Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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S.B. officials break ground on $4.9M MVC facility
E.B. branch will move to Dayton upon completion BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission building project should be completed in the Dayton section of South Brunswick by the end of the year. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Officials recently broke ground on a site where a new $4.9 million facility for the…
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Indoor gardening
CHRIS KELLY staff North Brunswick’s Dominick Mondi moves sand away for what will look like a frozen pond on a display for the seventh annual N.J. Flower and Garden Show at the N.J. Expo Center, Edison, held Feb. 10.
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S.B. Geography Bee winners await state results
BY BETH EISEN Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — National Geographic Bee school winners Ellie Beaudry, a sixth-grader at Crossroads North Middle School, and Matthew Juro, a seventh grader at Crossroads South Middle School, are awaiting results from a written test to advance to the state competition. Each social studies class in South Brunswick’s two middle…
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NBTHS welcomes new assistant principal
Donna Johnson will officially begin July 1 Donna Johnson NORTH BRUNSWICK — North Brunswick Township High School (NBTHS) is welcoming Donna Johnson as its new assistant principal and supervisor of the Social Studies Department. Johnson has been the principal of Freehold Learning Center Elementary School in Freehold Borough for the past two years. Prior to…
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N.B. uses grant money for GREAT causes
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township Police Department and school district are working GREAT together to educate students about gang-related issues, drug and alcohol abuse, and community relations. GREAT, or Gang Resistance Education and Training, is a program funded through the federal Bureau of Justice. Started in 1991 in Arizona, the…
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Ed. Foundation preparing for upcoming fundraisers
Over $120,000 in last 11 years provided to support classroom programs BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Stability balls are used in a special education classroom to build strength, flexibility and balance. SMART Board technology is utilized to allow for interactive features instead of just writing with chalk on a blackboard. Dance Dance Revolution helps combine…
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The verdict is in: NBTHS students are county champs
Three North and South Brunswick schools faced off in mock trial semifinals BY JENNIFER AMATO & MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writers The North Brunswick Township High School Mock Trial team won the county finals of the 2008-09 Vincent J. Apruzzese High School Mock Trial Competition on Feb. 10. They will now advance to the regional finals…
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Elementary school hosts a unique day
Indian Fields students learn about disabilities BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer PHOTOS BY MICHAEL ACKER Kevin Wainczak, 12, of Dayton, addresses a class of students in third and fourth grade as a speaker during the annual Celebrating Uniqueness Day at Indian Fields Elementary School in Dayton on Feb. 11. Kevin, who has diabetes, demonstrated how…
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Parsons Elem. dedicates wing to former teacher
BY KELLY D’ANNA Staff Writer Mary Banichar NORTH BRUNSWICK — Parsons Elementary School dedicated its newest wing to former teacher Mary Banichar Feb. 11. An auditorium filled with people came to celebrate “a very special teacher important to the history at Parsons,” according to Dr. Bruce Rothenberg, the principal of the school. After graduating from…
