Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Registration going on at Milltown Catholic school

    Our Lady of Lourdes School, 44 Cleveland Ave., Milltown, is now accepting new-student registration for preschool, full-day kindergarten and grades 1-8 for the 2005-06 school year. Required documentation is the child’s birth certificate and immunization record. For more information or to schedule a visit to the school, call (732) 828-1951.

  • First pair of siblings named scholar athletes

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Matthew and Kristen Ruffe NORTH BRUNSWICK -— It’s all in the family. For the first time in North Brunswick, a brother and sister were honored on the same night for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services’ Scholar Athlete Award. Matthew and Kristen Ruffe were…

  • Survey shows general interest in station

    A recent survey on whether to build a train station in South Brunswick should be taken as a sign that such proposals stay on track. The survey, conducted by the Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association, reported that over 70 percent of respondents are in favor or strongly in favor of a station, and only about…

  • Letters

    Codey must cut through red tape to relieve affordable housing crisis It is expensive to live in New Jersey, especially when it comes to housing. Anyone who has checked into renting even a modest apartment in almost any community in this state is likely astonished at the cost. New Jersey is the third most expensive…

  • District may move 700 students to new schools

    So. Brunswick officials say realignment will be necessary in September BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer South Brunswick South Brunswick students may have to travel a little further on their first day of school this fall. Increased student enrollment combined with the final construction phases of the district’s elementary expansion has caused…

  • Sponsors, donors sought for Project Graduation

    Registration still open for May 27 golf outing at Bunker Hill BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — It’s crunch time for Project Graduation. Parents and members of the South Brunswick High School Project Graduation are down to the last few weeks before graduation to raise funds for the senior…

  • They’re riding a fast track to Nowhereville

    Coda Greg Bean Say you’re having lunch in almost any Monmouth County restaurant — Freehold, Tinton Falls, Marlboro, Manalapan, it doesn’t really matter — and see a couple of shady-looking guys in the parking lot passing a paper bag. Do you: • Assume it’s a pair of winos sharing a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20…

  • This time, he passed the barrier of pain

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch My 12-year-old, Huey, has an inconceivably high tolerance for pain. He certainly doesn’t get it from me. I’ve been known to cry over a paper cut. I’ve fainted with pain from a hangnail, and I could easily pass out from writer’s cramps. Huey takes his injuries in stride. In…