Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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‘Grease’ is the word in So. Bruns. this weekend
Theater group will perform musical twice at Crossroads North School BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Fast cars, leather jackets and rock ‘n’ roll will take center stage at Crossroads North this weekend as members of the New Jersey Repertory Theater perform the popular show “Grease.” The play, an…
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School’s grads ineligible for college athletics
NCAA: So. Brunswick institution made list due to late paperwork BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A South Brunswick school has found itself among 23 other educational institutions across the country whose graduates will not be able to play college sports, due to a missed paperwork deadline. The NCAA,…
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New Jersey voters deserve elected officials who will fix the state’s problems
The recent budget crisis in New Jersey had the state’s citizens up in arms. No work and thus no pay for state employees. No beaches. No parks. And let us not forget no casinos or horse racing. After a weeklong stalemate, the drama finally came to an end. But the unfortunate reality is that nothing…
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Residents invited to enter county fair competition
If you are an amateur crafter, photographer, artist, sewer, baker, canner or gardener, I would like to invite you to enter your work in this year’s Middlesex County Fair Home Arts. We have adult, child (by age) and special-participant divisions. There is no entry fee. The items are judged. First-, second- and third-place and honorable-mention…
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Developers need to invest in revitalizing land
More than 10,000 large parcels of land across New Jersey are contaminated and pose environmental dangers to our residents and communities. They present golden opportunities for remediation, redevelopment, employment and tax relief. While Brad Pitt and others have recently been busy piggybacking off similar problems in New Orleans, we have been working in New Jersey…
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Obituaries
John Patrick Cusack Sr. Mr. Cusack, 53, of Williamstown, died June 7 at home following a lengthy battle with cancer. Born in Germantown, Pa., he resided in Cherry Hill and Sicklerville, prior to moving to Williamstown in 1987. He was employed at Taylor Oil Company, Williamstown. He was a member of Sicklerville United Methodist Church.…
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S.B. pesticide factory will not be missed
This page has been critical of the warehouse construction going on in eastern South Brunswick, but if there has to be some, it might as well be done the way Matrix Development Group proposed last week. The Planning Board unanimously approved an application July 19 for the firm to build a 400,000-square-foot warehouse on Stults…
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Next time, she’ll stick to day-old Kool-Aid
Lori Clinch Are We There Yet? When I got the call that cousin Mary Ann was bringing her family and coming for a visit, I hung up the phone and broke into a dead run. I knew I’d have to dust this, polish that and make vast preparations. Windows would have to be cleaned, sheets…
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Slim solves the mystery of New Jersey politics
Greg Bean Coda If you want a job harder than the one Hercules had when he cleaned out old King Augeas’ stables in a day, you ought to try explaining New Jersey politics to a bunch of dyed-in-the-wool Red Staters. That’s the task I found before me on my recent trip to Wyoming, when I…
