Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Red State/ Blue State

    Joe the plumber DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: It’s hard to believe, old pal, but after a campaign that’s been going on for two years now, it finally took a plumber from Toledo to define the issues. After all the fundraising, and the speeches, and the flying around in planes with their names…

  • SBHS students learn about teen driving safety

    BY MADELLINE PIZARRO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Despite all of the highs and lows of high school, one peak most individuals will recognize is the sudden freedom of learning to drive. Yet this high can easily be a teen’s worse nightmare due to the increased probability of potential car accidents. Students at South Brunswick…

  • Milltown and No. Bruns. welcome new ball fields

    Milltown and North Brunswick celebrated the groundbreaking of new ball fields that lie between the two towns on Saturday. Middlesex County is replacing an existing Little League field, building a multipurpose field for football, soccer and lacrosse and adding a playground, comfort station, lighting and walking and hiking trails to a 25-acre site it purchased…

  • S.B. schools improve in test scores, vandalism rates

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — While the state has not released its full report of test scores for the South Brunswick school district, the verdict is in on the high school’s performance. “Generally, we are doing very well,” South Brunswick High School Principal Tim Matheney said. Ninety-three percent of students in the…

  • Community thanked for efforts during blood drive

    It wasn’t the best of times, nor was it the worst of times either … just an average day at the blood drive. One hundred thirty-two friends and neighbors visited and we collected 111 pints of much-needed blood. We appreciate them giving us part of their day. If you weren’t able to be with us,…

  • Coda

    Here’s the silver cloud in rapid decline of oil prices GREG BEAN Last May, I wrote a column bemoaning that my white whale of a Ford 150 pickup had all the resale value of the ubiquitous exercise equipment you see at yard sales. Drive by a yard sale at the end of the day, and…

  • Tips to keep kids safe on Halloween

    Halloween is one of the most exciting nights of the year for a child. Everything that is forbidden — staying up late, parading around the neighborhood in freaky costumes, begging for candy from neighbors, and gorging on treats — is expected and encouraged on Halloween. But Halloween is also one of the most frightening nights…

  • S.B. schools ‘fall’ into after-school programs

    Hold harvest-themed parties for Lights On Afterschool Day BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The township school district celebrated National Lights on Afterschool Day with various fallthemed activities at each of the elementary and middle schools on Oct. 16. South Brunswick Community Education, which is celebrating its 20th year of service in town,…

  • South Brunswick needs O’Sullivan and Walrond on council

    We need to get back to a two-party rule in South Brunswick. We need John O’Sullivan and Steven Walrond on the council to be able to give us an honest answer. For over the past 10 years the Democrats ruled the council. They continue to use smoke and mirrors to say they are doing great…