Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Are We There Yet?
So much for a nice, quiet evening at home Lori Clinch For the first time in well over 18 years, my husband and I were slated to have an actual Saturday night at home and all alone. One of our children was invited to a birthday party, another was to attend a sleepover, and Charlie,…
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Student hopes smoking is banned in casinos
I am in the seventh grade at Crossroads North Middle School and a member of the Rebel Club which teaches kids about drugs and alcohol, and as many know, a huge advocate for no smoking. New Jersey passing the Indoor Clean Air Act was a great thing. Then South Brunswick passed an ordinance banning smoking…
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Menorah creates glimmer of light during holiday
Ever eat a doughnut and wonder where the hole went? This age-old question has plagued carbohydrate-saturated humanity for years. Yet the answer still evades us. A similar question, though less popular, has been asked by great Jewish thinkers of the past: when one lights a candle in a dark room, where does the darkness go?…
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Coda
Tax reform: they Greg Bean I wish somebody would explain some elements of this plan to reform property taxes in New Jersey, because there are parts of it I’m apparently too dumb to grasp. For example, one of the proposals to reduce property tax is to do away with the homeowner rebates most of us…
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Are We There Yet?
It Lori Clinch It’s getting harder to find good elves Decorating for Christmas is a little different at the Clinch household than most others. Where some have efficient systems and well-organized procedures to retrieve decorations from the attic, we have a fine group of elves to do our bidding. Every year the younger elves wear…
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Obituaries
Francis “Frank” Locha Mr. Locha, 86, of Sayreville, died Dec. 1, 2006, in Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Prior to his retirement, he was a machine operator at Johnson and Johnson Personal Products, Milltown, where he worked for 37 years. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Nebus Locha; two daughters, Martha Locha-Savoy of Keyport and…
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Forum probes the pitfalls of life as a teenage girl
MADD founder tells county students they can change their world BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer MONROE — Girls just wanna have fun. And learn. And be social. And share their experiences. The third annual Young Women’s Conference, hosted by the National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence of Middlesex County and…
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DECA the halls with presents and angels
High school students fulfill wish lists for less-fortunate children BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO DECA marketing students Victoria Pardun (l-r), Leslie Higham and Victoria Adevai move gifts donated by the North Brunswick Township High School faculty and students from the school store out to a display case in the…
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Municipal courts are inherently unfair
Municipal courts and schools are a primary source of tax revenue for the municipal government. The problem is the municipal courts are structured in such a way to give preference to the testimony of the police. First, municipal judges are hired by local politicians. The prospective municipal court judge may have worked on the election…
