Category: Sentinel-NBS News
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Sounding off
JEFF GRANIT staff The North Brunswick Township High School marching band’s horn section performs during halftime at the annual Thanksgiving game between North and South Brunswick high schools.
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Man faces sex crime charge
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Police have arrested a group home supervisor for the alleged sexual molestation of a developmentally disabled female. Frederick Mathangani, 53, of Piscataway, turned himself into police headquarters Monday afternoon following a three-week investigation centering on allegations of abuse made by a 19-year-old female…
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Chabad plans gift drive, Hanukkah on Ice event
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A local Chabad seeks residents’ help in delivering gifts to hospitalized children this holiday season. In honor of Hanukkah, the Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick will distribute brand-new, age-appropriate toys to children at the Robert Wood Johnson and St. Peter’s hospitals in…
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SBHS students excel in language challenge
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — South Brunswick High School students won top honors at their first WordMasters Challenge competition. Competing against more than 50,000 students across the country and 433 high schools, South Brunswick sophomore Ria Murray and junior Jeffrey Sperber received individual honors, having both received near-perfect…
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Democratic Club begins charitable holiday events
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township’s Democratic Club continues to strengthen its presence in the community. With election season over and the holidays in full swing, the North Brunswick Democratic Social Club has organized a movement to reach out to those in need for the holidays. “The…
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Applying to college ‘ain’t what it used to be’
Students now applying to a greater number of schools BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer FARRAHMAFFAI staff Today’s high school students face a greater challenge in getting into the colleges of their choice, and as a result involvement in extracurricular activities is more important than ever. College applicants looking to follow in…
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Mall tenants made to leave site early
The Home Depot will occupy spaces of pet store, travel agency BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer No more wagging tails at the South Brunswick Square Mall.Despite efforts of the tenants and mayor, the business of Pets, Pets, Pets and Travel Center are being forced out of the Route 1 shopping plaza…
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Council adopts 6-cent municipal tax rate hike
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The average homeowner will pay an estimated $93 more in municipal taxes this year. Municipal taxes for the owner of a home assessed at $154,700, the township average, would increase to $1,222 under the new 2004-05 fiscal-year budget the Township Council unanimously voted…
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Over the top
JOHN E. SZPARA Jess Harbison, a senior at South Brunswick High School, reaches over Jess Belsky, a sophomore, to try to catch a pass at the powder puff football game on Friday.
