Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • IRS announces standard mileage rates for 2010

    The Internal Revenue Service has issued the 2010 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2010, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: • 50 cents…

  • Middlesex County wins ‘green’ award

    Middlesex County received the 2009 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for Sustainable and Healthy Communities in recognition of its leadership role in environmentally friendly programs and policies throughout the state. The award recognized Middlesex County for developing the state’s first county sustainability plan, providing assistance to schools and municipalities with the implementation of green technology and…

  • Light bright

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Rabbi Levi Azimov of the Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick, in North Brunswick, sings Hanukkah songs during the lighting of the menorah on Dec. 11. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • On Campus

    Jaclynne Terase Nimon, Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, has been inducted into Sigma Alpha Lamdba National Leadership and Honors Organization at Rowan University, Glassboro. The organizations promotes and rewards academic achievement, and provides members with opportunities for community service, personal development and lifelong professional fulfillment. Elizabeth Fackelman, North Brunswick, has been named to the…

  • New mausoleum to open in So. Brunswick

    Cemetery will add 1,800 crypts, 500 niches for cremated remains BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer An all-indoor mausoleum will soon open on the South Brunswick side of the Holy Cross Burial Park. Holy Cross Burial Park, located in both East and South Brunswick, will build a $3.5 million mausoleum by next year. The mausoleum, which…

  • Ride along

    First-grader Henry Aymes, (l) of Monmouth Junction, rides the “Grand Tiger Roar” Cubmobile with the help of his father, Gregory, standing behind him, during the annual Joyce Kilmer District Cub Scout Cubmobile races held Nov. 15 at Thompson Park, Jamesburg. Over 200 Cub Scouts, ages 6 to 10, raced downhill in handcrafted Cubmobiles, which are…

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT staff South Brunswick Librarian Mary Donne (l) and her daughter, Eliza, play the guitar and sing during an open acoustic jam held at the South Brunswick Public Library Dec. 2. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • North Brunswick honors teen peers, youth advocate

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The township of North Brunswick recognized Youth Advocate Henri Renard (l) and Young Adult Peer Advocates Michael Curran (l-r), Christina Pierpaoli, Danielle Garback and Macky Womack during a council meeting Dec. 7. NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Township of North Brunswick’s Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Service and Parks &…

  • S.B. teen falls 25 feet through skylight

    Listed in critical condition as of press time SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 15-yearold township girl is in critical condition after falling nearly 25 feet through a warehouse skylight Dec. 12. The South Brunswick High School freshman was on top of a warehouse roof this weekend when she fell and was knocked unconscious. “It’s a tragedy,”…