Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Middlesex County names new youth services head
No. Brunswick resident began work with dept. as juvenile detention officer BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Jim White, a 30-year resident of North Brunswick, has been promoted to assume the duties of the administrator of the Middlesex County Department of Youth Services. “Most people aspire to move up…
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Nominations sought for Heritage Day Award
Annual No. Brunswick ceremony scheduled Oct. 1 at Babbage Park BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A day of fun to become one. That is the motto coined by Ann Marie Chandlee when establishing North Brunswick’s Heritage Day 22 years ago. “Ann Marie was a wonderful person. She was…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Fred Fisch, North Brunswick, prays during the St. Peter’s Episcopal Church tent revival celebrations in Freehold Aug. 15.
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Service, religious groups plan Katrina relief efforts
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer South Brunswick SOUTH BRUNSWICK — As the people of New Orleans wade through the wreckage left behind by Hurricane Katrina, many state organizations are in the planning stages for relief efforts to help the victims of one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit America.…
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Bank robber arrested in upstate New York
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Caleb Frosh SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The man thought to be responsible for the string of bank robberies across Central Jersey was arrested on Aug. 23 in Buffalo, N.Y. Police believed that Caleb Frosh was trying to flee into Canada. Frosh’s arrest concludes a five-month-long joint investigation,…
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90 years young
SCOTT PILLING staff Margie Sgro, who is about to celebrate her 90th birthday, is treated to breakfast at the Mayor’s Breakfast at the North Brunswick Senior Center on Friday.
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Life imitates art
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Children play near a mural painted by South Brunswick artist Renata Pugh at the YMCA Care Center last week.
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Wheelchair opens roads less traveled
Gift from nonprofit helps disabled woman lead a more mobile life BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Larry Hardy, president of Rolling Thunder Chapter 3 of New Jersey, a POW-MIA veterans’ rights group, presented Robin Donnelly, who suffers from spina bifida, with a new electric wheelchair at her home…
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School board adopts drug testing policy
No. Bruns. students involved in activities now must comply BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer A policy to allow random drug testing of all North Brunswick students engaged in athletics, extracurricular activities and authorized to park on school premises has been approved. The program is designed to promote health and safety, deter…
