Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Hard work adds up to Teacher of Year honors

    Linwood math instructor Rose Macguire gains 2007 recognition BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – A seventh-grade math teacher at Linwood Middle School has been named Teacher of the Year by Wal-Mart of North Brunswick. Rose Maguire began teaching 11 years ago at Judd Elementary School and then followed her…

  • Residents distressed by tree removals at school

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO According to residents of Roosevelt Avenue in North Brunswick, about 100 trees have been removed from the Judd Elementary School property in anticipation of a circular school bus loop and renovations to the building. They are upset about the devastation to the natural area…

  • Tile distributor applies to build new showroom

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A tile distribution company made its case before the Zoning Board for a new state-of-the-art warehouse and showroom July 5. The company, Garden State Tile Distributors, currently has a facility in Dayton, off Route 130, which acts as a redistribution center for its…

  • Firm presents plan to filter radioactive water

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The township will be fitting a pair of wells with de-ionizing filters in order to bring its water within EPA-mandated safety standards for radium contamination. During the Township Council’s workshop meeting on Tuesday, representatives from Bridgewater-based Layne Christensen Co., which has previously performed…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Avi Datta, 10, of North Brunswick, watches a shot attempt roll toward his opponent’s goal as a group of youths play a game in the sweltering heat during North Brunswick’s summer camp at Veterans Park on Tuesday.

  • Former schools chief leaving N.B.

    Margin guided district after supt.’s surprise resignation in 2006 BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Geri Margin Two top officials with the North Brunswick School District will no longer be working there by month’s end. Geri Margin, the assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, is resigning effective July 31, and Marshall Sigall,…

  • Drill to test emergency responders’ readiness

    Volunteers needed to participate in fake chemical attack at J&J BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer FILE PHOTO Emergency crews will be at the Johnson & Johnson property, Route 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday to practice their preparedness for a terror scenario. NORTH BRUNSWICK – Six members of an…

  • The eagles have landed, report concludes

    Report says bald eagles are making a comeback along Raritan River BY JESSICA ALFREY Correspondent BY JESSICA ALFREYCorrespondent Photo Courtesy of the Edison Wetlands Association The American bald eagle has been making a comeback in the Middlesex County area in recent years. Here, an eagle is perched on a tower above the ILR Landfill in…

  • New degree focuses on electricity in the body

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – DeVry University is offering a new associate degree in applied science with the addition of the Electroneurodiagnostic Technology (ENDT) program this month. ENDT professionals record and analyze electrical activity in the brain and nervous system. To prepare for their task, students in the…