Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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N.B. recognizes Sept. scholars
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Katie Kingsley NORTH BRUNSWICK – Katie Kingsley and Jaid Ashley Seel were honored as September Scholar Award recipients at the Sept. 17 Township Council meeting. The program was created to honor students who excel in academics, athletics and/or the arts. Katie Kingsley Class: Sixthgrader at Linwood Middle School AcademicsHonor roll…
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S.B. thanked for Community Unity Day
The Charlene Austin Community Unity Day was a success, thanks to the help and cooperation of the mayor, Township Committee, administrator, Police Department, Recreation Department, Public Works Department and Health Department. We’d like to thank Pastor Ozzie Gonzalez and the Rev. John Maltby for their meaningful invocations to begin our festivities. Special thanks go to…
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Results of ‘basic civics’ test can be misleading
GREG BEAN Coda The national papers and pundits were all atwitter last week over the results of a test given to 14,000 college students across the country that seemed to suggest that lots of them got stupider during their four years of expensive education instead of smarter. The test, the results of which were released…
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Tobacco cos. deserve stronger scrutiny
Who would have thought that a box of macaroni and cheese is more rigorously regulated than tobacco products, such as a pack of cigarettes produced with poisons and addictive substances, including arsenic, formaldehyde, benzene and nicotine? Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 Americans each year,…
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He’s just too busy to call his frantic mom
LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? Our eldest son is off at college, and I have to say that it’s been a tough row to hoe for a mother such as myself. The mornings have been too quiet, the laundry basket has been running a load short, and I have to go to bed at…
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Mother says recreational soccer club let her family down
After being actively pursued by coaches and parents of a specific recreational soccer team, allegedly in need of players, my 8-year-old son was a late registrant for the fall soccer program. Prior to this, we had no intention of joining the league because we are a special-needs family with a 4- year-old autistic daughter. With…
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Singh will bring new fresh point of view to Senate
Having personally broken many barriers professionally in occupations where few women have ventured, I am glad to see that Seema Singh is running for the New Jersey State Senate. She will bring a new fresh point of view, when elected as the first Asian-Indian woman in the Senate. In this era of international events impacting…
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S.B. resident pleased with warehouse plan’s rejection
Iwas elated to learn that the South Brunswick Planning Board denied permission to Matrix Development Group to construct warehouses along Route 130 south and Friendship Road. If constructed, this monster warehouse would have included not only in excess of 150 loading docks – try the size of approximately 10 football fields in your backyard for…
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The ‘other guy did it’ won’t work as an alibi
GREG BEAN . Coda One of my favorite literary characters is a guy called Otherguy Overby. Otherguy makes his first appearance in a book by Ross Thomas called “Chinaman’s Chance.” In the book, it’s explained that Otherguy got his name because every time he got arrested for a crime, his alibi was that “some other…
