Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Roundtable explores delivery of tsunami aid
Residents, government and private sector reps discuss efforts BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Officials called for a commitment this week to long-term tsunami relief aid. State, community and pharmaceutical industry representatives met Tuesday morning at Pierre’s Restaurant for an open dialogue on the ongoing commitment and need to…
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School ponders if King’s dream has been fulfilled
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer PHOTOSBY CHRIS KELLY staff Keynote speaker Richard Barber Sr. speaks about the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at “Still United,” held in North Brunswick’s Linwood Middle School Monday. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Locals remain united in their hope to make the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King…
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Hearing on school board office expansion Monday
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The current South Brunswick Board of Education building on Executive Drive. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Board of Education has formally announced a proposal to lease an additional 30,822-square-foot office building located at 231 Black Horse Lane. A legal ad published Monday came after…
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Hold that diet until the Christmas fudge is gone
Lori C linch Are We There Yet? I despise the TV programming this time of year. It’s “weight-loss” this and “diet” that. Exercise more, eat less and you’ll work your derriere right down to a size 6. I wish. I did some figuring the other day and calculated that I’ve lost a total of 1,148…
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Too much traffic? Take the bus, planner says
Middlesex County Planning Director George M. Ververides has found a simple way to deal with the ever-increasing truck traffic on county roads. He stays off them as much as possible and takes the bus to work. “I have to practice what I preach,” Ververides said. “I’m trying to encourage people to take mass transportation. I…
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Shopping center plan may move to zoners
Residents of Brunswick Acres hired attorney to oppose Eckerd complex BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — After an appeal filed by a group of residents’ attorney, action by the Planning Board on the proposed Eckerd shopping center has been stayed. The Zoning Board of Adjustment will make the decision…
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‘Sound of Music’ kin coming to State Theatre
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Pretty soon the State Theatre in New Brunswick will be “alive with ‘The Sound of Music,’ ” as the song goes. It has been decades since the classic feel-good musical opened on Broadway as an ode to the real-life drama of the…
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School referendum vote approaches
Planning Board report and mayor skeptical of plan BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Taxes for the average North Brunswick homeowner would increase about $70 next year if residents approve school renovations next week. Residents can go to their local polling places from 2-9 p.m. on Tuesday to vote on the North…
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Truck crash delays traffic
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Debris littered the scene of a tractor-trailer crash on Route 535 in South Brunswick. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Route 535 was closed for two hours Tuesday morning following a head-on tractor-trailer collision near the New Jersey Turnpike overpass. According to police reports, a 2005 Keniworth tractor-trailer, driven…
