• On the road with five 17-year-old boys

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH A s a mother of four boys, I thought I had experienced darn near everything this side of the sandbox. Our kids have thrown rocks, run with scissors, and been known to go outside without a sweater on chilly days. Darn near makes you shudder to think. Our outings…

  • Tax cheats: you’ll know ’em by the fancy cars they drive

    CODA GREG BEAN It took me a long time to understand why the Republican presidential candidates — and others in that party — are dead set on protecting the 1 percent of rich people they’re so worried about from having to pay a fair percentage of income tax, but now I get it. I really…

  • for the record •••

    In the article “Reassessment of Tax Base Could Save N.B. Residents Hundreds” in the March 8 edition of the Sentinel, the correct information is that should North Brunswick elect to proceed with an application for revaluation approval, an application must be made to the Middlesex County Board of Taxation, not to the sate of New…

  • Animal registry safeguards the community

    A s someone who deals with dozens of cruelty-toanimals cases every week, I applaud those working to establish an online animal abuser registry in New York. Exposing and remembering people who hurt animals will better guarantee our communities’ safety. Mental-health and law-enforcement experts know that the bullies and cowards who abuse animals will often cross…

  • Get to know people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

    The Arc of New Jersey is proud to join advocates across the country to recognize March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. This month commemorates the progress in improving the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and highlights the challenges that remain in achieving full inclusion. The Arc’s advocacy efforts were crucial to…

  • Township must address Canada geese

    North Brunswick and surrounding municipalities have been inundated, dare I say, infested, with a proliferation of Canada geese, and spring has not even started yet! Primarily these birds have become the nonmigratory species that calls New Jersey home. Research has shown that the average goose produces about one pound of feces per day. The U.S.…

  • Photo

    St. Patrick’s Day arrived early in Woodbridge when the community hosted the 39th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 11. George Lara, 3, of Cedar Grove, waves the Irish flag. St. Patrick’s Day is March 17. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Knights to hold St. Patrick’s Day dance

    Knights of Columbus St. Cecilia’s Council No. 7046 will host a St. Patrick’s Day dinner-dance 7-11 p.m. March 17 at St. Cecilia Church, 10 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. The menu includes corned beef and cabbage, reubens, a baked potato bar, broccoli casserole, corn casserole, beer, wine, soda and BYOB, and coffee, tea and dessert. Music…

  • ‘Rescuing the River’ screening March 22

    A free showing of “Rescuing the River” will be held March 22 at the Raritan Bay YMCATheater, 357 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy. “Rescuing the River” is an hour-long documentary narrated by actor Avery Brooks that traces the history of the lower Raritan as an industrial corridor and looks at both the legacy of contamination…

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