Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Expert offers pointers for college admissions

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The college admission system can be both illogical and unfair. But it can be gamed. That’s what Peter VanBuskirk, who has been giving presentations to high school students about getting into college for 12 years, told a packed audience at the South Brunswick…

  • No. Brunswick honors November scholars

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer “Writing is a good way of expressing yourself.” — Angela Pagliaro NORTH BRUNSWICK — With the season of giving fast approaching, the Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services (DPRCS) honored two township volunteers with the November Scholar Athlete/Artist award. Angela Pagliaro, 15, is a sophomore…

  • Letters

    Thanks to With very special thanks to all those folks who volunteered their time this year to make the 2005 “Dardani Haunted Trail & Hayride” another success. This year, our donations totaled $17,344.87 and were disbursed as follows: From Haunted Trail proceeds — $3,518.72, Amanda Callagy (Sandhoff’s disease); $3,518.72, Ryan White (muscular dystrophy); $900, Kendall…

  • Visit to North Brunswick’s 9/11 Memorial provided a sense of closure for grieving resident

    Your Turn Casey Klein Guest Column Casey KleinGuest Column It was chilly and misty when I decided to go for a walk several weeks ago. After walking the tree-lined streets of North Brunswick I found myself on Hermann Road right next to the 9/11 Memorial. Like many residents, I’ve passed this memorial countless times by…

  • Obituaries

    Jennie O. Antal Dicke Mrs. Dicke, 8, of North Brunswick, died Nov. 2 at Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, she resided in North Brunswick 66 years. She was a cook at the North Brunswick Board of Education for 33 years, retiring in 1988. She was a member of the…

  • Corzine wins landslide victory at middle school

    Some Linwood student voters were turned off by negative campaigning BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer North Brunswick NORTH BRUNSWICK — In a race that mirrored the actual New Jersey gubernatorial election, the students of Linwood Middle School elected Jon Corzine as governor in a mock election held by the school’s social…

  • Exhibit has Linwood students seeing stars

    Engineer uses model to illustrate how physics governs the solar system BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO The Micro Dome, a 48-inch model that projects various astronomical depictions from computer software, was created by Aram Friedman, the chief engineer of the Hayden Planetarium in New York. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Linwood…

  • Letters

    Director extends thanks to supporters of YMCA gala The South Brunswick Family YMCA’S fifth annual gala dinner and silent auction Oct. 14 was a big success. The success can be measured in a number of different ways from the amount of funds raised to the attendance. However, I’d like to focus on the efforts of…