• Lifting weights

    North Brunswick Township High School’s Jacob Newton-Tanzer, top, spots teammate Matt Mueller during a summer training session for the Raiders’ wrestling team.

  • Soccer club is ‘fielding’ ways to make athletes stronger

    Professional players to help train players in township league BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Athletes involved with the North Brunswick Soccer Club are getting their kicks by training with professional athletes. The New Jersey Ironmen, a professional indoor soccer team, will be holding training sessions this season for all of the recreational players and the…

  • ‘Colorful’ work of local artist included in Parkinson’s calendar

    Colorful” by Annie Konopka will be featured in the 2014 “Creativity and Parkinson’s Calendar.” A nnie Konopka of Kendall Park is one of 13 artists whose work was selected to appear in the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation’s 2014 “Creativity and Parkinson’s Calendar.” Her acrylic painting, “Colorful,” which depicts flowery bursts of light green, brown and lavender,…

  • High jumping

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: North Brunswick’s Yasmine St. Rose clears the bar at 6′ 6″ in the pole vault during a meet against South Brunswick April 9 at South Brunswick High School. Top right: South Brunswick’s Malik Davis jumps 18½ feet in the long jump. Bottom right: North Brunswick’s Deshonya Drummod jumps 13′…

  • In tough economy, it’s time for the perfect tax

    Coda Coda • GREG BEAN I was in the convenience store this week, listening to smokers gripe about the new 62- cent per-pack tax the federal government has imposed on cigarettes.   That means the feds now get $1.01 per package of smokes, or $10.10 per carton. In New Jersey, where they add on $2.57…

  • For the Record

    Stephen Parker, a candidate for the South Brunswick Board of Education, did not say that the school budget called for a small decrease last year, as was reported in an article in the April 9 edition of the Sentinel. Parker said the budget called for a slight increase, which is why he was disappointed that…

  • New business ‘dresses’ up former meeting space

    Brunswick Uniform Supply offers clothing, work wear to the public BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JENNIFER AMATO Brunswick Uniform Supply, North Brunswick, sells a variety of clothing, uniforms, work wear and shoes, including brands Levi’s, Dockers, Carhartt and Timberland. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Local residents looking for T-shirts, work wear, uniforms or outerwear can…

  • City man sentenced for bank robberies

    ALong Branch man was sentenced March 30 to 175 months in federal prison for committing two bank robberies in Atlantic County, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Douglas Kissel, 41, was arrested on Sept. 6, 2008, in a hotel room at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City by special…

  • Rain doesn’t deter 12th Sgt. Pat’s 5K

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY Left: Red Bank’s Trent Kaaraman races in soggy conditions along the Long Branch oceanfront during the annual Sgt. Pat’s 5K Run/2-mile Fitness Walk on April 11. Right: West Long Branch’s Joe Gallo (663) competes with fellow runners. LONG BRANCH — Heavy rains and brisk winds didn’t…

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