Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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There’s a word for that, and the word is …
Coda Greg Bean My son was looking for some important paperwork recently when my aging brain went into full-tilt freeze mode. It not only temporarily erased one word I was looking for in my memory bank, it erased two. “Where did you say the papers were?” he asked. “They’re out there in the thing under…
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Board leaders will run unopposed in Spotswood
Bartlett, O’Brien say challenges lie ahead for school board BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Alan Bartlett SPOTSWOOD – With two seats available on the Board of Education, and only two candidates running, the outcome of the April 18 election may be a foregone conclusion. But it’s what happens afterward that counts,…
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School board elections see crowded contests
In what may be interpreted as a sign of the times, Middlesex County is seeing a surge in the number of people seeking to serve their local school boards. With the exception of a few smaller communities, area residents will have plenty of choices in the April 18 school elections. Leading the pack this year…
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Plight of homeless should be a priority in Middlesex County
Your Turn Frank Coury Guest Column Frank Coury Guest Column I recently finished 15 years as a volunteer for the Winter Emergency Men’s Shelter sponsored by the New Brunswick Interfaith Emergency Men’s Shelters. Thank goodness for the program. It provides what service it can, with limited resources. As I look back over the years, I…
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Junior high students to stage original show
BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent EAST BRUNSWICK – Members of the Churchill Junior High School Drama Club have put a new spin on an old tale. Their original play, “A King, a Chemist and a Bald Guy Named Phil,” explores the legend of King Arthur as well as the backstage dramas…
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Park there, buddy, and she’ll see you in court
Coda Greg Bean By recent accounts, it looks like lots of people in Glassboro, N.J., think Maryann Cottrell is a real pain in the patootie. We all know people like Cottrell, who see something wrong and decide to do something about it instead of sitting around on their keisters. They’re windmill tilters and dragon slayers,…
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Obituaries
Violet Chmura Narkiewicz Mrs. Narkiewicz, 92, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., formerly of South River, died Feb. 16 in Hilton Head Regional Medical Center. She was a former communicant of St. Mary of Ostrabrama Church, South River. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward. Surviving are a daughter, Diane Klipp of Hilton Head Island; a…
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Letters
Center’s director makes plea for blood donations In recent years, New Jersey has had to “import” more than 50,000 units of whole blood annually because our population does not donate enough blood to cover the needs of New Jersey hospitals. Our state faces an immediate shortage for select blood types. Winter snowstorms forced the cancellation…
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School administrators keep fingers crossed
And now we play the waiting game. Administrators and school board members in suburban school districts such as the ones that operate in this region are anxiously waiting to hear how much state aid will be received for the 2006-07 school year. The budgets for the upcoming school year are being developed right now and…
