Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • State transportation head tells teens about new law

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Pam Fischer, director of the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS), does not want to hear another tragic story like that of Kyleigh D’Alessio. Kyleigh was just 16 years old when she was killed in a motor vehicle accident in December 2006 in Washington Township, Morris County. She was…

  • The Passion Mime

    Members of the Youth Group perform in “The Passion Mime” at the Hosanna South Brunswick Church in Monmouth Junction on Saturday. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • N.B. school budget adopted at $201 per-year increase

    District is facing layoffs, half-day kindergarten BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Residents of North Brunswick could face a $201 annual increase in school taxes on a home assessed at the township average of $157,000 if voters approve the budget April 20. The Board of Education adopted the $71.77 million local tax levy at a special…

  • So. Bruns. adopts 2010-11 school budget

    BOE keeps high school golf & ice hockey programs on pay-to-participate basis BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The South Brunswick Board of Education adopted a school budget on March 31 that absorbs a $6.4 million slash in state aid and reinstates high school golf and hockey. The district, which lost 25 percent of the aid…

  • Six vie for three seats on South Brunswick Board of Education

    Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 20 There are six candidates running for the three available three-year terms on the South Brunswick Board of Education. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 20. Daniel Boyle Age: 46 Spouse: Donna Boyle Children: A son, 18, who graduated…

  • Census forms can be returned through end of April

    Communities in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area are at risk of losing millions of dollars in federal funds every year for the next 10 years because they are not mailing back their 2010 Census forms, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. “April 1 [was] Census Day, but it is not a deadline,” said…

  • Silent prayer

    Alongside fellow members of the Youth Group, James Clavin, of South Brunswick, performs in “The Passion Mime” at the Hosanna South Brunswick Church in Monmouth Junction on Saturday. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • S.B. proposes massive reduction in staff, programs

    State aid is reduced about 25 percent, or $6.4 million BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer In an attempt to absorb the loss of millions of dollars caused by a sharp cut in state aid, the South Brunswick school district proposed cutting more than 100 staff members and significantly reducing several clubs and sports. South Brunswick…

  • N.B. unveils upgrades to water treatment plant

    Called a $19 million ‘Brita filter’ BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Upgrades to North Brunswick’s water treatment plant on Canal Road in Somerset, were officially unveiled on March 26. Jim Grootenboer, systems manager for American Water Services, explains the new filter system of the North Brunswick water treatment plant, located on Canal Road in Somerset.…