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  • French sculptors focus of landmark exhibition

    Above, among the works on exhibit as part of “Breaking the Mold” is artist Honoré Daumier’s painted terracota, titled “Charles Philipon.” At right, a work by Edgar Degas titled “Dancer: Arabesque on Right Leg, Left Arm in Line.” Described as the first of its kind in the United States in 25 years, an exhibition documenting…

  • Woman sues over contaminated soil

    School board member BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Curtis Kristjanson The wife of a North Brunswick Board of Education member has filed a lawsuit against the school board, the township, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson, claiming she was diagnosed with cancer as a result of the contamination found at the…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Josh Attrime, from the Franklin Institute and Science Museum, shows students of Cambridge Elementary School in South Brunswick the explosive properties of a gas during a show Wednesday.

  • The Sentinel’s Top 10 news stories of 2005

    Prepared and selected by the staff of the Sentinel 1 1 The warehouse boom Spurred by the proximity of Turnpike Interchange 8A, applications for over 5 million square feet of new warehouse space were proposed in eastern South Brunswick by mid-year, according to Planning Board records. The Eastern Villages Association (EVA), a group of residents…

  • VanDyke farm deemed a top priority for ’06

    S.B. council outlines goals for year ahead BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Members of the Township Council outlined their accomplishments in 2005 and their hopes and goals for the year ahead at Tuesday’s reorganization meeting. Some of the themes that were echoed by council members included further preservation…

  • Twp. awards contract for pump station repairs

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Township Council authorized an emergency contract with Northeast Remsco Construction Co. to demolish and replace Pump Station 5, which, according to officials, is in such need of repairs that the building has become a public health hazard. The township decided between two…

  • Weathering on

    SCOTT PILLING staff Sheri Hizney and her daughter, Emily, 3, got a handle on the terrible weather on Tuesday while shopping at the North Village Shopping Center in North Brunswick.

  • N.J. slogan vote extended

    TRENTON — Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey announced that he has extended the deadline for New Jersey residents to vote for the best state slogan, from Jan. 1 to Jan. 8. “The response so far has been overwhelming,” Codey said in a press release. “Extending the deadline ensures that all New Jersey residents have the…

  • Election victors chosen to head N.B. council

    Corbin, Davis make pledges for new terms at reorganization meeting BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — To echo the results of the 2006 Township Council election, councilmen Robert Davis and Robert Corbin were chosen to fill the seats of council president and vice president, respectively, at Monday night’s reorganization…