Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Brain-tumor group offers support, encouragement

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital sponsors Brain Tumor Support Group meetings at 7 p.m. every second Monday of the month in the first-floor children’s section of the hospital, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick. The goal of the support group is to provide an environment where brain-tumor survivors and their families and friends can…

  • New wing of middle school ready for students

    Additions include classrooms, bathrooms, storage and office space BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Clockwise from top – School District Business Administrator Anthony Tonzini talks about the expanded opportunities for students at Crossroads North Middle School in South Brunswick on Monday. Where a wall recently stood at the end of these lockers…

  • Drop the wine cooler, Grandma, or go to jail

    GREG BEAN Coda In the end, it looks like stupidity won over common sense at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. Since July, almost 500 of the dumbest people on the East Coast have managed to get themselves arrested for underage drinking and various other liquor-related offenses at the venue, and dozens have been…

  • Facing the nightmares of going back to school

    LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? Iknow a gal whose little dears happen to love school. Armed with compasses, rulers and a brand-new set of colored pencils, her children are known to count down the last days of summer vacation with pure bliss. It’s enough to make a gal like me choke on her big…

  • As school year nears, field conditions vary

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer PHOTOSBYJENNIFER AMATO In stark contrast to the newly rehabilitated Raider Road field, the practice football field in the back of the North Brunswick Township High School has bare spots, crabgrass and dusty conditions just one week into the season. NORTH BRUNSWICK – Although the Raider Road…

  • School district staff maps out goals for 2007-08

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “We did everything we set out to do, so our goal this year is just to maintain and monitor.” – Joanne Kerekes assistant superintendent SOUTH BRUNSWICK – District professionals outlined the goals they hope to accomplish this coming school year during the Board of Education’s Monday…

  • Residency of far fewer N.B. students in question

    Only 130 families have failed to respond to questionnaire BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Residency of far fewer N.B. students in question Only 130 families have failed to respond to questionnaire BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Only 350 families needed to recertify their residency status prior to the 2007-08 school year, with…

  • Time for air travelers to demand a bill of rights

    Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda My stepfather has some strong opinions, but he’s a good Republican and hardly the type you’d accuse of being a rabble-rouser. Last time I saw him, though, he was ready to lead a national revolution, and his target was the United States airline industry, which he considers the most arrogant,…

  • Mom goes above and beyond the call of duty

    Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Lori ClinchAre We There Yet? When our boys were little, they used to hold my hand on the way to their sporting events. My presence was not only welcome at their contests, it was crucial. They wanted me at their practices and in the bleachers during their games. No…