Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Red State/ Blue State
Ready for bleak days ahead DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: I’m writing this before Election Day, so I have no idea what the outcome will be, other than the delirious conga-line dance going on over at MSNBC, which has been under way for about a week now. (I knew how dedicated that network…
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Teachers press the right buttons in math class
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township high school has found a calculated way to improve math instruction. The implementation of MathForward, a program from Texas Instruments, aligns technology-enriched instruction with the Integrated Basic Skills Algebra I curriculum. It allows a wireless hub to connect to the students’ graphing calculators, from which…
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Anne Marie Melher
Mrs. Melher, 44, of Oakdale, Conn., died Oct. 27, 2008, after a battle with colon cancer. She was on leave from her employer, Pfizer’s Inc., where she had worked for the past 10 years. Mrs. Melher was predeceased by her father, Edward Steven. Surviving are her husband, PJ Melher; a son, Christopher Yeager of Oakdale,…
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In the News
Challenging times, but we look ahead • MARK ROSMAN You may have read recent reports about the struggles the newspaper business is facing these days. Going back to the time before the present recession hit the United States, newspapers were facing a changing climate — one in which advertisers and readers were migrating to other…
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Thanks go out for Community Unity Day
The Fall Festival Charlene Austin Community Unity Day is a day set aside for our diverse community to come together as one, in a drug- and smoke-free environment. We made the decision to switch the annual event from September to October this year, and we were really lucky. We couldn’t have asked for more perfect…
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Return Beech Woods Park to its original state
The ghoulishly gruesome discovery of dead bodies buried in South Brunswick’s Beech Woods Park is truly a tragic event. How could this have happened in our normally bucolic town? The family that suffered in this instance goes far beyond the parents who were murdered, their son and his girlfriend. All of South Brunswick is hurting…
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Season without a skate park a blow to kids’ dreams
At one of several meetings held last winter, the Department of Parks and Recreation were presented, upon request, three quotes to put up a skate park. At this meeting, information was presented that included comparison pictures of skate parks in Middlesex County and quotes from companies who installed their ramps or were competitors. Those who…
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Virginia Ellen “Ginny” McLaughlin
Miss McLaughlin, 50, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, died Oct. 11, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She resided in Old Bridge, and Virginia, prior to relocating to Monmouth Junction 10 years ago. She was a registered nurse at JFK Hospital, Edison, for 10 years. She is survived by…
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Hi, hi, birdie
Students involved in the Student Environmentalists At Linwood (SEAL) Club at Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick painted birdhouses on Saturday to put in the school’s courtyard as a part of Make a Difference Day. The group is also going to hold a road and school grounds cleanup project and will recycle the garbage they…
