Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Adequate health care needed for working families
I guess by this time everybody knows there’s a health care crisis in New Jersey and in the country at large, but perhaps it’s important to put some numbers on the nature of that health care crisis so we can all begin to understand it’s a growing crisis and not one which is going away.…
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Note to readers
No letters endorsing candidates for public office or concerning the Nov. 7 election will be published in our Nov. 2 issue.
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Coda
Sometimes, good people come up with a bad idea Greg Bean If you look out your window right now, chances are you’ll see pigs flying. I figure that in a week when I end up agreeing with embattled Keyport Mayor John Merla, anything is possible. Last week, I wrote about a bad idea – an…
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Coda
Bad ideas often take on a life of their own Greg Bean Sometimes, a bad idea infects a segment of society and travels through it like an epidemic of Hong Kong flu. Take the current hysteria about trans fats, for example. One politician, somewhere, gets the idea that he can get some exposure proposing legislation…
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Report: Schools excel in all NCLB standards
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “You do the arithmetic. That’s a lot of accomplishments.” – Gary McCartney Superintendent of Schools SOUTH BRUNSWICK – According to a report on academic progress in the district, South Brunswick students are doing just fine. During Monday’s Board of Education meeting, the annual Quality Annual Assurance…
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School pulls together for house fire victims
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Even though firefighters extinguished the flames in their house, nothing could dampen the spirits of Sara Eland and her three children. The two-family house on Cozzens Lane they shared with Eland’s cousin was leveled after an electrical fire began in the basement on…
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Restoring unity deemed a priority for new supt.
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Residents provided their visions for a new district superintendent during a public input session held by consulting firm J.D. Associates on Oct. 11 at North Brunswick Township High School. A group of 20 community members, half of whom were Township Council representatives or…
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Company pays teacher surprise visit with grant
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Linwood Middle School science teacher Dee Guarino was presented with a $2,200 grant from PSE&G during a surprise visit from the company to the school Friday. Guarino applied for the one-year environmental education grant earlier this year and, unbeknownst to her, was awarded…
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Blood bank committee says thanks to supporters
South Brunswick’s Blood Bank Committee would like to say thanks to the 148 folks who took the time to be part of our blood donor drive. We appreciate their giving us part of a sunny fall Saturday. One hundred and twenty-two pints of much-needed blood was collected. And our first 90 donors were treated to…
