Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Letters
Heart Association pleads for passage of mandatory defibrillator bill As American Heart Association volunteers, board members, physicians and concerned New Jersey residents, we urge support and passage of New Jersey Senate Bill S-2567. If passed, this legislation could, over time, save untold numbers of New Jersey lives by requiring all health clubs and fitness centers…
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No. Brunswick names June scholar athletes
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Katie Curtin NORTH BRUNSWICK — June signifies the end of school and the beginning of summer, affecting students of all grades with “senioritis.” However, for Katie Curtin and Nicole Gorden, the end of school is still time to work hard before summer vacation. Katie and Nicole…
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Learning math, and loving every minute of it
Computer, board games add up to educational night at Parsons School BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff NORTH BRUNSWICK — Two plus two is four. Four plus two is six. Six plus two is eight. Often math is taught in a boring, repetitious manner. But students…
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On Campus
William J. Hendriksen, Dayton section of South Brunswick, recently received a National Merit Scholarship in the amount of $2,500. Hendriksen will pursue a career in medicine. The National Merit Scholarship Corp. awarded scholarships to 2,500 distinguished high school seniors based on academic record, contributions and leadership in school and community activities, and an essay describing…
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‘I cannot tell a lie’: School rewards honesty
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Honesty really is the best policy. Thirty students at Parsons Elementary School were rewarded for their honesty at the May Character Education breakfast June 2. The breakfast honored one student from each classroom for exhibiting the most honest qualities during the month. Students…
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Your Turn
Monmouth Junction rail line the best choice As a result of tremendous growth over the last two decades, increased public transportation has become a necessity for Monmouth and Ocean counties. The best way to satisfy this need would be to reactivate NJ Transit’s proposed Lakehurst to Monmouth Junction line and connect Monmouth and Ocean with…
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Grads of 2005 should ‘endeavor to persevere’
Coda Greg Bean There’s a moment in the classic Clint Eastwood movie “The Outlaw Josey Wales,” when the old Cherokee warrior, Lone Watie, is talking about his tribe’s defeat at the hands of white soldiers. “I didn’t surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender,” Lone Watie says sadly. “They have him pulling…
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Her slimmer bottom is so out of the club
Lori Clinch I’ve decided that I’d be toothpick-thin by now if it weren’t for food. In fact, I gained 5 pounds yesterday simply walking past a cake. I’ll admit I may have had a small sliver and was then forced to slice off another sliver in order to even up the row. Yet, I’m sure…
