Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Corzine demands cut in greenhouse gas emissions
Bill similar to executive order is under review in the state Legislature BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Gov. Jon Corzine signed an executive order on Tuesday that seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state by 80 percent. The order is virtually identical to a bill introduced in the Legislature…
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Something’s cooking at the N.B. Senior Center
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO The North Brunswick Township Senior Center renovated its kitchen to include new stainless steel equipment using donations from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Middlesex County Community Development and North Brunswick Township. NORTH BRUNSWICK – The sound: the banging of pots and pans, the opening and closing of…
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On Campus
Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., named the following local student to the dean’s list for the fall semester: Caroline J. Richardson, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, a member of the class of 2010. The National Honor Roll, Lynbrook, N.Y., has announced the following local students named to its roster for the 2005-06 school year: Jacqueline…
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Pushing his buttons
JEFF GRANIT staff In order for Quince Seda, right, to hear Joseph Choi, left, portray Wally Amos, he has to push a button on his hand for him to speak. In celebration of Black History Month, second-graders at John Adams Elementary School in North Brunswick created a “wax museum” of famous black Americans on Feb.…
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Local professor records premature birth trends
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – People say that nothing is more glorious than the birth of their child, but a premature birth usually causes parents to worry about the health of their newborn. However, a new faculty study by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert…
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Celebrating the Year of the Pig
Teachers explain the stories/customs behind Chinese New Year BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer As the second new moon arrives, the Chinese get ready to welcome a new year. Chinese New Year is one of the biggest holidays for the Asian population in the Central Jersey area, and its celebration has become…
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GMN takes 12 awards in national SNA contest
Above: Greater Media Newspapers staff photographer Chris Kelly won third place for Best Sports Photo in the Suburban Newspapers of America national competition. Below: Eclectic won honorable mention for Best New Special Advertising Section. Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold Township, received 12 awards in the 2006 Suburban Newspapers of America contest, including a first place for…
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Copter transports burn victim
NORTH BRUNSWICK – A superintendent for the Stratford Arms Apartments complex on Livingston Avenue received burns to his upper body and chest as he was working on a boiler Feb. 5. According to police, at 12:27 p.m. the North Brunswick First Aid and Rescue Squad and Police Department responded to a call, and by 1:17…
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Bill sparks debate over health vs. parents’ rights
Some fear mandating cancer vaccine for girls may promote promiscuity BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “It does have a potential toprevent some very serious diseases here.” – Sam Thompson Assemblyman A new bill before the state Assembly would require all girls entering the seventh grade to be immunized against the virus…
