Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Yet another darned collection of bugs

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch Although I’m done with my formal education and have no intention of ever again darkening a classroom door, I still have to deal with homework. Lately, I’ve had more lessons than you can shake a No. 2 pencil at. I’ve had to contemplate correlative expressions, create elaborate compositions, and…

  • Five make their case for open school board seat

    Interviews to continue at South Brunswick public meeting Oct. 17 BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Board of Education began interviews Monday to fill the vacant seat left behind by Michael Mahan. Since announcing the need for a new board member to serve until April, when general elections…

  • Area bands march to the beat of different drums

    South Brunswick hosts high school band competition BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — It’s the warm-up in the parking lot at South Brunswick High School. Tens of songs on tens of instruments played by people in reds, greens, blacks and blues are heard everywhere. Walking 10 feet in one…

  • Livingston School takes to the voting booths

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Livingston Park Elementary School’s newest leaders: (l-r) Student Council President Muhammad Ahmad, Secretary Abigail Bonett and Treasurer Joey Ikuss. Not pictured: Vice President Dorie Porwich. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Livingston Park Elementary School students had an early introduction to what November’s gubernatorial election will be…

  • Judd School exhibition was out of this world

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Judd Elementary School students crawl into the Star Lab dome, a giant 15-by-30-foot inflatable planetarium, before a presentation by Tom Barry of Mobile Ed Productions. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Judd Elementary School reached for the stars last week when they attended the Star Lab Planetarium…

  • Resident gets her due

    It seems like every town has a small, dedicated group of residents who could be described as democracy personified. They’re the ones who show up at important public meetings, asking tough questions about topics some would prefer kept quiet. They keep important local issues in the fore with their persistence, and don’t let elected leaders…

  • Letters

    Ex-mayor urges South Brunswick to develop disaster plan It is very troubling to year after year see the devastation terrible storms such as hurricanes can cause in Florida, New Orleans, and throughout the country. Certainly none more devastating than Katrina. The failure of government on all levels is apparent, and leads one to wonder, if…