Correspondent Dow Jones & Company held a groundbreaking and ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to kick off construction for its large-scale solar power installation. This innovative project will generate clean The solar panel project at Dow Jones in South Brunswick is expected to…

  • Two photographers captured social landscape, and soul

    Works of Winogrand, Clark on display at Zimmerli Garry Winogrand and Larry Clark began redefining photography in the 1960s, documenting the American social landscape in out-of-the-ordinary black-and-white photographs of people engaged in ordinary activities.   A Garry Winogrand photograph in New York City, from the series, “Women Are Better Than Men, Not Only Have They…

  • Sausage sale to benefit S.B. autism program

    Fundraiser 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 26 at Royal Chevrolet, Bridgewater BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A sausage sandwich will never have tasted so good — especially since the $2 spent on its purchase will directly impact two local charities. Royal Chevrolet, of Bridgewater, Somerset County, and Premio Foods, headquartered in…

  • Opposers of Kyleigh’s Law hold press conference

    State officials ask for repeal of red decal requirement for drivers under 21 BY KERRI McCUNE Correspondent TRENTON — Growing opposition to Kyleigh’s Law has parents all over New Jersey asking: Should we obey the law and put our children at risk, or ignore it? Kyleigh’s Law requires probationary drivers under the age of 21…

  • Route 1 traffic shift to begin in South Brunswick

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The N.J. Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will begin the replacement of the Heathcote Brook culvert under Route 1 in South Brunswick on June 24. The contractor, Mount Construction Inc., has announced a shifting of Route 1 southbound traffic to the west and northbound traffic to the east. Overnight lane closures will be…

  • Relay for Life honors those who have faced cancer

    Over $15,00 raised so far; final totals expected in August BY KERRI McCUNE Correspondent SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Individuals from North and South Brunswick joined forces last Saturday evening to participate in Relay for Life, an American Cancer Society fundraiser. It was an all-night event at Crossroads South Middle School, beginning at 6 p.m. and ending…