Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Township acts to keep student-athletes safe
Iwould like to commend East Brunswick for taking an important step to safeguard the health and well-being of our student athletes. Particular praise goes to Frank Noppenberger, East Brunswick High School athletic director. We’ve seen all too tragically how hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) — a thickening of the muscle of the heart — can claim the…
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School preparations should include eye exam
I’m writing to commend Gov. Chris Christie for recently declaring August “Children’s Vision and Learning Month” in New Jersey. The goal of this observance is to help educate parents and teachers about the critical link between vision and learning. It is that time of year again, that we, as parents, prepare our children for the…
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Family reunions: an unlikely place to learn life’s greatest lesson
GIRL TALK CLARE MARIE CELANO Family reunions can present us with a fast-track emotional roller coaster, much like the Cyclone I used to ride at Palisades Park when I was young and brave. On our way to one of these get-togethers, we can imagine ourselves young and energetic as we smear on globs of wrinkle…
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N.J. businesses head for greener pastures
What is a jobless recovery? A jobless recovery is when companies still maintain or gain large profits with fewer people. In 2009, Fortune 500 companies tripled their profits by $391 billion and reduced their payrolls by eliminating over 800,000 jobs. The company is doing great — but to the people who were laid off, it…
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Alfred J. Grana
Mr. Grana, 75, of Old Bridge, died Aug. 1, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1996, he was a baker for Wonder Bread/Hostess Cakes for 46 years, including 25 years at the plant in East Brunswick. His wife, Laura E. Grana, died in April. Surviving are three daughters, Valerie Tietchen of Freehold, Janine…
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From another angle, things aren’t as bad as they looked
CODA GREG BEAN I’ve recently agreed to do some volunteer work for Sylvia’s Children, a charitable organization that provides financial and other support for 1,000 impoverished youngsters (200 of them orphans who live on-site) at the Mbiriizi School in Uganda. Run by Sylvia Allen, who’s well known in this area as the founder and owner…
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Lois Short Wyse
Mrs. Wyse, 74, of Old Bridge, died Aug. 7, 2010, in Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Wyse, and by a daughter, Patricia McDevitt. Surviving are a son, Thomas Wyse of New York City; two daughters, Dianne Mataya, and her husband, Charles, of Helmetta and Sharon Jurewicz, and her…
