Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Alumni form dedicated unit of music makers
When you opened the doors to the Nicholas Music Center Dec. 18, the warm air escaping into the night was infused with the lovely harmonious sounds of about 60 people playing wind and percussion instruments. It’s odd, but if those 60 people were talking all at once their voices would create only dissonant noise, but…
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Hospitals’ future hinges on government support
In the past year, the plight of New Jersey hospitals has finally become a front-burner issue. For the first time in recent memory, there has been a cohesive and aggressive effort among state and federal lawmakers to help shore up the financial outlook of our medical care institutions, which are true community resources. This support…
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Agency offers lesson plans on gambling awareness
The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey Inc. received a major setback when New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner William Librera pulled a 2004 revision to the Core Curriculum Content Standards, which would have required education in health and physical education classes to include addressing gambling in school curriculum. The council has participated in…
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Obituaries
Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. Louise DiPano Mrs. DiPano, 76, of New Brunswick, died Dec. 16 at the home of her son in Nazareth, Pa. Born in Plainfield, she resided in North…
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2005 will bring busy local agendas
As we prepare to turn the calendar page from 2004 to 2005, we mark the end of another year of service to North and South Brunswick. The stories of 2004 have taken their place in the history books and we look forward to all that the new year holds in store for the region’s residents…
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Oil spill highlights need to protect more habitat
The recent news of the 400,000 gallon oil spill into the Delaware River is a wake-up call to us all. We must do better to protect our wildlife and water quality. Since the spill, more than 70 miles of the Delaware River in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware have been polluted, and countless birds and…
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Efforts of school staff bring pride to superintendent
Wordsworth wrote, “The world is too much with us” and especially during the holiday season we can get caught up in the myriad of life’s details that buffet us each day. However, two recent events put things in perspective for me and reminded me this time of year is about caring for others, particularly those…
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Obituaries
George E. Martz Mr. Martz, 88, of North Brunswick, died Dec. 12 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Elizabeth, he resided in Franklin Park prior to moving to North Brunswick two years ago. He was an electrician at International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union Local No. 675, Elizabeth, for 35 years,…
