Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • ‘Room Raiders’ is local woman’s break into TV

    MTV show has Milltowner snooping through bedrooms BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Courtney Fay of Milltown and an MTV director take a break from shooting an episode of the network’s show “Room Raiders.” MILLTOWN — When borough resident Courtney Fay went out to Deko Lounge nightclub in Sayreville last November, she had no idea that…

  • Marching to the beat of his own drum

    SBHS student Michael Roche performed at Tournament of Roses parade BY BETH EISEN Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Over 1.5 million people in the stands and many more on television saw 17-year-old Michael Roche’s debut as a drum major for the Honor Band of America at the Rose Parade before the Rose Bowl Game in…

  • Helping late firefighters’ families through comedy

    Feb. 8 benefit dedicated to fallen firefighter BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent There’s nothing funny about fighting fires. But there is about some firemen. Two of New York’s bravest and funniest, John Larochia and Billy Bingo, will be joining popular radio personality Goumba Johnny of KTU (103.5-FM) at the Prime Time Comedy Club on Route…

  • Theatre Revue 2009

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Musical director John Watson shares a laugh with the participants of “Theatre Revue 2009,” a compilation of skits and performances from theater, television and movies chosen, directed and performed by the North Brunswick Township High School Alchemist Theatre Company. Below: Justin Jajala catches some air during a rehearsal of “Show…

  • Lemon-aid

    ERIC SUCAR staff Sixth-graders Justin Sanchez (l-r), Shane Tieger, Lenner Montoya and Rexford Thomas drink lemonade during an annual fundraiser held by Linwood Middle School to benefit Alex’s Lemonade Stand. Members of the school’s SLICE Club (Student Leaders Improving Character Education) facilitated the stand as part of a service-learning project Friday. The lemonade and cups…

  • Three men arrested in assault of delivery man

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Three men were arrested following the assault of a Chinese food delivery man on Jan. 27. The victim, 35, of Edison, works for a restaurant in Franklin Township and was delivering a meal to an abandoned apartment on Birchwood Court around 11 p.m., according to North Brunswick…

  • Mahesh Shah joins S.B. Township Council

    Becomes first Indian-American councilman in town’s history BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The South Brunswick Township Council recently appointed the first Indian- American councilman in the town’s history. Mahesh Shah, 53, was sworn in at a specialmeetingMonday, filling the vacancy left by former Deputy Mayor Carol Barrett until the general election in November. “I am…

  • Jewish population is aging, migrating

    Study focused on data, trends within Middlesex County BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer After roughly six months of collecting data, the Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County has released a 1,013-page study on the Jewish community of Middlesex County. The study was conducted under the direction of Ira M. Sheskin, director of the Jewish Demography…

  • MLK celebration focuses on the theme ‘Yes, We Can’

    No. Brunswick commemorates civil rights leader on eve of presidential inauguration BY BETH EISEN Correspondent NORTH BRUNSWICK – “Yes, We Can” was the theme for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, occurring on the eve of the inauguration of President Barack Obama. “Tonight is the night before our first African-American president, elected by a…