Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • LMS student is ‘popping’ through levels of contest

    Corianne Cha is one of three national finalists in Bubble Wrap competition BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Corianne Cha shows off her Stroke Rehabilitation Color Chart, which helps stroke patients recover, using color recognition, counting skills and hand-eye coordination. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Corianne Cha has “wrapped” up another round of the Sealed Air Corp.’s third…

  • Freeholders reorganize, set agenda for the year

    The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders welcomed new members and paid tribute to the past during its annual reorganization meeting last week. Longtime Freeholder Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina, who was elected at the Jan. 6 meeting in New Brunswick to serve as freeholder director for 2009, said it is his goal to enhance the…

  • Getting Fido to Sit! Stay! and say ‘Fleas’

    ‘PhoDOGraphy’ offers tips on ‘shooting’ man’s best friend BY JULIE KIRSH Staff Writer Kim Levin’s latest book is a guide to "How to Get Great Pictures of Your Dog." Frustrated dog lovers looking for that elusive "Kodak moment" of their pooch need search no further — photographer Kim Levin’s latest book is a primer for…

  • Young boy turns the page on his own reading difficulties

    Ryan Moore overcame dyslexia, then decided to donate 800 books to local hospital BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Ryan Moore (center) donated over 800 books to the Children’s Specialized Hospital facilities in New Brunswick and Hamilton. Moore received treatment from the hospital for dyslexia and wanted to help other children with reading difficulties. NORTH BRUNSWICK…

  • N.B. reorganizes Jan. 1

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Councilman Ralph Andrews was selected as Township Council president and Rhonda Lyles was nominated to serve her second year as council vice president during North Brunswick’s reorganization meeting New Year’s Day. Andrews has been a member of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, the Cable Television Advisory…

  • “Trees in the Mist”

    Howard Kist received a second-place award for his photograph “Trees in the Mist” of Davidson’s Mill Pond Park in South Brunswick in the Freehold Soil Conservation District 2008 photo contest. Entrants were asked to capture subjects promoting the beauty and uniqueness of the natural environments found in Middlesex and Monmouth counties. More than 325 photos…

  • So. Brunswick school district realizes it’s time for a NAPP

    More than $50,000 awarded for decreasing use of electricity BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The township school district earned $53,000 in financial incentives and could earn more as part of a program to decrease its use of electricity. The district entered into the Demand Response program roughly a year ago. North American…

  • Supreme Court favors developer of Rt. 27 pharmacy

    Court says the S.B. council’s decision to rezone is ‘arbitrary and capricious’ BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township officials are expected to meet in closed session soon to discuss their options weeks after the state Supreme Court ruled against them in a complaint involving allegations of inverse spot zoning. Inverse spot zoning…

  • Peace Corps volunteer shines America’s light overseas

    Michelle Miller’s mission in Moldova was to empower women, youth BY ADELE YOUNG Staff Writer Who trades a Manhattan apartment and all the comforts of the USA for an outhouse, cold showers and no cell phone? Peace Corps volunteer Michelle Miller gets in sync with her newfound home in Moldova by helping to harvest grapes.…