Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Workshop gives women solution to work woes
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – There is state in this world where everyone loves life, is happy with their jobs and completely loves the idea of going to work each morning. That state, according to Ekan Onyile, is the State of Denial. Onyile, the founder of myAngels, Inc., located on Hudson Avenue…
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Council considers rezoning after concerns by residents
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Responding to comments and concerns from residents, the township is pondering a rezone of the Route 130-Friendship Road area. While the specifics still need to be worked out by the planning department, council members expressed support for the idea during a Tuesday workshop meeting. The area in…
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Traffic crackdown begins this week
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Anyone driving within a mile of a school in the township must now take extra care to obey traffic rules, since officials are cracking down. The local police department has implemented “Operation: Slow Down in Our Town.” The initiative has designated a one-mile radius around all school buildings as zero-tolerance zones, where…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN staff A trio of monarch butterflies picks at flowers at the Eco-Adventures workshop at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park in South Brunswick on Thursday. More photos, page 12.
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Resident is tickled ‘pink’ by courtroom dedication
For almost six decades, Mary Pinkham has been the conscience of town BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Here’s to good women: May we know them, may we be them, may we raise them. The classic line spoken by resident gadfly Mary Pinkham at every North Brunswick Township Council meeting she attends is fitting unto herself:…
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Development heading to court for hearing Sept. 18
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – There is still a chance that the Pulda farm along Georges Road and Route 130 will not be developed as high-density housing. North Brunswick Residents Against High Density Housing (NBR), a citizens group composed of about 500 residents who oppose building a condensed housing development on the…
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Preserving historic graves is on council’s agenda
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The township is considering an ordinance to protect historic graves sites. While the specifics of how it would work are still being developed, there is broad support for the idea among Township Council members. During its Tuesday workshop meeting, the council heard a presentation from Dayton resident…
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Line dancer hangs up her shoes as instructor
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER staff Above: Lucille Rooney, 84, of North Brunswick, leads a line-dancing class for the last time at the North Brunswick Senior Center. At left: Anne Brooks, 82, (center) North Brunswick, dances with Alice Waldhelm of East Brunwick (l). NORTH BRUNSWICK – Lucille Rooney is “stepping” out…
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The thrill of the hunt
Possessed by the color of leaves, from the ground up into the sky, I am always on the lookout for unusual cultivars and new happenings in the plant world. Autumn color is a benefit to seek out when selecting a new addition to your garden and you should definitely consider it. The dazzle of ginko…
