Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Introducing seniors to the Information Age

    Youths will help teach classes on how to use the Internet BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer North Brunswick NORTH BRUNSWICK – Twelve middle school students are ready to “pace” themselves and help senior citizens in the township learn how to use the computer. As part of The PACES Project (Partnership for…

  • Art contest promotes respect for environment

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – More than 700 entries were received by the Conservation Department of the North Brunswick Woman’s Club in a contest designed to promote the importance of recycling and conservation in the community. “Everyone needs to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.…

  • Fresh colors

    SCOTT PILLING staff Joseph Wright replaces a worn-out flag on the grave of a war veteran at Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick on Friday. Wright’s grandfather, Joe Hems, a Purple Heart recipient from the Korean War, provided the new flags to members of the Linwood Middle School lacrosse team who helped with the project.

  • In the Service

    Jermaine K. Campbell, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, recently joined the United States Air Force under the Delayed Entry Program, and reports to Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, for basic training May 2. Qualified men and women are eligible to receive skill training, experience, and up to $20,000 in education benefits. After…

  • Survivor shares story out of hope for future

    Monroe resident tells of suffering, loss during Holocaust BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Students at Joyce Kilmer School listen as Holocaust survivor Frida Herskovits relates her story. MONROE – Elie Wiesel once said, “When you meet a witness, you become a witness.” If that is true, then for…

  • DEP: Warehouses causing park floods

    South Brunswick mayor skeptical of agency’s findings BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer FILE PHOTO These sweetgum trees were partially submerged in water on a fall day at Pigeon Swamp State Park. The state Department of Environmental Protection has asserted that an overabundance of warehouse development has caused excessive flooding in Pigeon…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Members of the Linwood Middle School lacrosse team replaced tattered flags on the graves of war veterans at Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick on Friday. The Memorial Day commemoration was inspired by Joe Hems, a Purple Heart recipient from the Korean War, whose grandson, Joseph Wright, attends Linwood.

  • Master plan gains unanimous vote

    About 30 areas of N.B. analyzed for future uses BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Creating a sense of place, redeveloping land parcels, expanding the tax base and easing traffic concerns were the main goals discussed before the North Brunswick Planning Board adopted its new master plan on May 23. “I think…

  • Ex-gang member dispels the life’s ‘cool’ image

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Nearly half of the 100 seventh-graders present at the assembly raised their hands when asked if they know someone who is in a gang. “Gang members hate what I do. They take lives and I’m saving lives.” “Earl,” an inmate at Northern State…