Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine Child star Shirley Temple and John Agar were happy newlyweds at Christmastime in 1945. The Puritans banned it. Our Founding Fathers weren’t too crazy about it. And Congress didn’t get around to making it an official celebration until 1870. But you’d hardly guess it as Christmas approached. We Americans…

Jane Lynch PHOTO COURTESY OF NBCUniversal NBC’s popular party-time series, “Hollywood Game Night,” is set to return for its fourth season on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at 8 p.m. Jane Lynch, who has won the Emmy Award two years in a row as outstanding host of a reality or reality-competition program, will once again lead the…

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer More than 10,000 letters from students all over the Old Bridge School District were delivered to the Macy’s department store in East Brunswick as part of Macy’s Make-A-Wish Believe Campaign last week. The letter campaign was spearheaded by 11-year-old A.J. Silvestri, a sixth-grader at Carl Sandburg Middle School. For every…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Six students from North Brunswick Township High School are trying to make Diwali an official school holiday. Maithreyi Ravula, Sahil Shah, Suraj Sanyal, Sairam Vinjamuri, Swathi Tata and Rashi Bhatt presented a petition with 100 signatures to support the “festival of lights” that is celebrated by four…

SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Two sets of local heroes were once again honored for their contributions to the community. Ten students were chosen from a pool of 9,000 in the South Brunswick school district to be assisted by South Brunswick police officers as they shopped in Target on Route 1 in South Brunswick on Dec. 17.…

MATT DENTON Santa Claus arrives at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Pier Village in Long Branch.

The local newspapers have ordained me as the leader of the group opposing the $88 million school referendum in North Brunswick. Thank you for the compliment, whether deserved or not. Our group is comprised of North Brunswick residents who have had years of experience in business and industry. We looked at the presentation and the…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township school district will have to decide on an alternate plan to educate its growing population of students. A special referendum to build two new schools in town was defeated by voters on Dec. 8. The machine count was 1,137 yes to 1,537 no, with an…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick High School Music Department hopes to bring more than cheer through their music. Inspired by the “Friends of JJ” movement to bring holiday gifts to the children at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and various local hospitals, the Music Department collected three truckloads full…