Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • On Campus

    Shishir Sharma, a member of the class of 2004 at South Brunswick High School, was recently named a New Jersey Advanced Placement (AP) State Scholar by the New Jersey State Department of Education. Sharma is one of two recipients in the state to be named New Jersey AP State Scholars. Rowan University, Glassboro, named the…

  • Red Cross: Tsunami fund-raising needs met

    The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies announced last week that the $1.2 billion pledged worldwide in the 30 days since the tsunami, was sufficient to meet the costs of the entire Red Cross tsunami relief program. Following the federation’s lead, the American Red Cross believes that current contributions and pledges, when…

  • Blood supplies near crisis status in region

    BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer With last week’s snowstorm causing numerous blood drives to be canceled, blood banks around the tristate area are facing shortages. Blood banks are pleading for donors after crucial drives were canceled or postponed during the time of year that blood supplies are typically at their lowest.…

  • Art appreciation

    SCOTT PILLING staff South Brunswick artist Helen Post (r) discusses her artwork with resident Pearl Goldman at the South Brunswick Senior Center.

  • Teen reports robbery at mall

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A Monmouth Junction teen reported he was robbed by a group of men who may have had a gun. According to South Brunswick Detective James Ryan, the robbery took place Tuesday afternoon at the South Brunswick Square Mall on Route 1. The victim…

  • Auditions

    Garden State Philharmonic Chorus will hold open rehearsals Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Toms River Intermediate East Band Room, 1519 Hooper Ave., Toms River. Auditions will follow attendance at an open rehearsal and involve short vocal exercises to assess vocal quality, range and sight-reading ability. The chorus’s season will include two special concerts, “Songs…

  • Small diving squad is committed to their sport

    Team BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Diver Daniel Lyles talks with his mother, Rhonda, before North Brunswick Township High School’s diving meet in North Brunswick Jan. 27. They’re more than just a few drops in the bucket.Although there has been a shortage of students interested in the…

  • Council votes to hire D.C. lobbyists

    Firm will be paid $160,000 to seek federal funding BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer South Brunswick has its voice in Washington, D.C.The Township Council approved a resolution yesterday, which will employ federal-level lobbyists to work for the widening of Route 1 in South Brunswick. The contract with Cavarocchi, Ruscio, Dennis Associates,…

  • MCC student, 11, ahead of time and peers

    BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Dakota Killpack, 11, walks the campus of Middlesex County College last week. He’s likely the youngest student ever to be enrolled in New Jersey’s community college system. On any given day while classes are in session at Middlesex County College, the sight of…