Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Please verify utility employee IDs

    Over the past several months, there have been a number of incidents involving people posing as employees of local utility companies in order to gain access to people’s homes in the interest of robbing them. In most cases, the victims were senior citizens, who are usually seen by criminals as easy marks. Posing as a…

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    ‘Tis the stressful season for us ‘guerrilla shoppers’ GREG BEAN (Editor’s Note: Greg Bean is taking a temporary sabbatical from writing his column due to the death of his son. This column was originally printed Dec. 19, 2007). Not long ago my wife said one of the most surprising things she’s said in over 25…

  • Lack of patriotism appalls No. B’wick resident

    Ihave been a resident of North Brunswick my entire life and my children attend elementary through the high school. Upon attending the open house for one of the elementary schools this week, I was thoroughly disgusted at the lack of respect for the Pledge of Allegiance and the Star Spangled Banner. I could not believe…

  • Stranger proves there are still kind people

    Iwould like to take this opportunity to thank the kind gentleman and his family who showed my son and me that there are still nice people in this world, especially in North Brunswick. We were shopping in Barnes & Noble in search of an Italian-English dictionary. There were none to be found on the shelves,…

  • Student grateful for rights granted by U.S. Constitution

    The Constitution was written to make the United States a better country. After the failure of the Articles of Confederation, our founding fathers came up with a different plan of government, which has not yet failed. It indeed has made us a much stronger and more unified country. Also, it ensured peace, justice and liberty,…

  • N.B. selects new head of school business

    Amy Gallagher is the current administrator in Piscataway BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The township school board named Amy Gallagher as the new business administrator at a special meeting on Monday. Gallagher is the current business administrator in Piscataway. She is a certified public accountant and has worked for auditors and an…

  • Students have no reason to carry cell phones in school

    This one is a no-brainer. Students should not be allowed to carry cell phones during regular school hours. When I was in high school (Manalapan, class of 1982), there were no cell phones and we managed just fine. If there is an emergency, the student can inform their teacher, who will send them to the…

  • And the beat goes on

    PHOTOS COURTESY OF DONALD JAKUBOWSKI The North Brunswick Township High School Raider Marching Band will host its 24th annual band festival at 6 p.m. Oct. 11 at the school, featuring 13 bands from the tristate area. The band has been rehearsing on the football field for the past two weeks. For ticket information, call 732-289-3700.

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    The scary sump pump and other tales of dread • GREG BEAN (Editor’s Note: Greg Bean is taking a temporary sabbatical from writing his column due to the death of his son. This column was originally printed May 9, 2007). My home repair motto is: If you can’t fix the problem with a hammer, get…