Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • 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…

  • You wouldn’t walk a mile in his shoes

    North Brunswick BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer A judge examines a sneaker’s odor at the Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest held at the Brunswick Zone Carolier in North Brunswick. The sweet smell of victory.The scent of foul sneakers filled the Brunswick Zone Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick last week as the arena…

  • So. Brunswick residents object to road location

    Council mulls where to provide developer access to property BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Residents of a South Brunswick neighborhood have told township officials a proposed easement does not belong in their back yards. Princeton Hills Estates residents plan to make a presentation against a plan that would grant an easement…

  • Over 65 speakers slated for Women’s Conference

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Aspiring young females will have the opportunity to interact with several role models this weekend. The eighth annual Women’s Conference, which focuses on women’s leadership, will be held Saturday at the South Brunswick High School. Begun in 1997, the conference brings together prominent…

  • Wee!

    SCOTT PILLING staff Alex Spahr, 14, of South Brunswick, takes full advantage of the day off to spend the morning sledding at Woodlot Park in South Brunswick.

  • Patrons roll the dice in a charitable gamble

    No. Brunswick resident organizes Casino Night for St. Peter BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer PHOTOSBY SEAN DWYER staff Above, Carleen Steward Fruhschein (r) of North Brunswick, stands with Jeffrey Schneider during Casino Night to benefit the Women’s and Children’s Pavilion of St. Peter’s Hospital. At left, Carleen and Jason Fruhschein greet…