Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Temple energizes new year with vigil
On Sat., the Omkriyayog Foundation will recite mantra for 24 hours BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer The Omkriyayog Foundation will be holding a 24-hour vigil in which participants repeat a four-line mantra over and over, on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Durga Temple in Kingston. “By producing certain sounds, we use the five elements…
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Artist’s creations will fill Beatles hotel
Howell resident known worldwide for works of Fab Four BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer When theBeatles came toAmerica in 1964, they rocked our world, literally. To this dayBeatlemania is still running rampant across the country. ERIC SUCAR staff Surrounded by her paintings of the Beatles, local artist Shannon reflects on her current project to create…
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Boy Scout gives tots 575 reasons to play
N.B. student honors grandfather with Toys for Tots donation drive BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Christopher McLean collected 500 toys and 75 stuffed animals during the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation project he organized as his Eagle Scout project. The North Brunswick resident decided to honor his grandfather, a former Marine,…
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Family is instrumental in giving the gift of music
The McCamans donated a four-generation piano to the NBHS music dept. BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The McCaman family of North Brunswick decided to donate a piano, which had been in their family for four generations, to the North Brunswick High School music department. NORTH BRUNSWICK – The McCaman family of North Brunswick made a…
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It’s not MOM’s day just yet in South Brunswick
NJ Transit line not supported by mayor, despite new study BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A ridership study released on Dec. 13 by NJ Transit said that the proposed Monmouth-Ocean- Middlesex (MOM) line that would run from Lakehurst to Monmouth Junction to the Northeast Corridor line and then to New York would…
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Quality of high-priced gasoline is in question
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – As if gas prices weren’t bad enough, now it seems that New Jersey residents can’t even be sure that they’re getting the quality of gas that they are paying for. Middlesex County inspectors have found that people may have been charged for higher quality fuel when in…
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Towns asked to warm up to energy efficiency
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – With the warmweather being a distant memory, the North Brunswick Environmental Commission is urging residents to prepare for a more economical and energy-efficient winter. About 42 percent of the average utility bill of a home goes toward keeping a comfortable temperature, according to Mark Hommer, the chairman…
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Assemblymen work toward bill for soldiers
Newmeasure guarantees jobs tomilitary personnel after return fromservice BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer TRENTON- TheAssembly passed legislation last week that is designed to protect enlistedmilitary personnel fromlosing employment when called to serve in the military during a time of war or domestic emergency. “While American servicemen and women work hard every day to protect us,…
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S.B. resident dies in car accident
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A township woman and her daughter, from Plainsboro, were killed in a car accident in North Carolina on Dec. 8. Catherine Salter, 75, and Gail Salter, 50, died at the scene. The accident occurred at about 6:50 a.m. on Interstate 95, near Benson, N.C. Salter began to back up northbound on a…
