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    JEFF GRANIT staff David Chrissafis (center) looks on during the Senior Olympics chess game between Harold Valdata (l) and Shu Chang at the North Brunswick Senior Center on Friday.

  • Public says health care system is ailing

    Congressman Holt gauges voter concerns in South Brunswick BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Congressman Rush Holt actually prefers to be called “representative.” He not only believes it’s better English, it’s also more in line with what it is he actually does: represent the interests of the hundreds of thousands of people…

  • Annual Heritage Day celebration a home run

    No. Brunswick enjoys a day of amusements, music and softball BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Clockwise from left: Sean Sees, 11, “sees” all of Babbage Park from the top of the rock climb on Saturday as part of North Brunswick’s Heritage Day activities. Timbo the Clown and his special assistant, Kate…

  • $4.3M will fund Route 1 road upgrades

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The township has received a combined $4,325,000 from a combination of federal and state aid for the purpose of improving roads. The aid includes $100,000 to improve Finnegans Lane, $225,000 to improve Ridge Road and $4 million to widen Route 1. The $100,000…

  • Board gets the word out on cleanup referendum

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Fliers regarding a referendum to cover costs for the environmental cleanup at the North Brunswick Township High School were distributed by the Board of Education on Saturday at Heritage Day. The referendum, to be held Dec. 13, is subsequent to the original referendum…

  • Republicans: We won’t just vote the party line

    Baroni, Paquette say Trenton needs independent thinkers BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Bill Baroni (The following is part of a series of profiles on the candidates running for Assembly in District 14, which includes Hamilton and West Windsor in Mercer County, and Cranbury, Jamesburg, Monroe, Plainsboro and South Brunswick in Middlesex…

  • For the Record

    An article about the North Brunswick fiscal year 2006 municipal budget appearing in the Sept. 22 Sentinel implied that residents would be facing a 7-cent tax rate increase. The tax bills already went out in August with the projected increase included, but that rate could be brought down by an application for extraordinary aid from…

  • S. Bruns. can lease open space tracts to farmers

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Township Council has adopted an ordinance that will allow land acquired through the open-space trust fund to be leased for the purposes of farming. “As we proceed to buy more and more open space, a lot of that open space is farmland,…

  • N.B. neighborhood prepares for the worst

    In light of hurricanes, residents meet to discuss emergency planning BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — One small step for the Halsey Road neighborhood could mean one giant leap for neighborhoods everywhere. Last Thursday night, residents of the area off Route 130 by the North Brunswick Township High School…