Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Communities join together for Relay for Life
Annual event honors cancer survivors BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — With an estimated 1.5 million new cases of cancer reported last year and slightly more than 560,000 deaths related to the disease, according to the American Cancer Society, the urgency to find a cure continues to mount. Two communities will come together…
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In solemn remembrance
Left: Linwood Middle School’s Eric Reardon places a flag on the grave of a veteran at Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick on May 21. Members of the school’s baseball team commemorated Memorial Day by honoring those who served the United States in the military. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff
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Four N.B. police officers promoted to higher ranks
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Four North Brunswick police officers received promotions during the town’s Police Week ceremony last month. Steven Lins Steven Lins was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He was originally hired by North Brunswick in 1983 and has spent his career in town, where he grew up. “I grew up wanting…
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Soap opera actor, entertainer to throw first pitch at BlueClaws game
Funds from June 6 nut-free baseball game to benefit children with food allergies Above: Two walkers take a break during the 2009 FAAN Walk for Food Allergy in Long Branch. Left: Buster the BlueClaws mascot has fun with fans during last year’s nut-free game in Lakewood. The minor league baseball team will hold its second…
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Central Jersey choir to sing Jewish music from around the world
Concert will be June 10 at Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — More than 50 amateur singers from Monmouth, Middlesex, Mercer and Somerset counties will come together June 10 to sing Jewish music from around the world. The Makhelat HaMercaz Jewish Choir of Central New Jersey…
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N.B. educator named Middlesex County Teacher of the Year
Danita Guarino of Linwood Middle School receives honor BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Danita Guarino, an eighth-grade science teacher at Linwood Middle School, has been selected as the 2010 Middlesex County Teacher of the Year. “[I am] truly honored to be representing so many talented and dedicated teachers across our county,” she…
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Welcome to the (art) school of rock
Musical legends to visit Rockn’ Joe in Kendall Park as part of art exhibit BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Bono SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Rockn’ Joe Coffeehouse & Bistro in Kendall Park is rockin’ a little bit more than usual. Phil Baker, aka the Rock ’n’ Roll Painter, is displaying his music-inspired artwork on the walls…
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Ice cream shop has been sweet to Project Graduation
Confectionately Yours will donate proceeds to SBHS on June 14 BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — One last event will fuel the Project Graduation train that leaves for the Funplex in Mount Laurel, Burlington County, on June 21. Confectionately Yours, a homemade ice cream shop located on Route 27, will donate 20 percent…
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3 men face burglary charges
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Three local men were arrested in connection with two recent township burglaries, police said. On May 25, a resident of Chipper Drive in Kendall Park reported that assorted electronics and jewelry were stolen from his home while he and his wife were at work. Police say a neighbor of the burglary victims…
