Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Grant punches teacher’s ticket to South Asia
SBHS BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Nisha Patel, a teacher at South Brunswick High School, was awarded the Fulbright-Hays Grant to study abroad in India. The grant, which is funded by the United States Department of Education, selects 12 participants for “Cultural Diversity in India’s Democracy,” part of…
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Ancient Jewish custom meets the Far East
Chabad selects Chinese theme for Purim celebration BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Itay Keren (r), standing with friend Rob Kline, wears a nontraditional costume to the Chabad Jewish Center’s “Purim in Peking” celebration. Below, Mendel Azimov, 5, uncovers his identity at the event. Children stomped on…
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South Brunswick rezones tract to settle suit
Council bonds $3 million to purchase 101-acre Stanton property BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The third time’s a charm. The South Brunswick Township Council recently introduced an ordinance to rezone 17 acres of a 101-acre property from R-1 to R-3 to help settle pending litigation between the township…
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Study shows Matawan line now viable option
Citizens committee expected to meet to discuss strategy BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer More than 100 area residents turned out March 22 to learn the results of a study that examined the possibility of expanding passenger rail service in central New Jersey. NJ Transit officials revealed the findings of the Draft…
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Oh, no! Here comes the school principal
Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? I’d like to state for the record that our school principal is a great man. A real happy-go-lucky sort of guy. Always there with a “hello,” anxious to assist with the door, and quick to snap and point whenever I get out of line. I just don’t like to…
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School budget would carry 15-cent hike
Superintendent says BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer North Brunswick voters will decide on a $55.5 million school budget when they head to the polls April 19. The Board of Education’s 2005-06 budget would carry a 15-cent increase to the tax rate, bringing the total tax rate for homeowners to $2.26 per…
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Thousands mourn rabbi at ceremony
Halberstam BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Mourners took a nearly 50-mile journey of respect to South Brunswick last week. Thousands of followers from the Bobov sect of Hassidic Jews in Brooklyn made the journey to South Brunswick in the early hours on March 24 to bury Grand Rabbi Naftalai Halberstam, who…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Emma Weiss, 5, East Brunswick, and Miriam Meghnagi, 6, South Brunswick, dance to traditional Jewish rhythms during Esther’s story at Purim in Peking at the Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick. See page 3.
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Police tie suspect to more burglaries
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A suspect has been apprehended in the string of smash-and-grab burglaries in North Brunswick. Police confirmed that Gabriel Bay, 36, a local transient, was responsible for the incidents in North Brunswick as well as South Brunswick and Edison. He was apprehended on March…
