Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • NBPD warns of scams using water company

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township police department is warning residents to be wary of impostors claiming to be employees from local utility companies. On March 19, a woman said a man came to her home on Arlington Avenue claiming he was from a water company, according to police reports. She…

  • Parsons Elem. giving tools to succeed to kindergartners

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Teachers involved with the “Tools of the Mind” literacy curriculum at Parsons Elementary are already calling the program a success. The first-year pilot program focuses on individualized instruction, building self-regulation in order to build content knowledge, stay on task, have self-control and complete tasks. Each morning, each…

  • Seven vying for three seats on N.B. school board

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer George Callan NORTH BRUNSWICK — Seven candidates are running for three three-year terms on the North Brunswick Board of Education. A candidates night will be held at 7 p.m. April 14 at North Brunswick Township High School, Raider Road. The election will be 2- 9 p.m. April 21 in the…

  • Three seats available on So. Brunswick school board

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Elizabeth Chang SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Voters will decide April 21 which of the seven candidates vying for three seats on the township school board will join the board. The South Brunswick Board of Education election includes two incumbents, Barry Nathanson and Stephen F. Parker. The candidates running for their first…

  • Why did the amphibians cross the road?

    Right: A female salamander, whose swollen midsection indicates she’s filled with eggs, crosses Beekman Road in East/South Brunswick March 26, when observers came out to watch the amphibians’ annual migration to breed in nearby vernal pools. Officials closed the road that rainy evening so that the 7-inch female and others could be spared from passing…

  • Corzine: Dire times call for tough choices

    Governor defends budget as maintaining priorities BY JENNIFER AMATO and BRIAN DONOHUE Staff Writers In the weeks since delivering his $29.8 billion budget proposal, Gov. Jon Corzine has faced criticism for what one New Jersey radio station has described as “the death of the middle class.” Gov. Jon Corzine Much of the backlash stems from…

  • Where’s Waldo? In New Brunswick!

    PHOTO COURTESY OF GIANNI CIPRIANO On April 2, Rutgers University broke the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest gathering of people dressed as “Where’s Waldo?,” as 1,052 students were in attendance at the State Theatre in New Brunswick.

  • Learn the early warning signs of bullying

    Children grow and develop their personalities in various ways.While many youngsters are teased or receive some good-natured ribbing at some point in their school careers, some teasing can eventually turn into bullying. The National Education Association estimates that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. Furthermore,…

  • Faith-based organizations fighting hunger

    Acoalition of faith-based and social service agencies have started a massive food drive to meet the escalating demands for emergency food in Middlesex County. The Middlesex County Coalition to Combat Poverty and Hunger is appealing to residents to donate non-perishable food and personal items. The event is timed to coincide with the Jewish Passover and…