Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Longhouse to be focus of event at county park
Structure was type of home used by natives of N.J. area Area residents are invited to step back in history on Saturday and help members of Intertribal American Indians of New Jersey build a traditional native dwelling called a longhouse. Longhouses, not tepees, were the type of homes favored by the natives in this region…
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‘An elephant’s faithful, 100 percent’
Young Adult Drama Group to perform ‘Seussical’ this weekend in North Brunswick Tickets are on sale for performances of “Seussical,” North Brunswick’s 39th annual Young Adult Drama Group performance, sponsored by the township Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Jaclyn Angstreich (l) and Carol Leigh Womack will be…
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Local day camp stocks So. Brunswick Food Pantry
BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — After weeks of preparation, counselors-in-training at Mill Road Day Camp in South Brunswick stocked the shelves of the township’s Food Pantry July 29. For the fourth consecutive year, a handful of the 13- to 15-year-old trainees voluntarily filled the pantry with an assortment of foods and school…
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Campaign focuses on not leaving kids unattended in cars
State reps talk about vehicle-related dangers BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Never leave a child unattended in a car, even for a minute. That is the message the state Department of Children and Families (DCF) wants to get across through the “Not Even for a Minute” summer campaign they officially launched at the Miller Buick…
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Family tells story of losing their father
Warn what to look out for at nursing homes, hospitals BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Laurentino Rodriguez NORTH BRUNSWICK — Laurentino Rodriguez, Jr. was born in Lares, Puerto Rico. One of 12 siblings in his family, he worked hard all his life, supporting his family financially. Rodriguez came to the United States when he was…
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Middlesex is overseeing Monmouth ME’s office
In an effort to save costs for both counties, Middlesex County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Falzon is serving as Monmouth County’s medical examiner for the remainder of 2009. Falzon replaces longtime Monmouth County Medical Examiner Dr. Jay Peacock and has oversight of both county medical examiners’ offices. “State statute permits the cooperative sharing of medical…
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Rutgers study: License plates reveal gamblers visiting neighboring states
When Dr. Karyn Malinowski wanted to know where the New Jersey gamblers were going, she counted license plates. Unlike the game that parents have their vacation-weary children play on car trips, Malinowski, director of the Rutgers University Equine Science Center, was engaged in a study she released July 28 through the Hall Institute for Public…
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Banking on talent
CHRIS KELLY staff South Brunswick’s Candice and June McNeil perform during the Mount Zion House of Prayer and Celebration of Giving With Zeal’s mutlicultural Block Party Festival in Red Bank July 25.
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Middlesex County senior art contest winners’ work now exhibited
Middlesex County Department on Aging has announced the winners of its senior art contest, with artwork displayed at the Carteret Senior Center, 100 Cooke Ave., Carteret, through Aug. 12. The works cover nine different media categories. Professional and non-professional artists were judged separately. Firstplace winners will compete in the New Jersey senior citizens show in…
