Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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$10K in scholarships raised for junior police
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The boys and girls in blue are now seeing green as the Junior Police Academy Scholarship Foundation hosted a recognition dinner to celebrate about $10,000 being raised in support of its cadets. The quasi-military style program began in 2004, with participants learning what…
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Youthful folly is fleeting, but the Internet is forever
Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda Every now and then, I get a call from someone who has gotten caught doing something illegal and doesn’t want his or her name in the paper. Usually, the caller is a normally upright citizen who has gotten stopped for driving under the influence or another similar infraction. They’re not…
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Obituaries
John T. Marcason Mr. Marcason, 94, of East Brunswick, formerly of South River, died July 3, 2007, in Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Piscataway. Prior to his retirement in 1965, he was a woodshop and mechanical-drawing teacher and the head of the fine arts department at Metuchen High School, where he worked for 42 years.…
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Lack of progress on farm troubles historian
I have been the historian for the Eastern Village Association (EVA) since October 2005. Many hours have been spent researching the Van Dyke family history and the history of the slaves they once owned. South Brunswick, New Jersey, has also been my home for almost 25 years. Although I am proud to be a member…
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Global-warming law looks to future
I would like to congratulate New Jersey’s Legislature for passing the Global Warming Response Act, which will help reduce our state’s greenhouse gas emissions. For too long, the federal government has failed to take meaningful action on the global-warming crisis. As a result, it has been left to individual states to address the problem. I…
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N.J.’s bold new global-warming law a model for other states
New Jersey’s Meadowlands recently hosted a Live Earth concert, one of many simulcast all over the world. Gov. Jon Corzine seized the opportunity to sign into law the nation’s strongest cap on global-warming pollution. The new law requires New Jersey to reduce greenhouse gas levels by 20 percent by 2020, and by 80 percent by…
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North Brunswick names July scholars
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Dani Nudelman NORTH BRUNSWICK – Three township residents were honored as the Scholar-Athlete-Artist Award recipients at the Township Council meeting on July 2. The program was created to honor students who excel in academics, athletics and/or the arts. Dani Nudelman Class: Will be a senior at…
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When letter writing was a genteel, reasoned art
Greg Bean Coda Greg Bean Coda When I was a young political reporter out West, I drew the unrestrained ire of a perennial candidate for governor named Al Hamburg. As it often goes with these things, Al took offense at something I’d written about him (I think it was the article about a lawsuit he…
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The wrong job for the right-hand man
Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? Lori ClinchAre We There Yet? As my boys and I will readily tell you, living with my husband Pat is nothing short of life with Bob Villa. While I’m sure that any woman who has been staring at a half-finished kitchen for five years would be green with envy,…
