Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Snow day

    Clockwise from top: While Sandy Sharon was inside her house in Kendall Park Feb. 10, she heard a noise and saw her neighbor Tony Pacilio clearing her driveway with his snowblower. She then saw three other neighbors come over with shovels to help out. Pictured left to right: Andre Gravel, Izzat Bakhadyrov, Alex Gravel and…

  • Middlesex County College to celebrate Indian art, dance

    Dance concert to be held Feb. 25; art exhibit will be through March 25 Above: Parul Shah, an internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer whose work is expanding the classical medium beyond cultural boundaries, leads the Parul Shah Dance Company. Right: Dancer, choreographer and educator Ramya Ramnarayan runs the Nrithyanjali Dance Institute in North Brunswick, and…

  • Area chiropractor chosen for Olympic medical team

    Toto will work with U.S. athletes in Vancouver BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Combining his love of sports with his love of chiropractic work, Dr. Blasé Toto has found himself in what may be the perfect job. Association of New Jersey Chiropractors member Dr. Blasé Toto (r) is pictured with Dr. Bill Moreau, director of…

  • Family playtime

    Children of all ages sift through a pile of LEGOs in order to build their own designs during a Family LEGO Club session held at the South Brunswick Library in Monmouth Junction on Saturday. The club, which meets once a month, is open to children ages 5 and older and their caregivers. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Family LEGO Club

    Armaan Mediratta (l) and Ajay Sirvisetti build their respective designs during a Family LEGO Club session held at the South Brunswick Library in Monmouth Junction on Saturday. The club, which meets once a month, is open to children ages 5 and older and their caregivers. More photos, page 25. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • S.B. company gets drug approved by FDA

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Apharmaceutical company based in Monmouth Junction recently received its first drug approval from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). Upon the announcement last week some township officials seemed hopeful that the news could help bolster the local economy. INNOPHARMA, located on Deerpark Road, announced the FDA approval of the Abbreviated New…

  • Local letter carriers honored for driving without accidents

    New Brunswick Postmaster Michael Rizzolo awarded U.S. Postal Service letter carriers for their years of accident free motor vehicle performance along their routes in New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Highland Park, during a ceremony Feb. 2. The awardees are Michael Szebeny of Old Bridge, 41 years of accident-free driving; Thomas Russo of Staten Island, N.Y.,…

  • County archives building to ‘go green’

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Middlesex County is expected to save $100,000 when it installs a new HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) system at the county’s Archives Building off Apple Orchard Lane in North Brunswick. The county has been accepted into PSE&G’s Direct Install program, which is a new program that helps municipal, local and state…

  • Man who helped at crash site killed

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 24-yearold man who was struck by a car while helping the victims of an auto accident last week has died from his injuries. Jerson Pena-Sandoval, of South River, was helping out at the scene of a separate accident on Route 130 on Feb. 1 when he was struck by a 2003…