Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Letters
N.B. residents must fight local development Many North Brunswick residents are unaware that a developer — Jack Morris of Edgewood Properties — wants to redevelop the old Ruffles Inn site into a gas station, and build 644 homes and a Home Depot and strip mall on the land between Bennetts Lane and Veronica Avenue. Demolition…
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Obituaries
Catherine Santoro LaBruno Mrs. LaBruno, 64, of Monroe Township, died Jan. 24 at home. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Marlboro prior to moving to Monroe Township 16 years ago. She was a clerk at North Bergen Board of Education for 27 years, retiring in 2000. She was predeceased by two brothers, Joseph and…
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Teachers explain math curriculum for parents
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — One new math curriculum + the cooperation of classroom teachers x the involvement of parents at home = the success of township math students. The district held its third annual Parents’ Math Night last Thursday at John Adams Elementary School to educate parents…
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Students starry-eyed by Planetary Patty lesson
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer A class of fourth-grade students prepare for their “space trip” during the Planetary Patty presentation at Judd Elementary School last week. The program was video-conferenced (right photo) from Brownsburg, Ind., giving them a tour of the solar system using research and pictures from NASA. NORTH BRUNSWICK…
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Obituaries
Cateno “Gotti” Santoro Mr. Santoro, 82, of North Brunswick, died Jan. 16 at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, he resided there before moving to North Brunswick 40 years ago. Mr. Santoro was a member of Construction Laborers Local No. 156, New Brunswick, for 30 years, retiring in 1988. Prior to…
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Linwood students held to their word in contest
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Linwood Middle School celebrated the power of words during the Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge last week. Cheyenne Benson, Alice Huang and Pallavi Mishra, the sixth-, seventh- and eight-grade winners, respectively, surpassed participating language arts classes in their grade to become qualifiers…
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Chef heats up airwaves
Alfredo DeBonis has come up with just the right recipe for North Brunswick’s cable access television station. The world-traveled chef and culinary teacher is set to debut “A Taste of Italy in North Brunswick,” a six-part cooking show, next month on Channel 22. Although the times and dates of the shows have not yet been…
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For the Record
Suzann “The Entenmann’s Lady” Vitti brought over 300 boxes of baked goods to relief workers in an initial trip to Ground Zero following the attacks of 9/11. She returned several times after, ultimately bringing a total of more than 14,000 boxes of goods to the workers. Information regarding that was unclear in an article last…
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South Brunswick mayor has no ‘mud on his shoes’ from warehouse site
Your Turn William Klimowicz Guest Column William Klimowicz Guest Column I was pleased with the proceedings at the South Brunswick Planning Board meeting last week. It seemed as if all of the right questions were being asked of the people who were proposing to build three more huge warehouses on the remnants of an old…
