Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Fun and games

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Nick Sarka, 6, of Metuchen, takes the corner like a NASCAR driver at the North Brunswick Youth Sports Festival, held June 11-21 near DeVry University in North Brunswick. Right: Thomas Kaminski, 18, of Woodbridge, has fun on a ride. The annual carnival benefits the various youth sports organizations in town.

  • S.B. police locate hikers using tracking system

    Juveniles were lost in Monmouth Junction section of town BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Two juveniles who were lost in the woods on a Sunday afternoon were located soon after they called 911 on a cellular phone. The township police’s dispatch center received a 911 phone call from a 17-yearold girl who…

  • On to another year

    The pre-kindergarten graduating class of 2009 at the JCC of North & South Brunswick Nursery School at Congregation B’nai Tikvah in North Brunswick.

  • Local woman spends semester as intern in D.C.

    Francesca Larson, of N.B., worked with Sen. Robert Menendez BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Township resident Francesca Larson has already accomplished a great deal in her 21 years. The Boston University student graduated a year early this past semester. She attended classes through the school’s International Program for the past five months,…

  • ‘Faire’ game

    CHRIS KELLY staff South Brunswick’s Joyce Huang, 8, makes her own goblet during a medieval meeting of students at the South Brunswick Library on June 15.

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Graduates listen to the proceedings during North Brunswick Township High School’s 35th commencement ceremony held at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton June 19. For more photos, see page 10.

  • Software company breaks ground in S.B.

    Town will be home of Infragistics’ headquarters BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Alocal software company with a global reach is moving to town. Infragistics, a technology company that provides user interface development tools and expertise in the user experience market, broke ground for its new home in South Brunswick last week. Members of the Township…

  • No. Brunswick loses veteran police officer

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick Township Police Officer Thomas Szabo passed away this weekend from an apparent selfinflicted gunshot wound. According to a press release from the township Police Department, Szabo, 46, died at his residence on Saturday. He was born in Jersey City and lived in North Brunswick before moving to East…

  • Boy Scout leads effort to beautify gazebo area

    Brandon Wildemuth plans project, earns Eagle Scout ranking BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Fifteen-year-old Boy Scout Brandon Wildemuth saw an opportunity to help others and earn the rank of Eagle Scout with a project that would transform the gazebo at the Oak Woods Senior Residence Housing Complex in South Brunswick. Brandon Wildemuth, of South Brunswick,…