Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Bill would give towns power to place traffic signs
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer A New Jersey assemblyman is crafting legislation that would relieve local municipalities from needing state approval to place street signs. According to Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-19th District), the author of the bill, the purpose of the legislation is to streamline traffic management and increase efficiency, because the current model is…
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DOT OKs rail line funds
New Jersey Transit will receive more than $1 million for its proposed Monmouth, Ocean, Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail line, according to Reps. Chris Smith and Jim Saxton (both R-N.J.), who sought to have the money included in the federal budget. According to a press release from the congressmen, the MOM Alternatives Analysis Program will receive…
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N.B. Board of Education swears in new members
Corbin becomes president, Liguori vice president of school board BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Board of Education continued its recent trend of taking a new direction with the election of two new board members and the appointment of a new board president and vice president. Based on the results of the…
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Teen charged with DWI
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – An 18-yearold student was arrested for a DWI the morning of April 12 after a resident of Brookside Mobile Home Park saw her car ramming nearby homes, according to police. Grace Kong’s gray Acura had both front- and rear-end damage and a taillight was found on the flowerbed of one of the…
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Dyslexic student books a visit with Pokémon author
Local B&N stores to hold book fair May 12; Tracey West to visit N.B. location BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK- Ryan Moore had trouble reading as a child. He was unable to recognize words and was more impressed by the pictures on the pages of a book. Now, his favorite activity after school…
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Two area schools named ‘Schools of Character’
Livingston Park Elementary School, North Brunswick, and Colonia Middle School, Woodbridge, were among 10 schools selected as “Schools of Character” because of attention to social and character development. The announcement was made by New Jersey Education Commissioner Lucille E. Davy. The program began as a pilot program in 2005, and recognizes schools that encourage educators…
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Middlesex County purchases land in S.B.
Township is hoping Route 522 will finally be extended BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The township may be close to the long-awaited extension of Route 522. Middlesex County recently purchased 54 acres near Pigeon Swamp Park. This land may be given to the state in exchange for extending Route 522 across 3…
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Roommates honor S. Bruns. college student killed in crash
BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent The night of Dec. 28, 2007, changed the lives of Elizabeth Ricciardi, 21, Lauren Phillipi, 24, and Melissa Pinheiro, 21, all of whom are roommates at Monmouth University, West Long Branch. That night Melissa’s sister, Heather, 20, and their cousin, Kylie Pinheiro, 18, were driving her home from a party. Their…
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Event tries to engineer interest in the science field
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Members of the Business and Student Development Club at DeVry University participated in a global networking event in late March. The National Engineers Week Foundation’s 2008 Global 24-Hour Marathon, “For, By and About Women,” at the Verizon Corporate Center in Basking Ridge was a women’s-only event, designed…
