Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser
Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: As you know, I’m working hard to be a good loser, telling anyone who will listen that Barack Obama will soon be our president, and we must support him. I’m trying to be a lot nicer than your side was to George W.…
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Patsy Carmella
Mr. Carmella, of Spotswood, formerly of New Brunswick and Edison, died Nov. 14, 2008, at home. Prior to his retirement in 2000, he managed Grand Plaza Shoe Service, East Brunswick, and Spotswood Shoe Service. He was predeceased by his first wife, Rose Punturno Carmella. Surviving are his wife, Margaret Carmella; a son, Gordon Crawford, and…
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Lois Strincoski Szabo
Mrs. Szabo, 82, of the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence, formerly of South River, died Oct. 31, 2008, at home. Her husband, Bill, died in 1992. Surviving are two sons, Robert Szabo, and his wife, Susan, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick and John Szabo, and his girlfriend, Kristen Pfeifer, of Jamesburg; two daughters,…
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SBHS Viking band wins championship
The South Brunswick High School (SBHS) Viking marching band won the United States Scholastic Band Northern States Championship in early November in Allentown, Pa. The division in which the band competes represents the largest and most competitive bands in the association. The Vikings also won special awards for Best Visual and Best Colorguard. Its show,…
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Home is where the heart is — in North Brunswick
Home is where the heart is, the soul’s bright guiding star. Home is where real love is, where our own dear ones are. Home means someone waiting to give you a welcome smile. Home means peace and joy and rest and everything worthwhile. Author unknown. As 2008 draws to a close, we once again find…
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Support TOOF campaign this holiday season
As we approach the holiday season, Mothers Against Drunk Driving New Jersey along with Mothers Against Drunk Driving locations nationwide is once again launching our Holiday Crackdown Campaign. This campaign runs from the day before Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. As we are all aware, the holiday season brings with it opportunities of celebration and…
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School spirit
ERIC SUCAR staff North Brunswick Township High School Raider fans cheer on their soccer team during the second half of the New Jersey state semifinal game against Rancocas Valley at Summerfield Elementary School in Neptune on Nov. 18. North Brunswick lost 1-0.
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SBHS students send care packages to the troops
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Corinne Gaylord’s students spent their sixth year in a row working to collect items for the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. This effort is personal for Gaylord’s students. Some of the care packages are going to a unit that includes one student’s uncle, Gaylord said. The…
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Join the fight for the smallest among us
Prematurity is the No. 1 killer of newborns, and according to the March of Dimes, each year, 14,293 babies in New Jersey suffer the consequences of being born too soon. Babies who survive an early birth face the risk of serious lifelong health problems, including learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, blindness, hearing loss and chronic conditions…
