Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Mathkinz.com motivates youths for math lessons

    North Brunswick kids help develop Web site BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Varun Jain, 10, of Millstone, Abheek Pandoh, 10, of East Brunswick, Arjun Sehgal, 10, of Millstone, Shreyash Singh, 8, of North Brunswick, Swapnil Singh, 12, of North Brunswick, and Maansi Singh, 12, of North Brunswick, helped create Mathkinz.com, a…

  • Students ‘ship’ off to Stevens Institute for robotics workshop

    Former Linwood students build robots that perform underwater BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — What was once considered a child’s toy is now being used to teach students about science and engineering. Linwood Middle School eighth-grade teacher Danita Guarino and two of her former students, Tommy Ikuss and Joey Stefan, participated in the…

  • Food for thought

    Brendan Kingsley, Joey Ikuss, Katie Kingsley and Tommy Ikuss (l-r) collected food for the North Brunswick Food Bank in front of ShopRite on Aug. 16. They received boxes of food as well as $141, which they will use to purchase more items at ShopRite. They will be delivering the food to the food bank this…

  • Apartment fire

    A fire occurred at the Manor Apartments, Bishop Boulevard, North Brunswick, on Aug. 17. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LINDA WARHAFTIG

  • South Brunswick police find teen after he goes missing for 24 hours

    BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick Police Department helped locate a mentally underdeveloped and autistic 16-year-old on Saturday after he went missing for almost 24 hours. According to Police Sgt. Jim Stoddard, the teenager, who is not being identified because he is a minor, was found on 6:30 p.m. at…

  • Photo

    Cynthia Mihalenko, 11, of North Brunswick, Alan Thompson, 10, of Fords, and Thomas Wolfe, 12, of Piscataway (l-r) look at soil gathered from a sample as part of the Eco-Ventures program, held at the EARTH Center at Davidson Mill Pond Park in South Brunswick. The program, held all this week, included topics such as Resource…

  • Crossroads So. Middle School names new vice principal

    Carol Piza coordinated special education services BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer C arol Piza, currently the coordinator of special education services for the South Brunswick school district, was recently named vice principal of Crossroads South Middle School. “I’m looking forward to working with students and their families,” Piza said. “That’s what I did in special…

  • Creating works of art piece by piece

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer “Lilypond” Sofran McBride used to take the heel of her shoe and break glass. The North Brunswick Township resident was not dealing with anger problems; instead, she was creating works of art by smashing sheets of glass into small pieces so she could arrange them into a mosaic. McBride is…

  • PBA warns of phone solicitation scams

    BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — According to the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA), many people have been complaining about receiving calls from people who are pretending to be police officers asking for money. “We are the largest law enforcement union in the state and we do not solicit by phone,”…