Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Bravo to Lou Ann Benson for her devotion
Upon reading your paper this week, I was struck by the fact that Lou Ann Benson’s name appeared in three different articles. Lou Ann is the director of North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services. One article had to do with the dead fish coming up at Hidden Lake and the quickness of…
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Heat wave not the sole cause of fish kill at Hidden Lake
I was particularly troubled by the inference that the fish kill in Hidden Lake was primarily blamed on the excessive heat wave (“Hundreds of fish perish in N.B. lake,” Aug. 10). Though it was a contributing factor, it was not the sole cause. Man and nature have colluded together to create this situation. For a…
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For the Record
Two actresses pictured on the front page of the Aug. 10 Sentinel were incorrectly identified in the photo caption. In the North Brunswick Young Adult Drama Group’s performance of “Smokey Joe’s Cafe” last week, Carol Leigh Womack, right, and Maddie Orton sang “I Keep Forgettin.’”
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Coda
Dog Days of Summer, and the time’s a-wastin’ Greg Bean A new survey by Salary.com and America Online finds that the average American worker wastes about 1.86 hours every day, not counting lunch. According to a story about the survey in the Chicago Sun Times last week, that is a minor improvement over last year,…
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Obituaries
Anthony D. Mari Mr. Mari, 85, of North Brunswick, died Aug. 10 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Newark, he resided in the Colonia section of Woodbridge for 47 years before moving to North Brunswick five years ago. Mr. Mari was a supervisor at Western Electric, Kearney, for 42 years, retiring…
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Are We There Yet?
Nephew Ralphie makes unwanted sales pitch Lori Clinch Some people have a fear of confined spaces, some have a fear of heights, and some fear that a small insect will set up shop on their eardrum and slowly drive them mad. Do you know what I fear? A door-to-door salesman. Take the other day for…
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School asks to use Route 1 building for grades 1-3
Would be temporary arrangement while new facility is built BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Zoning Board delayed a decision last week on whether to temporarily allow a local Islamic school to use a vacant Route 1 building for educational purposes. On Aug. 3, representatives of the Noor-Ul-Iman…
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Summer break … Who needs it???
School may be out, but many teachers can be found hard at work BY KRISTIN BOYD Correspondent BY KRISTIN BOYDCorrespondent Today’s lesson: How I spent my summer vacation.Write that on the blackboard 100 times, and then come see Kathy Schumann, who taught at the East Brunswick School District’s Summer Academy program for three weeks last…
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Are We There Yet?
Some sage advice for the mommy-to-be Lori Clinch When a gal who was pregnant for the first time asked me what to expect when it came to parenting, I was suddenly overwhelmed with thoughts. “Well,” I responded, “first of all you should know that it can be irritating, and children are oftentimes as predictable as…
