Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Roped in

    ERIC SUCAR staff Sarah Kessler (l-r), Cassandra Maisonet, Lindsey Mykietyn and Emily Mykietyn prepare their rope runners during the Girl Scouts Rope Runners event, held at Parsons Elementary School in North Brunswick on March 6. More than 40 Scouts, with some help from their father or other significant male, created wooden objects that they raced…

  • Rocking around the clock

    NBTHS holds 24-hour rocking chair marathon fundraiser BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Students at North Brunswick Township High School rocked the night away the weekend of Feb. 21. More than 100 students participated in the 24th annual Rock-a-Thon, a 24-hour rocking-chair marathon that raised over $12,000 for the American Red Cross; American…

  • Focus on South Asian mental health issues

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer South Asians affected by mental illness now have a broader support system in central New Jersey. South Asian Mental Health Awareness in Jersey (SAMHAJ) seeks to improve the lives of South Asian immigrants in the state who are affected by mental illness by providing support, education and advocacy for individuals…

  • Police arrest SBHS student on weapons charges

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — An 18-yearold high school student was recently arrested for allegedly having a butterfly knife in his locker. Robert Spahr, of Monmouth Junction, was arrested at South Brunswick High School after an assistant principal reportedly found the knife in the student’s locker last week. School officials then alerted…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Nidhi Gandhi, 4, of South Brunswick, is ready to go with his hat, mask and shaker instrument he made during the New Orleans-style Mardi Gras party at the South Brunswick Library on Feb. 26.

  • Suspects indicted on murder charges

    Couple allegedly involved in double homicide case BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The attorney for Nicole Taylor recently entered a plea of not guilty during an arraignment hearing regarding murder charges relating to the strangling of her boyfriend’s parents. Nicole Taylor Michael A. Maltese is accused of strangling his parents to death in their home…

  • No. Bruns. council adopts fiscal year 2009 budget

    Average assessed home will have $14 reduction in second-quarter tax bill BY JENNIFEER AMATO Staff Writer The North Brunswick Township Council adopted an amended budget for fiscal year 2009 on Monday. The total general appropriations approved by the council were $45,391,195. The budget amendment lowered the total appropriations in the introduced budget by $40,000 and…

  • Mardi Gras

    Above: Thejasvi Venkatachalam (left) and Ourania Gargalidid, South Brunswick, join the parade through the South Brunswick Library during a Mardi Gras party on Feb. 26. Right: After making their own hats, masks and shaker instruments, children paraded around the South Brunswick Library. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • S.B. school district hosts education summit

    Speakers address strengths, problems ahead BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Administrators of the South Brunswick school district recently spoke on a number of issues facing faculty and students, as the economy declines and hopes of the district getting adequate state aid diminish. The fourth annual education summit of the South Brunswick School District was held…