Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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School expansion referendum passes
Roughly 62 percent of N.B. voters say yes to $32.4M plan BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer North Brunswick voters approved $32.4 million in township school renovations Tuesday. During a special referendum vote, 1,402 residents cast ballots for a construction plan to expand five district schools, while 845 voted against it. Out…
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Auditions
Community Christian Choir, an interfaith group of singers from New Jersey as well as eastern Pennsylvania, will hold open auditions at 7 p.m. Jan. 28 and Feb. 4 at the Allentown Presbyterian Church, Route 539, Allentown, which is where the group rehearses. The choir will be rehearsing a variety of contemporary Christian music for a…
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CHRIS KELLY staff North Brunswick’s Kim Davis lets loose during her solo with The Destiny Family Worship Center Choir at Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick on Monday during a program honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. See story, page 22.
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‘Peacemaker’ teaches lessons in tolerance
Fifth-grader BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, George Street Playhouse members applaud Melissa Savin, a fifth-grader, on Friday for her winning essay at John Adams Elementary School in North Brunswick. At left, Katie Riley and fellow students watch a George Street Playhouse production of “Peacemaker” at John…
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Restaurant and French Club très bien ensemble
North Brunswick High students enjoy tasty trip to Matisse in Belmar BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Rafia Baig, 15, and Tara Mathews, 15, North Brunswick Township High School students, display replicas of Matisse’s artwork at a luncheon Friday. NORTH BRUNSWICK — A school trip to Matisse restaurant last week…
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Classes to begin at community school
South Brunswick Community School has announced it will offer several course selections for winter and spring, such as aerobics, kickboxing, tennis, yoga and tai chi classes. Tai chi chuan will be available in introduction, intermediate, and advanced levels, and begins Jan. 26. “Tracy’s Cardio Combo” will begin Jan. 31, and “Kickboxing with John” Feb. 1.…
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New law focuses on Net predators
A bill cracking down on Internet predators was signed into law by acting Gov. Richard Codey on Tuesday in Wood-Ridge. The bill, co-sponsored by Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex/Mercer), makes it illegal to lure individuals over the Internet with the intent of committing a crime. “The Internet has revolutionized the world and brought so many benefits…
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Grant paves the way for sidewalk improvements
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A state grant will save taxpayers from a 1-cent increase. A Department of Transportation grant for $400,000 was presented to the Township Council by Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex/Mercer) at Tuesday’s meeting. The grant money will be used for three roadway projects. Officials said…
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Pair sought in hotel robbery try
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Police are searching for two men wanted in an attempted armed robbery. According to South Brunswick Police Detective James Ryan, the two men entered the La Mirage Motor Inn on Route 1 Sunday evening. An employee reported one man displayed a handgun and attempted to enter the hotel office by kicking down…
