Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Local college student organizes global event in one month

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A young man from North Brunswick organized a competition that has a global impact. Umair Masood, a sophomore at Rutgers University, served as campus director for the seventh annual Hult Prize competition at Rutgers on Dec. 5, when 10 teams competed to solve former President Bill Clinton’s…

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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The Force was strong at the Plumsted Library in Plumsted Township, Ocean County, on Dec. 16 when a celebration of all things “Star Wars” was held in conjunction with the opening of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

  • Preventing avoidable deaths

    YOUR TURN Phyllis AlRoy GUEST COLUMN The country in which a baby is born should not determine how long she lives. Now Congress has an unprecedented opportunity to make sure it doesn’t. A new bipartisan bill has been introduced into both houses of Congress entitled Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015. In the…

  • Donald Trump is not a qualified candidate

    Does it surprise you? It does not surprise me that Donald Trump called attention to “her (Hillary Clinton) use of the restroom at the last Democratic debate was ‘too disgusting’ to talk about and that in 2007 she got ‘schlonged’ by Barack Obama.” This candidate with his limited vocabulary and egotistical personality, in my opinion,…

  • Mosque, community members share respect

    I was mayor of East Brunswick and a member of the Planning Board when our diverse community was honored to be chosen as the town in which to build the incredibly beautiful mosque along Dunhams Corner Road. All of East Brunswick should be proud that the new neighbors have added so much to our image…

  • Youth Adult Peer Advocate recipient has success inside, outside of classroom

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Neal Gaeta received the Young Adult Peer Advocate Award. A senior at North Brunswick Township High School with a 4.09 GPA, Neal is taking Advanced Placement Government and Politics, Literature and Composition, Calculus AB and psychology in his senior year. He has studied Advanced Placement and honors…

  • Having a good old time with Larry Black (the guy who is committed to keeping the rated-G in TV)

    By Lori Acken, www.channelguidemag.com Larry Black It’s near impossible to tune in to RFDTV’s Larry’s Country Diner and not want to climb through the screen to share some pie and sociability with host Larry Black and his cast of amiable characters as they crack wise, reminisce about classic moments in music and TV and generally…

  • Football will never be the same — hopefully

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Alec Baldwin, left, and Will Smith huddle over football players’ head injuries and deaths in the new movie Concussion. Concussion focuses on the startling discovery made by Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) while working as a pathologist in Pittsburgh. Omalu was on duty in September 2002 when the…

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    PHOTO COURTESY OF CRAIG YETSKO North Brunswick Township High School (NBTHS) held a Pearl Harbor Day remembrance ceremony on Dec. 7. Pictured are NBTHS Principal Pete Clark, left to right, NBTHS 12th grader Max Maguire, North Brunswick teacher and New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) President Joanne Anderson, NBTHS 12th grader Zach Kriegel, NBTHS 9th grader…