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Poison Information and Education System needs protection
‘Never look a gift horse in the mouth,” but that is exactly what the state of New Jersey has recently done by cutting funds to the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System (NJPIES), and potentially forgoing federal funds of over $150,000. The federal funds come with strings attached and cannot be accessed without the…
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Even in snowstorms, EMS volunteers are there to help
It’s been said that volunteer EMS [emergency medical services] is like oxygen: most people don’t realize they need it until they don’t have it. Unless they required medical assistance during the last three snowstorms, most New Jerseyans likely were blissfully unaware their local volunteer ambulance crews remained staffed and ready to respond to calls. Forgoing…
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Pedestrians need not misinterpret law
Iwould like to respond to the letter to the editor from Enrique Gonzalez Jr., “Drivers Must Yield Right of Way to Pedestrians” (Sentinel, Feb. 11). While I did not see the original letter that prompted Mr. Gonzalez’s response, I agree with him that, by law, drivers must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk. The problem…
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N.B. resident thanks kind strangers
The cynics in this world would have us believe it’s a dog-eat-dog world — every man for himself. They’ll tell you people don’t help each other like they did in the good old days. Well, this was certainly not my experience this morning at the intersection of Hermann Road and Livingston Avenue. It was the…
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Hands for Haiti
Linwood Middle School’s SLICE Club (Student Leaders Improving Character Education), North Brunswick, held a fundraiser to benefit the victims of Haiti’s earthquake by creating a banner with handprints during each lunch period. Carol Clark will take the $1,000 that was raised through the “Hands of Hope for Haiti” project to the Aslan organization in Haiti,…
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How to save a life
Top: Tyler Drew (l-r), Tanya Drew, Derek Young and Matthew Rick participate in a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) marathon held at the St. Augustine of Canterbury School in Kendall Park on Saturday. The workshops taught CPR, how to use an automated external defibrillator and how to help someone who is choking. Middle: Drew (l-r), Young and…
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Jersey Group IV Championships
South Brunswick’s Derek Forthun competes in the high jump at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV Championships held at the Bennett Indoor Complex in Toms River on Feb. 12. Forthun cleared 6-2 on his way to the state sectional title. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Greater Middlesex Conference Swimming Championships
South Brunswick’s Gess Charniga makes her turn while competing in the 200-yard Medley Relay at the Greater Middlesex Conference Swimming Championships held at North Brunswick High School on Feb. 9.
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Viking girls win CJ track championship
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Collecting points in all 10 events proved to be the difference for the South Brunswick girls track and field team. South Brunswick’s Sophia Ginez (center) and Cayla Del Piano (left) finished second and third in the 1,600-meter run at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV Championships held Feb. 12 at…
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