Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • South Amboy co. hopes to score with Password

    Board game’s debut comes as TV show begins 2nd season BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent ‘The Price Is Right.” “The Newlywed Game.” “Family Feud.” What do these game shows all have in common? One, they’re classics, and two, they have been created into popular board games by a business located right in South Amboy. Endless Games,…

  • Women cook up new way to raise money for charity

    Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 401 selling cookbooks BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A local branch of a patriotic women’s service organization released its own cookbook recently. Barbara Buhl, a longtime member of the Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Unit 401 in the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, said the…

  • Yes, soup for you!

    The Original SoupMan company – famous for the Soup Nazi skit on “Seinfeld” – fed about 100 visitors at the Elijah’s Promise soup kitchen in New Brunswick on Dec. 22, donating 15 gallons of the remaining soup to serve the hungry for future meals as well. Pictured left to right: Danielle Long, of the soup…

  • S.B. resident trying to find IDEAL way to help panic sufferers

    As a victim of panic attacks, Judy Schiffman established Panic Relief Inc. BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Judy Schiffman knows about panic attacks. The township resident who lives and works out of her home in Monmouth Junction endured panic attacks before she took on the challenge of helping others overcome them since…

  • Three seek to fill freeholder vacancy

    Party to select successor to the late David B. Crabiel BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Three candidates have filed to fill the former seat of David B. Crabiel on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Democrats Amy Papi of East Brunswick, Carol Barrett of South Brunswick and Charles Tomaro of Edison are in competition…

  • Local recycling surviving amid market collapse

    Prices for scrap plunges, but local programs remain solvent BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Local officials said that Middlesex County residents won’t be seeing any changes in the way they participate in their recycling programs, despite a severe drop in the price of recyclable goods that has some industry leaders worried for the future. Recyclable…

  • Marlboro native looking for love

    Rob Kluge and mom Esther featured on ‘Momma’s Boys’ BY ZACH LEVINE Correspondent To his friends and family members, Marlboro native Rob Kluge, 24, has always been a very funny and outgoing guy. With some help from executive producer Ryan Seacrest, all of America is now getting the chance to see Kluge’s personality shine on…

  • North & South Brunswick Sentinel’s Top 10 Stories of 2008

    Lt. Christopher Zerby 1. The passing of No. Bruns. Police Lt. Christopher Zerby North Brunswick police Lt. Christopher Zerby, 41, of Robbinsville, was killed in a motor vehicle crash on Aug. 12. Zerby was in the passenger’s seat of a vehicle being driven by fellow police Lt. Keith Buckley, 40, of Jackson, during an on-duty…

  • Swearing-in

    Brady Shelcusky of Kendall Park was sworn in as a South Brunswick auxiliary police officer. Auxiliary officers are volunteer members of the department who assist full-time officers with crime prevention, traffic control, emergencies and other important duties. Applications are being accepted through the end of January for the next training class in mid-March. For more…