Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Support Liguori for N.B. school board
One of the candidates seeking election to the Board of Education April 17 is Rich Liguori. Being a product of the North Brunswick schools – as well as a parent – Rich has a unique insight into the needs of the children of our town. He also serves our community by volunteering his time to…
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Greg Bean
Coda Sometimes, it’s the small things that save a marriage Last weekend, my stepfather got married to a wonderful woman, and I couldn’t be happier. This is a guy who came into the lives of me and my brothers after my father died, and not only loved our mother, but nursed her through her last…
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State must make fair investment in charter schools
Last June marked one of my greatest personal moments in the last 10 years, when I took part in my older daughter’s eighth-grade graduation ceremony. It doesn’t happen often, but I was completely overcome with gratitude and with pride in the person that her school has helped her to become. My daughter graduated from Greater…
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Obituaries
Frank Carlino Frank Carlino, 79, of North Brunswick, died March 14, 2007, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Newark, he resided in Scotch Plains prior to relocating to North Brunswick in 1985. He was a crossing guard for North Brunswick Township for five years, retiring in 2004. Prior to that, he was…
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March Madness goes from brackets to baking
Students make over 14,000 cookies for soup kitchen in contest BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff Students at Cambridge School help prepare baked goods that will be sent to the Trenton Soup Kitchen as part of the Before and After School Program’s March Madness Cookie Baking Contest.…
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Pedestrian hazards still exist for So. Brunswick students
In South Brunswick, the quality of a public education in high, with faculty, staff and facilities that are exemplary and commendable, and the Board of Education, within the whole context of education, uses vision and leadership to select its administrators and determine the educational agenda. But a “straw” exists that tends to “break the camel’s…
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Women urged to join Go Red for Women movement
I am sudden confusion and trouble speaking. I am a daughter. I am mother. I am a stroke. I am laughter and love; I am a former class clown and athlete. I am a stroke. I am sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body. I am…
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Residents urged to vote for Tupe, Delgado for board
The school board election will be held next month on April 17. We urge all South Brunswick voters to support adoption of the budget. The school board has done a great job in developing a budget that attempts to comply with the governor’s pronounced 4 percent cap increase while at the same time ensuring that…
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Greg Bean
Coda A powerful story that may change your life Here’s a secret about people in the news business. While readers sometimes assume we’re callous and opportunistic, we’re often deeply affected by the news we report. I remember the first murder I covered. After I’d gotten the necessary facts for a story – the who, what,…
