Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Tentative budget calls for 9-cent tax rate hike
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Board of Education is submitting a tentative 2007-08 budget to the state this week that would carry a 9-cent increase to the tax rate. According to Business Administrator Marshall Sigall, the lower increase compared to the past two years was due to…
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Registration under way for songwriters workshop
The Princeton chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association will present a songwriting workshop March 31 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at First Reformed Church, 9 Bayard St., New Brunswick. The event will feature songwriter and author Jason Blume. Workshop topics will focus mainly on crafting melodies. Blume will also listen to and critique participants’…
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Faux Gras
SCOTT PILLING staff LaShawn Boyd and Treasure Eno blow away their classmates during John Adams Elementary School’s interdisciplinary program in celebration of the culture and history of New Orleans in North Brunswick on Friday.
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Service to country, N.B. is the Adamo Way
Veteran, twp. resident for over 50 years has road named in his honor BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Brothers (l-r) Dominick, Tony, Frank and Rocco Adamo will have a North Brunswick street named “Adamo Way” in honor of their military service during World War II. (Left) Rocco Adamo, a 56-year resident…
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S.B. man admits to role in drug co. scam
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer NEWARK – A South Brunswick man has pleaded guilty to falsifying laboratory reports to rush prescription drugs to the market, and using his knowledge to make more than $900,000 in insider stock deals. Shashikant Shah, 65, of Dayton, was the vice president of quality assurance and…
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Home destroyed in blaze
SCOTT PILLING staff A house on Magnolia Road is now uninhabitable after a fire started in the kitchen on March 7. NORTH BRUNSWICK – A firefighter was slightly injured while responding to a house fire at 708 Magnolia Road on March 7. At around 12:14 p.m., a fire that started in the kitchen quickly spread…
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Raider Robotix remains a machine in competition
New season dedicated to former member who was killed in car accident BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The township high school Raider Robotix team went from metal to medal as they placed first in the New Jersey Regional robotics competition in Trenton from March 1 to 3. Battling…
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One million pennies saved is $10,000 earned
Linwood Middle School over one-third of the way toward collection goal BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Fill ‘er up. That’s the message Linwood Middle School is sending to the community in regards to the jars located throughout town to help them in collecting a million pennies by the…
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Blood drive at N. B’wick Firehouse March 15
Due to a critical blood shortage, New Jersey Blood Services, New Brunswick, will hold a blood drive March 15 from 3-8:30 p.m. at North Brunswick Fire Company No. 2, Route 130 north. Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. Each donor will receive free cholesterol testing and be entered into a raffle for a pair…
