Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Middlesex County College dental hygiene students

    Stephenie Appea, of North Brunswick waits to get X-rays with Middlesex County College dental hygiene students Andrea Baros, portraying the Tooth Fairy, and Linda Furka during the Give Kids a Smile Day at the college Feb. 5. More photos, page 8. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • FEBRUARY 11, 2010 S.B. council chooses no. side of Ridge Road for sidewalks

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer After deliberating about three options, the South Brunswick Township Council has chosen to lay the final portion of Ridge Road sidewalks closer to residential neighborhoods. The two-phase sidewalk project will stretch from Georges Road to Route 522 and calls for new sidewalks and improvements to the storm sewers. The first…

  • Brunswick Acres Elem. sends clothes to Haiti

    Twenty parent and student volunteers pack 78 boxes BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Volunteers from the Brunswick Acres Elementary School packed hundreds of donated items last week in an attempt to offer some relief to the people of Haiti. For nearly two weeks after the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake hit Haiti, the Brunswick Acres School…

  • YMCA recognized for warehouse renovations

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick Family YMCA was recently acknowledged for the conversion of 12,000 square feet of warehouse space into a stateof the-art youth complex. The YMCA of the USA honored the Monmouth Junction facility for Excellence in Facilities for Renovation and Addition. Only 197 facilities have been…

  • Give Kids a Smile

    Above: Deziree Appea, of North Brunswick, is examined by Joann Frazer during the Give Kids a Smile Day at the Middlesex County College on Feb. 5. MCC held a dental clinic for children in need, including free exams, restorative work and cleanings. Right: Middlesex County College dental hygienist student Andrea Baros, as the Tooth Fairy,…

  • Middlesex, Monmouth to share juvenile center

    Officials in Middlesex and Monmouth counties have announced an agreement to share youth detention services in hopes of saving taxpayers in each county more than $20 million over the next 10 years. The Monmouth County juvenile facility in Freehold Township will be closed, and all juveniles will be housed at the Middlesex County Youth Services…

  • Recreation fees likely to increase in So. Brunswick

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Recreation fees will likely increase this year in an attempt to alleviate budgetary constraints and provide some self-sufficiency to recreational programs. The Township Council voted unanimously Jan. 26 to introduce an ordinance that will hike several of the fees that must be paid for recreational programs and…

  • Skating ‘marathon’

    Andrew Schwartz, of Clifton (standing, left) and his team of hockey players with developmental disabilities from EveryBODY Skates New Jersey make a stop at the Princeton Sports Center in South Brunswick on Sunday morning as part of their 1,370-mile journey to 54 ice skating rinks across the state in just 54 hours to try to…

  • Two S.B. women charged with mugging 90-yr.-old in Monroe lot

    MONROE — Two residents of South Brunswick have been arrested in connection with the mugging of a 90-year-old woman in Monroe on Jan. 22. According to a press release from the Monroe Township Police Department, Lillian R. Allen, 39, and Annie Lawrence, 62, both of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, were arrested Jan.…