Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Crabiel’s death felt throughout county

    David B. Crabiel often described Middlesex County as “the greatest county in the land.” Regardless of whether people agree with that statement, one gets a sense that Crabiel really did. And perhaps it was that pride that kept Crabiel involved as a public servant for his community and his county for so many decades. The…

  • Congrats to N.B. Indians Midget Cheerleaders

    Ithink I speak for all the parents when I say I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the North Brunswick Indians Midget Cheerleaders for their outstanding performance at the Regional finals Nov. 16. Although Florida isn’t in your future this year, you should be proud of your determination, spirit and teamwork. Thank you…

  • Demise of Forney House distresses resident

    With a heavy heart, I read in last week’s Sentinel that it appears the old Forney House is imminently destined for the wrecking ball despite the disastrous turn of events in the banking industry. Dr. Forney had not only been our family dentist when I was a child, but he and his wife, Rosemarie, were…

  • This season, blow up the TV and read a newspaper

    Coda • GREG BEAN This is going to be a strange holiday season indeed. I knew it was off to a weird start when I stopped by the neighborhood liquor store the day before Thanksgiving to buy my annual bottle of Boggs Cranberry Liqueur. I buy one bottle of the stuff every year, and I…

  • A Red/Blue imbroglio: one cheats, the other freaks

    Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: Not far up the interstate from where I live, in a little town you’ve driven through hundreds of times, gasoline was selling for $1.39 a gallon last weekend. Pretty cool, huh? When I heard that, I thought about Peggy Joseph, the woman who…

  • School spirit

    ERIC SUCAR staff North Brunswick Township High School Raider fans cheer on their soccer team during the second half of the New Jersey state semifinal game against Rancocas Valley at Summerfield Elementary School in Neptune on Nov. 18. North Brunswick lost 1-0.

  • SBHS students send care packages to the troops

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Corinne Gaylord’s students spent their sixth year in a row working to collect items for the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. This effort is personal for Gaylord’s students. Some of the care packages are going to a unit that includes one student’s uncle, Gaylord said. The…

  • Join the fight for the smallest among us

    Prematurity is the No. 1 killer of newborns, and according to the March of Dimes, each year, 14,293 babies in New Jersey suffer the consequences of being born too soon. Babies who survive an early birth face the risk of serious lifelong health problems, including learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, blindness, hearing loss and chronic conditions…

  • Manuel Joseph Corte

    Mr. Corte, 78, of North Brunswick, died Nov. 11, 2008, at Trinitas Hospital, Elizabeth. He was the owner of Corte & Company, Jersey City, until 2004. He was predeceased by a sister, Eva Azevedo. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Anderson Corte; two daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia “Baba” and Joseph Rooney, and Jean and…