Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Happy Hanukkah

    The prekindergarten class from the JCC of North & South Brunswick Nursery School of Congregation B’nai Tikvah, North Brunswick, performed Hanukkah songs for residents of the Regency Jewish Heritage Nursing Home in Somerset last week. The children drew Hanukkah pictures and distributed them to the residents. The staff gave out treats and goody bags to…

  • Complaint against NBTHS football coach deemed not valid

    Investigation found no evidence Mark Zielinksi struck a player in October BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township school district has not been able to prove allegations against a varsity football coach stemming from an incident two months ago. Parents of a teammate on the football team at North Brunswick Township High…

  • N.B. First Aid Squad gives live to volunteer effort in town

    Residents sacrifice personal, family time to aid those in need BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer At 6 p.m., when most people are returning home to their families, a new shift begins in North Brunswick. Above: Capt. Joe Anderson (center), along with fellow EMT technicians, run though a training exercise at the North Brunswick First Aid…

  • Resident finds time to give back at S.B. Food Pantry

    People Who Make a Difference BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Although the recession stubbornly lingers at the close of this first decade, there are still many in South Brunswick who find time to open their hearts and give back to the community. Tina Hess, a volunteer who donates about 10 hours of her time each…

  • Waste transfer station approved in New Brunswick

    North Brunswick residents still worried about environmental, residential impacts BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — An application for a waste transfer station in the city of New Brunswick, which borders North Brunswick, was approved by the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders on Dec. 17. The applicant, 986 Jersey Avenue LLC, representing the…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Anushca Vasee (l-r), Pooja Yerneni and Jadaa Cruz sing during John Adam Elementary School’s kindergarten holiday concert in North Brunswick on Dec. 18. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Livingston Park Elem. celebrates achievements

    State of the School address delivered Dec. 9 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Livingston Park Elementary has been named a School of Character by the New Jersey Department of Education. It has received a Best Practice award for citizenship and tolerance. It has received a New Jersey Star School designation from the…

  • SBHS senior dies during basketball game

    Cause of collapse unknown at this time BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer A 17-year-old South Brunswick High School senior died Dec. 17 shortly after collapsing at a recreation basketball game, authorities said Friday. Brandon A.M. James, an honor student and lifelong Monmouth Junction resident, passed away last Thursday evening at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital,…

  • Students don’t ‘cow’-er away from idea of helping others

    Judd Elem. fifth-graders donate money to Heifer International BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A popular children’s book begins, “If you give a mouse a cookie,” but the fifth-grade class at Judd Elementary School is wondering what happens if you give a family a cow. About 120 students in the classes of Ernest…