Category: Sentinel-NBS News

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Fifth-grader Nicole Howlin performs a Chinese dance during John Adams Elementary School’s “Travels of Marco Polo” assembly in North Brunswick March 9.

  • Tentative school budget tops $125M

    S.B. tax rate would rise 12.5 cents; public hearing March 27 BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Fair and prudent, the tentative 2006-07 school budget was developed along a philosophy of “need to have” versus “nice to have,” according to South Brunswick Schools Superintendent Gary McCartney. The Board of Education passed the…

  • Chubb Portfolio Night features art of all styles

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Chubb Institute graphic design student Mike Di Dia, of Jackson, prefers drawing portraits because they are more realistic. The works of Di Dia and about 15 other students and graduates were on display at the first Portfolio Night held at the school on March…

  • Festive day celebrates survival of the Jews

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Rabbi Levi Azimov reads from the Book of Esther during the Purim celebration at Pierre’s Ballroom in Monmouth Junction on Tuesday, held by the Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick. SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick held a party…

  • Task force created to study warehouse impacts

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A seven-member task force was formally created by the Township Council Tuesday to study the effects warehouse development has had on things such as traffic and flooding in the eastern area of town. According to Mayor Frank Gambatese, the task force will be…

  • The Shoppes at N.B. plan wins board’s approval

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Zoning Board approved The Shoppes at North Brunswick, a 147,000-square-foot lifestyle center to be built on the 15.58-acre site by the former Boy Scouts and General Automotive building at the intersection of routes 1 and 130. The board voted 5-2 Tuesday to…

  • Opinion divided on driving privilege for illegal aliens

    Middlesex assemblyman says law would serve economy and security BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Some of New Jersey’s Latino community leaders are pushing to advance a state Assembly bill that would, if signed into law, permit thousands of illegal aliens to drive legally in the state. The proposal does…

  • School spirit

    SCOTT PILLING staff South Brunswick High School Assistant Principal Christine Chrabaszcz gives fellow faculty members a cheer during the PTA-sponsored students vs. faculty game.

  • Three charged after stabbing

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – Police arrested three suspects in the attack of three Piscataway men near Carolier Lanes, Route 1, on March 5. Taurean Clayborn Downing, 20, of Piscataway, was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault with a weapon, and Evan Robinson, 20, and Martin Maxwell, 21, both of Piscataway, were charged with simple assault…