Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Vertigo support group to begin at center March 23

    The South Brunswick Senior Center, Route 522, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, will begin a vertigo support group March 23. The group will meet Wednesdays from 10:45 a.m. to noon. Registration is encouraged and may be done by calling Kathleen at (732) 329-4000, ext. 7212. ‘Kindergarten … Here I Come’ March 22 North Brunswick…

  • Police search for 3 burglars

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Police are searching for three men suspected of burglarizing a residence on Curtis Court last Friday. According to police reports, a witness, who was walking their dog, saw three men with covered faces attempting to open a door of a residence. The witness then alerted police, according to the report. The officers…

  • 3 charged in drug sting

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Three township residents have been arrested in connection with a drug distribution ring. According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan, the arrests came after a two-month investigation into the distribution of street-level narcotics. The investigation led the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task…

  • Volley for Life

    PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Robert Tona bumps the ball during the Volley for Life tournament at Crossroads North Middle School in South Brunswick. Proceeds went to the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Below, Nicole Burleigh (l), 13, helps teammate Liz Butera serve the ball.Crossroads North Middle School teacher Caren Blayne cheers on participants.

  • Board of directors say ‘State of the Y’ is strong

    Facility upgrades, independence from Princeton under way BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SCOTT FRIEDMAN Girl Scouts participate in an aerobics class at the South Brunswick YMCA last week. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick YMCA held its first State of the Y meeting Tuesday evening. Members from the YMCA’s board of…

  • Military enlistment declines at high schools

    Recruiter says conflicts tend to attract recruits, drive others away BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer High school graduates have many options, but military service does not seem to be at the top of the list. Since 2002, the number of students going on to military service after graduating has declined throughout…

  • Residents shut out of homes seek help

    Town, builders at odds over age restrictions at new developments BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer A disparity between township and federal laws has left several residents without a home after they sought to move into new adult communities in Monroe. Developers Toll Bros. and Kalian Cos. began selling homes in the…

  • Guild artwork exhibited throughout E.B. library

    JEFF GRANIT staff At 16, East Brunswick High School junior Melinda Guo (left) is the youngest member of the Suburban Artist Guild, which this month has its largest display yet at the East Brunswick Library. Also pictured are (from right) guild secretary Allie Skislak, co-presidents P.D. Swett and Selena Palmer, and photographer Maryann Gunia. Whether…

  • In the Service

    Army Private Cain N. Bowers recently graduated from the Unit Supply Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Lee, Petersburg, Va. Bowers was trained to receive, inspect, segregate, store, inventory, issue, deliver and turn in organizational and installation supplies and equipment; maintain automated supply systems for accountability with use of unit computers; issue and receipt…