Tag: Your Turn
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Your Turn: Wandering Wednesdays – a wonderful break
By Susan Kirkland While it might not be easy to think of positives that have come from the pandemic, I have one I’d like to share that may be useful to others. It was July 2020 and we were tired of jigsaw puzzles, having the every 10-day trip to the grocery store be the highlight…
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County Corner: February is American Heart Month
February is dedicated to bringing awareness to the causes of heart disease, stroke and cardiovascular disease, and how to live a healthier lifestyle. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is “the leading cause of death for men, women and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the…
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Your Turn: Reminder to parents about health and safety guidelines in South Brunswick schools
As we see the year coming to a close, health and safety remains at the forefront as we reflect back on the past week’s recent events related to weapons in schools along with the continued struggle and spike in cases with regard to COVID. I would be remiss if I didn’t say that our…
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Living History: Where were you when Pearl Harbor was attacked?
By Sebastian Rizzo This Dec. 7 will mark the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor – as President Franklin D. Roosevelt so stirringly put it, “a date which will live in infamy.” Just 11 days before the bombings, Secretary of State Cordell Hull had sent the Japanese his suggestions for a peaceful…
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Your Turn: Despite bumps and bruises along the way, the path to NYC Marathon was ‘amazing’
They say it is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before … that it is like one big party … that, for some people, it will change your life. And what an amazing experience it was. The TCS New York City Marathon. I was never a runner. I played baseball, basketball and soccer, and even field…
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Your Turn: Some things I’ve learned in my 95 years
Here are some things I’ve learned in my 95 years: To love and cherish my wife of 70 years more each passing day than the day before. I’ve learned that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them. Growing old beats the alternative: dying young. All that truly matters in the end…
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Your Turn: School resource officers ready to help children cope with post-pandemic challenges
Deadly school shootings that started with Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, in 1999 forever changed the way police officers across New Jersey, and America, safeguard our school children. Now, to help school children rebound from the emotional fallout of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the role of today’s specially-trained school resource officers (SROs) must evolve…
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Your Turn: Thoughts on the second face-off between Murphy and Ciattarelli
By Arun Ayyagari Monroe Before discussing the second gubernatorial debate from Oct. 12, it is not just precursory but imperative to understand the performances on each side of the first debate. Ever since Jack Ciattarelli gave a memorable performance on his first gubernatorial debate in any general election for governor of New Jersey,…
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Your Turn: Staying strong for Charley as she battles pediatric cancer
As a writer, sometimes things come to you. You don’t know why, but they do. Sometimes you are assigned to write something, write a story, and at times, a story finds you. Baskets. We received a message regarding an ad placed on Facebook Marketplace for baskets we had for sale. The person wanted to…
