Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Viva l’Italia, while living in South Brunswick
The Villagio active adult community is modeled after Tuscany, Italy BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A new active adult community is being constructed on Stouts Lane in Monmouth Junction in the style of a Tuscan village in Italy. Two families have already moved into the new Villagio community, even though it…
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School slates special Mass, other events
St. Augustine of Canterbury School, 145 Henderson Road, Kendall Park, and Blitzburgers Grill/Café, North Brunswick, are sponsoring “Dining for Donations”Mondays during March. The grill will donate 10 percent of a patron’s check total to the school. AMass for the intention of the beatification and canonization of Pope John Paul II will beApril 2,with the schoolMass…
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Not half bad
CHRIS KELLY staff Anthony Salazar shows off his assistant, Julie Moore, as she is sawed in half during the Salazar Illusion and Magic Show at Greenbrook Elementary School in Kendall Park on Sunday.
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Robotix team drives into FIRST
Wins N.J. regional for third straight year BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer With the second-highest score in the country, the North Brunswick Township High School Raider Robotix team rolled over the competition at the New Jersey Regional event Feb. 28 through March 1. The robot “Evil Machine VI: Jughandle” is designed to hurdle 40-inch inflatable…
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Drama group to stage a musical and dramatic classic
No. Bruns. to present ‘Cabaret’ this weekend BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The Adult Drama Group will present its 38th annual musical, “Cabaret,” tonight, tomorrow and Saturday at North Brunswick Township High School. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff The North Brunswick Adult Drama Group will perform “Cabaret” tonight, tomorrow and Saturday at 8 p.m. at…
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State Department cuts more shift than slash
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposal to cut three departments in the state government, if it is approved by the Legislature, will be less of an elimination and more of a merger, according to some state officials. During the governor’s budget address on Feb. 26, Corzine announced that, as a cost-cutting measure,…
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S.B. ‘REACH’es for way to rehab houses
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Township Council met at their work session on March 4 to help them satisfy their Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) requirements. South Brunswick has started its REACH program, which aims to rehabilitate homes in the area to help meet the COAH rules and regulations. “This is…
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Community mourns loss of decorated paratrooper
U.S. Army corporal from Middlesex County killed in Afghanistan BY MICHAEL ACKER and VINCENT TODARO Staff Writers Steven R. Koch EAST BRUNSWICK – Spurred by seeing his brother narrowly avoid becoming a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Steven R. Koch joined the Army out of a desire to fight terrorism and support…
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Law enforcement speaks of how to avert identity theft
Mail fraud also a topic during National Consumer Protection Week BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – To combat identity theft and mail fraud, the senior center hosted a National Consumer Protection Week seminar on Friday. Phil Forti, of the United States Postal Service, said that “seniors are the largest target of identity theft…
