Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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H.S. groups cook up a plan to serve community
No. Bruns. teens hold Thanksgiving dinner for residents in need BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Two high school clubs worked together for the first time last week as they coordinated the North Brunswick Township High School’s first annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov. 14. The African American Club (AAC), an official club at the high…
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Native American history needs retelling
Thanksgiving portrays stereotypes that some find offensive BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent November is American Indian Heritage Month and also the month when people across the country remember the Native Americans who are part of the Thanksgiving story. But some Native Americans are not happy about Thanksgiving because the stereotypes of their people are often caricatures…
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S.B. man gets 30 years for mowing down wife
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A Kendall Park man was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday at the Superior Court of New Jersey in New Brunswick for murdering his wife after chasing her down and running into her with his minivan three years ago. Samander Dabas, 40, was found guilty…
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Zoning approval adds up to math success
S.B. board gives OK for continued operations of Aloha Mind Math Center BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously granted approval on Thursday for a math center to continue operating in its current location. The Aloha Mind Math Center had been in operation on Georges Road in Dayton…
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Linwood receives Exxon grant
Funds will go toward science program BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Linwood Middle School has been given some extra gas for its science program. Through the Exxon Mobil Educational Alliance program, the gasoline corporation awarded $500 to the school on Nov. 13. The grant is one of 4,000 available to schools across…
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Unions still on the picket line in N.B.
Blame contractors for nonunion construction, but ask BOE for help BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Local union workers who have not been hired for the construction projects at Parsons and Judd elementary schools and Linwood Middle School expressed their disappointment and frustration during the Board of Education meeting on Thursday. A group…
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Zoning Board amends site plan for S.B. hotel
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The township Zoning Board granted approval for the amended site plan for a proposed hotel and restaurant on Thursday. South Brunswick Hospitality Holdings had received approval from the board last year to build its hotel at the intersection of Route 130 south and Melrich Road. “All of…
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Book writing is new goal of hockey player
Former New Jersey Devil Chico Resch meets fans, signs autographs BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Michael Acker Former NHL hockey player Chico Resch (r) signs a copy of his new book “Chico Resch’s Tales from the Devil’s Ice” for Diana Ledd. Ledd went to the North Brunswick Barnes & Noble bookstore from her hometown of…
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Fatal car accident in So. Bruns.
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A 32- year-old father of two was killed Saturday morning when his car swerved out of control on the right shoulder of Route 1 and hit a utility pole, according to a South Brunswick Police Department press release. Michael J. Mausen of South Brunswick was driving his…
