Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Good deeds proclaimed in North Brunswick
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – To cap off a year in which volunteers and community residents were honored, several awards were presented during the year-end Township Council meetings. On Dec. 3, John and Nelsa Carroll received the Grandparents of theYear award. They have been married for 61 years and have three children,…
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Grant speaks to those who may not be able to
Judd Elem. School furthers programs to reach autistic students BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Administrators fromJuddElementary School presented “Changing the Course of Autism Through TargetedEducation” during theBoard ofEducationmeeting on Dec. 13. Principal Barbara Gibbons said that the school has received a $214,000 grant from the state to benefit over 40 students who…
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Concert to honor NBTHS graduate
Foundation will benefit scholarships, youth center, gang prevention BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Brian A. Roberts NORTH BRUNSWICK – Brian Roberts had a mind like an engineer: he would build model airplanes and loved shooting off rockets at birthday parties. He also had a fascination with animals and butterflies. Yet he was more concerned with…
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For the Record
In a Nov. 29 article in the Sentinel about the Natural Health Center of Central New Jersey, a wellness center located in the Davidson Mill Village on Route 130 in North Brunswick, the e-mail address was incorrectly listed. It should be: [email protected].
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Display shows 50-year history of Kendall Park
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – An exhibit currently at the South Brunswick Library celebrates Kendall Park’s 50th anniversary, featuring a collage of articles and a history of the development’s approval and the lands that were used for the first houses in town. Ceil Leedom, the township historian, put together the exhibit. She…
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S.B. lends a helping hand to support Darfur
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Nine local high school students from the township chapter of Help Darfur Now raised $1,100 at “Darfur Charms for Change” at the ABC Home store in New York City on Dec. 1. The students sold necklaces and accepted donations at the store over only six hours of…
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He knows when you’re awake
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAWNMARIE SANNWALDT Is that Rudolph in disguise? Molly Bongiovanni tells Santa what she wants for Christmas at the North Brunswick Township Winter Wonderland celebration on Dec. 3.
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Bill restricts Internet usage by sex offenders
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Assembly approved a bill on Dec. 13 sponsored by Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (DMiddlesex/ Mercer) that would restrict Internet usage by registered sex offenders. “Sex offenders are using the Internet to entrap vulnerable children,” Greenstein said. “This is an attempt to monitor what they’re doing with the…
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Get the word out: Poets bring art to sports town
Wordsmith eager to start weekly poetry nights at E.B. café BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Cyndi Dawson launched a weekly poetry night at Via Dolce in East Brunswick Dec. 13. EAST BRUNSWICK – The world of poetry seems to be beckoning Cyndi Dawson, and she is whole-heartedly heeding the call. After a hiatus from performing…
