Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • 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…

  • Letters

    Blood center makes plea for donations Our state’s need for all blood types is becoming critical. While the New Jersey media often have stories about the need to donate blood, sadly too few of our region’s residents are blood donors. While the vast majority of New Jersey residents are generally in good health and eligible…

  • School lunch provider details meal services

    Says South Brunswick BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer South Brunswick SOUTH BRUNSWICK — They’re reminding kids to eat their vegetables. With increased focus on the epidemic of child obesity, the state has established new nutritional guidelines for school lunches. Representatives from Chartwells Dining Services, which provides meals for the South Brunswick…

  • These corporations don’t work for peanuts

    Linwood students grow hydroponic produce for science/business lesson BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Hydroponic tomato plants flourish under a sodium light as part of an eighth grade science project at Linwood Middle School. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Danita Guarino’s eighth grade Linwood Middle School science classes told the story of…

  • School official says NCLB label misleading

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer North Brunswick NORTH BRUNSWICK — The data concerning the “in need of improvement” classification of North Brunswick Township High School under the federal No Child Left Behind [NCLB] Act has been analyzed by the Board of Education. The school was given the label based on two…

  • Summertime, when the living isn’t easy for all

    It has been said that a good measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. Few countries can compare to America in this regard, but during the summer, it’s easy for any of us to forget about those who are struggling to come up with three square meals for themselves and…

  • There aren’t many flowers in the attic

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I’ve walked through our attic and thought to myself, “Whoa! That’s a lot of stuff!” I’ve entertained the notion of cleaning the place out now and then, but I’d quickly resist that nasty urge and go back to more…