Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Don’t forget the wounded Iraq War soldiers
While Americans debate the war in Iraq – many times more bitterly than intellectually – we have forgotten our wounded men and women who are recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other military hospitals around the country. Every week planeloads of seriously wounded military arrive in the United States for medical treatment and…
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Keep churches, temples out of political arena
Church and state should remain separate. Imagine if every church, temple, etc., began to rent out their halls and centers to the political parties. These churches are tax exempt because they stay out of government. The “blind eyes” should be given sight. The honor system hasn’t worked. Don’t let this “can of worms” open, please.…
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Mary Ann Horvath Coyle
Mrs. Coyle, 82, of Lakewood, formerly of Sayreville, died Nov. 10, 2007, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1878, she was employed as a secretary with IBM, Dayton section of South Brunswick, where she worked for 20 years. Her husband, James J. Coyle, died in 2005. Surviving are two sons, Brian Coyle of Point…
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Halina Wisniewski
Mrs. Wisniewski, 81, of South River, died Nov. 13, 2007, in Care One at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to her retirement in 1989, she was employed by Herman Miller Co., Dayton section of South Brunswick, where she worked for five years. Her husband, Ferdinand Wisniewski, died in 1974, and a son,…
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Joseph V. Villa
Mr. Villa, 78, of Forked River, died Nov. 11, 2007, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in Hoboken, he resided in Jersey City and Hazlet, prior to relocating to Forked River 15 years ago. He was a systems tester at Western Electric, Kearny. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He…
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Edna Forman Morris
Mrs. Morris, 90, of Millstone Township, died Nov. 13, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Millstone, she was a lifelong township resident. Mrs. Morris was a registered nurse. She graduated from Saint Peter’s School of Nursing in New Brunswick and served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II for…
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Margaret Fay Butterworth
Mrs. Butterworth, 102, of North Brunswick, died Nov. 22, 2007, at Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Piscataway. Born in New Brunswick, she resided in North Brunswick from 1936 to 2004, when she relocated to Parker Memorial Home. She was a retired secretary, matron and head matron at the Middlesex County Workhouse, where she was employed…
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Learning center driven to help the community
Kiddie Academy of N.B. holds holiday toy, winter wear, blood drives BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Kiddie Academy, located on Route 1 in North Brunswick, held a food drive last month for the Agape House Shelter in Somerville. Seen here is less than one-third of the donations collected. NORTH BRUNSWICK – Although their stature may…
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S.B. hopes to continue wrestling resurrection
Vikings hope for continued resurgence under Dougherty BY GEORGE ALBANO Staff Writer It wasn’t that long ago the South Brunswick High School wrestling program resembled – pardon the play on words – a near fall, and possibly not far from getting pinned. As recently as two years ago, the Vikings, once a perennial GMC and…
