Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Eminent domain ruling twists 5th Amendment
Coda Greg Bean The year is 2035, and the town fathers in East Brunswick have just taken 17 single-family homes because the Wawa Corp. wants to build a new mega-convenience store near the mall on Hillsdale Road. The homeowners have fought it as far as they can, but the courts hold that eminent domain is…
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Colleges react to rise in pools of applicants
Admissions process now more competitive at many schools College Crunch Admissions process now more competitive at many schools College Crunch Greater Media Newspapers concludes its series on the difficulties faced by college-bound high school seniors. The results are in and the message is clear: college applicants are wrapping up the most competitive season yet, and…
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Letters
Stop overcrowding in North Brunswick I am curious to know who is responsible for approving the building of, — or in this case, the squeezing in of — new residences in the North Brunswick area. A while back, a very small house on relatively large property was torn down. The property was divided and a…
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Obituaries
Robert A. Glassen Mr. Glassen, 70, of North Brunswick and Tuckerton, died June 14 at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Orange, he had resided in Piscataway and Elizabeth before moving to North Brunswick in 1962. Mr. Glassen was a forklift mechanic at American Can Co., Hillside, for 37 years, retiring in 1990.…
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N.J. must find low-cost tuition for immigrants
Your Turn Partha Banerjee Guest Column A few hundred college-bound students in New Jersey have been waiting for over two years to get a bill passed in Trenton. The in-state tuition bill, when passed, would help these children of immigrants receive an affordable college education and avoid the exorbitant, “out-of-state” fees imposed on them. This…
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Class act
PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Above, South Brunswick High School valedictorian Prasad Tare gives his graduation speech at the Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, on Tuesday. At right, a graduate gets a kiss from her mom. At far right, a senior is all smiles as she receives her diploma.
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A bittersweet night for No. Brunswick schools
17 teachers worked a combined 452 years in the school district BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The end of an era has become a new beginning. Seventeen teachers and administrators were honored at a retirement ceremony at the North Brunswick Township High School last Tuesday. “This time of…
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