Category: Sentinel-NBS News

  • Auditions

    Community Christian Choir, an interfaith group of singers from New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania that rehearses in Allentown, N.J., will hold open auditions at 7 p.m. Jan. 21, 28 and Feb. 4 at the Allentown Presbyterian Church, Route 539. The choir will be rehearsing a variety of contemporary Christian music for a series of benefit…

  • Two charged for theft, assault at supermarket

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Police apprehended a township couple reportedly wanted for assaulting a local supermarket employee last week. North Brunswick police arrested Amber Minkin, 18, and Stephen Rizzo, 24, of Birchwood Court, at 6:45 p.m. on Friday and charged them with aggravated assault and robbery for…

  • Schools find ways to aid disaster victims

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Town-ship students are learning about caring. Students throughout the township school district have volunteered time and money to help victims of South Asia’s tsunami disaster. Grades and school organizations have found their own ways to help. The student council at Constable Elementary School…

  • Rising truck traffic trend expected to continue

    Watchdog group BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer Drivers in Middlesex County are more likely to be killed by a truck than anything else in the state, a trend predicted to continue over the next few decades. That’s just one of the ominous conclusions reached by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign,…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Bookmarks were given out at North Brunswick’s Linwood Middle School during Still United, a program held on Monday night in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Rib sales benefit pantry

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — It’s still the time for giving. The Red River BBQ Restaurant in Dayton will donate 50 cents to the South Brunswick Food Pantry for every rack of ribs sold in January and February. South Brunswick Director of Social Services Louanne Wolf said Rusty…

  • Business owners share secrets to their success

    BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Denise Davidson, 16, and Ryan Wydrinski, 18, co-chairs of the DECA team, talk to entrepreneur Ed Maroon at the North Brunswick Township High School Friday. NORTH BRUNSWICK — DECA opens more doors. In an effort to promote the study of entrepreneurship, DECA, a North…

  • Special dog presented challenge to volunteers

    Pet adoption center now seeks new owner for Dudley, who is deaf BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Dudley, a 4-year-old mutt found tied to a tree outside a Sayreville pet adoption facility, poses with Cathy DiMatteo, who designed a new method of communication for the deaf dog. When…

  • County expects lower tax levy in ’05 budget

    Freeholders reorganize with new member, new goals for coming year BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer Residents may see a decrease in the county portion of their property tax bills in 2005. Middlesex County Freeholders Director David B. Crabiel expects that when the county budget is introduced this year, it will call…