Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Zerbini circus makes return to Jamesburg

    JAMESBURG – The Alain Zerbini Circus will make its fifth annual appearance in the borough June 29 on the grounds of John F. Kennedy School, Front Street and Davison Avenue. Two shows, at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., will be presented by the now-third-generation family circus, based in Sarasota, Fla. Pony and camel rides and…

  • Flag day pyre

    SCOTT PILLING staff World War II veteran Joseph DiGloria watches as more than 2,000 American flags aredecommissioned at Veterans Park on June 14 in commemoration of Flag Day.

  • Breeders’ Cup could place $60M into N.J.’s economy

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer Monmouth Park in Oceanport is gearing up for the richest day ever in the history of horse racing. That’s what Greg Avioli, the Breeders’ Cup president, called Oct. 27, when the 24th running of the thoroughbred championships will be held in New Jersey for the first…

  • S.B. police accepting crime reports online

    Department becomes first in Middlesex County to use such a system BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Is someone calling you only to breathe heavily into the receiver? Was your credit-card number stolen? Did you drop your cell phone somewhere but can’t remember where? For these and other nonviolent…

  • Schools supt. gets $15K raise

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Board of Education extended the contracts and granted raises to three members of the district’s central administration during its regular meeting Monday. At the recommendation of Schools Superintendent Gary McCartney, Assistant Superintendent Joanne Kerekes’ contract was extended and her salary was set at $155,692 for the 2007-08 school year. He also…

  • Reading club, ‘Project Runway’ at S.B. Library

    South Brunswick Public Library has begun its summer reading club for students in grade six through 12. There will be various teen events, and prizes. Teens are required to track time spent reading after signing up at the library. As an incentive, librarian Saleena Davidson has offered a challenge. If the teens in the program…

  • Along for the ride

    PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff From top to bottom: Ashliegh Bobbitt (l-r), Alexis Middeton, Jordan Davis and Danah Lassiter take a ride on the Spin Out during the 10th annual Youth Sports Festival at DeVry University in North Brunswick. The carnival, held this year from June 13 to 17, raises money to support the various sports…

  • Ready for takeoff

    ERIC SUCAR staff Romesh Nissangaratchie (l) of Kendall Park fine-tunes one of his planes during an open house held by the Tri-County Radio Control Club at Heavenly Farms in East Brunswick on Saturday. The event invited the public to see the club’s planes, watch flying demonstrations and even try flying with the club’s planes using…

  • Fight breaks out over cell phone use in library

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police were called in to break up a physical altercation between a 15-year-old boy and a man thought to be somewhere around the age of 50 on June 12 outside the public library. At 6:50 p.m., officers arrived at the library and found the South Brunswick teen who had been involved in…