Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Parent hails state’s autism coverage law

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer New Jersey residents who have children with autism and who must pay a significant amount of money for the cost of therapy will remember Aug. 13, 2009, for a long time. Sharon Dey “Aug. 13 was an emotional and victorious day for families that have children with autism,” said Sharon…

  • Gov. Corzine visits So. Brunswick H.S. library

    Discusses educational issues and funding with educators, parents BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Gov. Jon S. Corzine met with parents and educators last week at South Brunswick High School to reiterate and discuss his commitment to educational improvement. JENNIFER BOOTON Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Commissioner of Education Lucille E. Davy (r) held an educational…

  • County students go green at the EARTH Center

    Eco-Ventures program teaches youths how to protect the environment BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer (Editor’s note: The unabridged version of this story) JENNIFER BOOTON Bill Hlubik, Middlesex County agricultural agent and Rutgers University professor, explains how corn could be used to create ethanol during the Eco-Ventures Youth Program, held at the Rutgers Cooperative Research and…

  • IRS features Recovery Act tax credits on YouTube, iTunes

    The Internal Revenue Service announced the availability of video and audio products to help taxpayers take advantage of the 2009 tax provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The IRS has launched a YouTube video site and an iTunes podcast site to better serve taxpayers. People can visit the video site at www.youtube.com/irsvideos to…

  • ‘Vampire Diaries’ to give Marlboro native star turn

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer You never know what to expect as an actor, but Marlboro native Paul Wesley can expect to have audiences watching him on the CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” on Thursdays this fall. Paul Wesley Wesley, 27, was on location in Atlanta, Ga., when he took time to speak with a reporter…

  • N.B. man donates kidney to friend in need

    Both donor and recipient encourage living organ donations BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Sam DeStefano (l) donated a kidney in June to his friend of over 20 years, Ken Budrow. Both are recovering well. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Three years ago, Ken Budrow went to have routine blood work done at the doctor’s office. Otherwise healthy…

  • What a trooper

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN While his own dog Trooper fetches a ball, Matt Acure, 15, of North Brunswick, plays with Phoenix, owned by John Spond, of North Brunswick, at the North Brunswick Community Park on a dreary afternoon Aug. 29.

  • Fielding options

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: The South River Knights played against the North Brunswick Adams Athletic Club Pop Warner Indians during the opening day of the Pop Warner season Aug. 23 at Sabella Park, North Brunswick. Left: Isaih Alston, of the Knights, slips through the grasp of Katibu Martin Jr., of the Indians, during a…

  • E.B. resident, 32, turns to community for help

    Father of two seeks DNA match for stem cell transplant BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Mitchell Brown and his family are waiting for someone to step forward and help save his life. Mitchell and Jill Brown with their children Jack, 3, and Sydney, who was born in June. The 32-year-old East Brunswick resident, who was diagnosed…