Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • No. Bruns. adopts ordinance limiting commercial vehicles

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The North Brunswick Township Council voted to adopt an ordinance limiting the number of commercial vehicles allowed to be parked in residential areas, during its public meeting June 1. As of July 1, the newly revised document allows only certain vehicles to be parked residentially, and only one per address.…

  • No. Brunswick Scouts out a new landscape

    Cub Scouts, DPW workers and Parks Dept. employees landscape sites in town BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The front of the North Brunswick municipal building has gotten a makeover recently. PHOTO COURTESY OF HARRY ROSSMANN Tiger Cub Scouts Pack 81 Den 17 of North Brunswick planted over 250 plants in front of the municipal building…

  • Incumbents win primary for county freeholder board

    18 percent of Democrats chose county candidates BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Democrats recently voted for three incumbents to run against Republican candidates for the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders election in November. Incumbents James Polos and Ronald Rios ran uncontested for two three-year seats in a primary that was held June 2, receiving…

  • OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND – Advertorial

    By Gloria Averbuch Advertorial  OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND By Gloria Averbuch Sky Blue FC Collette McCallum Photo credit to: Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com Just as learning is not confined to a classroom, neither are sports and fitness confined to organized teams and programs. You can do a lot to promote children’s fitness,…

  • N.B. girl is jazzing up mask-decorating contest

    Is finalist in Zatarain’s ‘Savor the Art of Mardi Gras’ competition BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A local 12- year-old is participating in a “New Orleans Tradition.” The tagline for Zatarain’s food products applies to Claudia Doll, a sixth-grade student at Linwood Middle School who is a finalist in the company’s 2009…

  • Skate park idea not rolling forward

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Plans for a township skate park have been put on hold due to the economy. At a council meeting in December 2007, several township teens presented the governing body with a petition with over 500 signatures asking for a designated skating area. However, Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack…

  • DARE program suspended at Linwood Middle School

    Police officers reassigned to patrol division BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Due to the struggling economy, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program has been suspended at Linwood Middle School. “We don’t have the money to maintain all of the programs we’ve had, so our priority [to maintain] safety and patrol, of…

  • Students transition from school to real-life jobs

    Leadership conference shares experiences of working teens BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick Township High School were dared to dream big at a recent conference held at Middlesex County College. On May 27, Randy Solomon’s class attended the Dare to Dream Student Leadership Conference. Student Robert Rolon was the keynote presenter for North Brunswick.…

  • State Fair Meadowlands promises fun for whole family

    With tigers, magic, fireworks and food favorites from around the world on hand, who can resist the lure of New Jersey’s largest, annual familyfriendly event set for Giants Stadium Fairgrounds at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford. Eighteen days of action-packed fun for the entire family will start June 25 and run through July…