Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Avenues of heroes

    N.B. veterans may get streets named in their honor BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer To celebrate local war heroes, North Brunswick officials are making a bid to have residential streets named in honor of community veterans. Township Council President Bob Davis is spearheading an effort to compile a list of residents…

  • Nuview gets new home in North Brunswick

    Facility will be temporary home for school serving special needs students BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Nurse Mary Lou Mansfield (l-r), aide Angela Buie, counselors Jon Higgerson and Katie O’Rahilly, and teacher Nicole Ducceschi sit inside a classroom at the Nuview Academy, an alternative program for behaviorally disabled students,…

  • Withington Estate, farm may join historic district

    If included, changes to landmarks would have to be cleared by commission BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Withington Estate and Heathcote farm came one step closer to being added to the Kingston Historic District when the proposal to include the two properties passed an initial vote during…

  • Womack recaps 2005, outlines future goals

    Mayor warns of decline in volunteers in his State of the Twp. speech BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack officially declared 2006 as the Year of the Volunteer during his State of the Township Address on Monday. “The mission of the Year of the Volunteer…

  • No. Bruns. announces volunteer opportunities

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Ask not what your township can do for you, but what you can do for your township. In an effort to celebrate the Year of the Volunteer, Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack’s initiative for 2006, North Brunswick is offering several areas in which residents…

  • Air gun threats lead to S. Bruns. teen’s arrest

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Three separate incidents of assault involving an air gun over the course of several days all led to one man who was arrested by the South Brunswick Police Department’s Emergency Response Team on Jan. 25. Matthew Sabo, 18, of South Brunswick, is facing…

  • Design-A-Sign contest open to students K-12

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Since speeding in residential areas is a huge problem in many local communities, a steering committee has formulated the first Middlesex County Design-A-Sign contest for county students grades K-12. “Speeding is a very big problem. I would think it is one of the…

  • Chabad courses explain Kabalah view of time

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — It’s time to make time for time. The Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick will offer a series of critically acclaimed courses exploring time as viewed by the practice of Kabalah. “We live in an age obsessed with time. On the one hand,…

  • Heart of the Lions

    Members of social club take satisfaction in helping others BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The North Brunswick Lions Club District 16D came to a roaring start at its reorganization meeting last Wednesday at The Hearth restaurant on Route 130. The 28 members of the organization, led by club…