Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Lincoln and Washington focus of elaborate display
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff East Brunswick Historical Society members (l-r) Norma Speena, Estelle Goldsmith and Doris Fleming put the finishing touches on the group’s tribute to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln Tuesday morning at the township’s library. The display, in honor of the former presidents’ birthdays, runs…
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Solitary man
PHOTOSBY SEAN DWYER Benjamin Lipman eats fire during his one-man show.Top photo, Benjamin Lipman, of Chatham, performs his juggling routine during his one-man variety show at the Community Center in South Brunswick Sunday. Above, Jared Austerlitz, 6, of Monmouth Junction, assists Lipman.
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Auditions
Marlboro Players is still looking to fill some roles in its April production of “Evita.” Specifically needed are children ages 8-13, strong singers, for the children’s ensemble. Also needed are men ages 18-50, strong singers, for featured ensemble. Also seeking an understudy for Evita, with one guaranteed performance — age 20-30, strong “belter” with E,…
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Chocolate factory
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Danny Soto makes candy during the Monday night session of North Brunswick’s Club Rainbow, a program for those with special needs, held in the Senior Center.
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Next stop … North Brunswick?
Transit village designation sought for Route 1 site BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer The train could make its next stop in North Brunswick. The Township Council announced this week that it is trying to get a transit village designation for the Johnson & Johnson property, located on Route 1 northbound, that…
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Fund-raiser planned for teen disabled by arthritis
BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer Joanna Santamaria has juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Her former Iselin Middle School teacher, Sue Trenery, formed a nonprofit organization, Joanna’s Journey, to raise funds to purchase a van equipped to carry the teen’s new motorized wheelchair. Joanna Santamaria is a freshman at Woodbridge’s JFK Memorial High School.…
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Police teach public precautions on ID theft
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township police have launched an effort to hinder cases of stolen identity. In honor of the Seventh Annual National Consumer Protection Week, which takes place from Feb. 6 to Feb. 12 this year, the North Brunswick Township Police Department are helping to…
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Photo lab owner sees sign biz all over
Digital cameras, other technology blamed for Old Bridge shop BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Tom Robertson looks on as his wife, Lynn, unwraps a piece of vinyl used to make signs at their home in Monroe. Thomas Robertson has never had difficulty seeing the signs.After all, as the…
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Residents ask council to thwart development
Brunswick Acres group opposes Eckerd drugstore, office plan BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff The potential site of a shopping mall complex on the corner of Finnegans Lane and Route 27 sits close to residents’ homes. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Residents have taken their case against the proposed Eckerd drugstore…
