Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Drinking age debate important to youth
Behind the fusillade of faulty arguments proffered by the Amethyst Initiative in support of lowering the minimum legal drinking age to 18 lurks an inconvenient truth: doing so would only exacerbate the current epidemic of underage drinking, further jeopardizing young lives at a critical juncture in their physical, social, and emotional development. What we know…
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U.S. should treat veterans with respect they deserve
My nephew, U.S. Army Sgt. Coleman Bean, died earlier this month. He was 25, and he took his own life. Coleman signed up for the Army on Sept. 5, 2001, almost seven years exactly to the day he died. He was with the 173rd Airborne, and parachuted into Iraq at the start of the invasion.…
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Notice about Red State/Blue State and Coda
Greater Media Newspapers Executive Editor Greg Bean will be taking a temporary leave from writing both his Coda column and Red State Blue State because of the death of his son Coleman, 25. We will be reprinting some of his past Coda columns, the first of which appears in this week’s paper.
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Student receives Scholar Award
Julia Fackelman NORTH BRUNSWICK — Julia Fackelman was presented with a proclamation for being the North Brunswick Scholar Athlete/Artist for August during the Township Council meeting on Sept. 2. Julia Fackelman Age: Seventh-grader at Linwood Middle School Academics: honor roll for all four marking periods last year, and received high honor roll for the third…
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Coda
Will the last person in N.J. turn out the lights? GREG BEAN (Editor’s Note: Greg Bean is taking a temporary sabbatical from writing his column due to the death of his son. This column was originally printed Oct. 25, 2007). There was an interesting poll released last week that found 49 percent of the people…
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Emil Stein
Mr. Stein, 87, of North Brunswick, died Sept. 1, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was an engineer at Public Service Electric and Gas, Newark, for 20 years, retiring in 1987. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Marietta Vali Stein; a daughter, Angela Racz of East Windsor; two…
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Audrey R. Clark Caliciotti
Mrs. Caliciotti, 81, of North Brunswick, died Sept. 5, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a secretary at St. Mary of Mount Virgin School, New Brunswick, for 10 years, retiring in 1972. Prior to that, she was an assistant at a New Brunswick doctor’s office during the 1950s. She worked…
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No. Brunswick begins new school year with new programs and initiatives
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Construction projects that added new classrooms at the four township elementary schools and Linwood Middle School, pictured here, were completed on budget and on time for the new school year. NORTH BRUNSWICK — With a new redistricting plan, new school construction and a new kindergarten program, the North…
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Parents thankful for support during grief
On Aug. 12, 2008, we tragically lost our beloved son, Christopher Zerby. Our loss is great and our grief unfathomable. Yet, during this very dark time, our family has been embraced by the warm support and caring of not only family and close friends, but a community of colleagues, acquaintances and strangers we now call…
