Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • No. Brunswick Heritage Day Festival marks 26th year Sat.

    Longtime resident Connie Adamo to receive Heritage Day award BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer “I’d like to feel I contributed something to this town for all the years I’ve lived here.” — Connie Adamo Recipient, 2008 Ann Marie Chandlee Heritage Day award NORTH BRUNSWICK — Connie Adamo said volunteerism runs in her family. The 79-year-old,…

  • Race for the Cure at Great Adventure Oct. 5

    The 15th annual Komen Central and South Jersey Race for the Cure will be held at the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park, Route 537, Jackson, on Oct. 5. The event will include a U.S. Track and Field certified women’s and men’s 5-kilometer run, a co-ed 2.5-mile walk and a coed 1-mile walk. There will…

  • Safety Fair to offer lifesaving training to area families

    Fair to be held Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Ocean Township High School Children are faced with dangers in their communities every day, Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno said. To help families be proactive in keeping their children safe, Guadagno and the Sheriff ‘s Office are joining forces with Greater Media Newspapers for the Monmouth…

  • Television is going digital: Get the picture

    Big changes are coming to your TV. But they have nothing to do with the new fall season. These changes involve the transition to digital broadcasting on February 17, 2009. For millions of Americans — those whose TVs are already hooked up to cable or satellite or those who have TVs with built-in digital tuners…

  • Woman leaves two young children in taxicab with driver

    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Two young children were left in the back seat of a taxicab as their mother left the area on Sunday morning. The North Brunswick Police Department received a phone call around 5:15 a.m. from the driver of a New York-based taxicab that was parked at the Wawa convenience store on Route 27…

  • Acclaimed author pays visit to his hometown

    Ureneck’s ‘Backcast’ tells of adventure with his teenage son BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Lou Ureneck, formerly of Spotswood, is the author of “Backcast: Fatherhood, Fly Fishing and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska,” published by St. Martin’s Press. SPOTSWOOD — Patrons of the borough’s library were recently treated to an appearance by…

  • Bone-ing up on CPR skills

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Top: Instructor Cynthia Siniciopi-Belena demonstrates the correct way to clear a dog’s breathing passage to students Robert Hallowell (l-r), Joanne Moore, Deborah Gardner and Ali Dubowy during a canine CPR and first aid course held at the Natural Health Center of Central New Jersey on Route 130 in North Brunswick on…

  • Bill takes aim at cough medicine abuse

    Proposal would restrict sale of dextromethorphan products to adults BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Abill set to be introduced by state Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18th District) would prohibit the sale of medicines with the chemical dextromethorphan (DXM) to anyone under the age of 18. If the legislation passes, cashiers would be required to verify the…

  • S.B. seeking donations for Sept. 11 memorial

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The township is actively seeking donations for its September 11 Memorial, which is located at the municipal building. “We fundraised for the actual installation and the actual memorial,” said township spokesman Ron Schmalz. “It needs some maintenance work.” With a $100 donation, a resident gets a brick from the Walkway of Honor.…