Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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South Brunswick officials describe pluses of senior housing zone
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Township officials met with Beekman Road residents on Monday to discuss concerns they had about a potential move to rezone the area to senior housing. The land, owned by the company Brunswick Square, is currently zoned for single-family houses. If an ordinance rezoning the tract passes, it…
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Turnpike widening the topic of upcoming hearings
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority will be conducting a series of public hearings on the proposed widening of the turnpike from Exits 6 through 9, including an additional truck lane at Exit 8A. The widening project took the place of the controversial Route 92 proposal, which was heavily opposed by South Brunswick and other local…
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Exhibit traces history of comic book superheroes
Montclair Art Museum hosts one-of-a-kind tribute to genre BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The American cultural phenomenon known as the comic book is getting the royal treatment at the Mont-clair Art Museum, Montclair, Essex County. Fans of this genre of entertainment will be coming from near and far between now and Jan. 13, 2008, to…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Joyce Pleasant, of Jersey City, dances gracefully during a worship service and community outreach program by the New Life in Christ Regional Worship Center of New Brunswick at Babbage Park in North Brunswick on Sunday. The church purchased school supplies and giveaways, which they donated to local children, and also held a clothing…
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Care to Walk student group retains autonomy
Board considered placing it under umbrella of Health Careers Club BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Members of a high school organization have been walking around much happier since a decision was made to reinstate their club. Care to Walk will retain its own identity instead of being categorized underneath the Health Careers…
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Was Mistretta mistreated by board?
NBTHS principal the latest administrator to leave school district BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Salvatore Mistretta, the principal of North Brunswick Township High School for the past two years, has resigned his position and will now join Edison High School as its new principal. “I did not feel that I could continue in the position…
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Friendship Rd. plan finds few friends
Urged on by crowd of residents, S.B. board turns down warehouse BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Ever since a new warehouse was first proposed by Matrix a few weeks ago, a storm had been brewing in South Brunswick. On Aug. 15 the storm finally broke. On that night, the Planning Board…
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India celebrated from birth to global power
N.B. hosts ceremony on 60 th anniversary of nation’s independence BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer India celebrated from birth to global power N.B. hosts ceremony on 60th anniversary of nation’s independence BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Members of the Indian-American community anxiously await the opening ceremony for the India Independence Day celebration…
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Probation and $7K fine for bomb-threat caller
Student has already spent two months in youth detention center BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The 15-year-old township resident responsible for causing a lockdown at the North Brunswick Township High School in April has pleaded guilty to the incident. The juvenile served 60 days at the Middlesex County…
