Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Urge passage of Darfur Accountability Act
The mainstream media insists on bringing Americans up-to-the minute coverage on “American Idol” results and celebrity breakups – sensationalized stories that divert us from our daily lives without causing undue angst. It’s perhaps understandable that many people are unaware of the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Since civil war escalated in 2003,…
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Self-service gas pumps: the horror, the horror!
Greg Bean Coda I got a real kick out of the collective wailing and gnashing of teeth among many of my fellow Nanny Staters when Gov. Jon Corzine recently proposed allowing us to pump our own gas as a way of reducing prices. New Jersey – which first made self-service fuel pumping illegal in 1949…
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It’s best to keep mum about most purchases
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch A woman learns a lot as she walks the path of life. For instance, I’ve learned that it’s not wise to polish my fingernails before I style my hair. I’ve also learned that while a large glass of water adorned with a wedge of lemon may be quite refreshing,…
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Your Turn
Widen recognition of scholarly achievement Francis Spano Guest Column Francis SpanoGuest Column New Jersey community colleges need a new approach to dealing with problems of rising tuition costs, high attrition rates, low graduation rates and pressure to produce more qualified graduates. This approach evolved when our state Legislature recently initiated its Stars 1 and Stars…
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Fourth-grader draws winning recycling poster
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Miriam Shao’s winning entry in South Brunswick’s recycling poster contest. SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The township honored the winners of its first recycling poster contest May 31, with fourth-grader Miriam Shao receiving the $75 grand prize. Shao’s poster will be framed and placed in each South Brunswick…
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DEP’s opinion on park floods must be respected
They say “Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.” Apparently, it flows in South Brunswick too, straight from the mayor’s office, through the warehouse district and right into Pigeon Swamp State Park. Mayor Frank Gambatese’s position on the issue of flooding in the park has changed little since it began making headlines a year ago.…
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Your Turn
Unicameral legislature would be more efficient and save New Jersey millions of dollars John O’Sullivan Guest Column John O’Sullivan Guest Column The time has come for the residents of New Jersey to have a part of their state government – the legislature – save them millions of dollars. This can be accomplished by a constitutional…
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Coda
It’s much more fun when you’re playing for keeps Greg Bean When I was a kid of a certain age, we didn’t measure wealth by money, or social status by family lineage – we measured both by marbles. In our small town, there were no private schools and very few home-schoolers. Everyone from every segment…
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Are We There Yet?
The Clinch clan sure livens up a campsite Lori Clinch As a family, we thought it would be a ton of fun to head out on a camping trip. Turns out that thinking about it was as fun as it got. It wasn’t so much the fact that the campsites were cramped with trash, flies…
