Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • A call for fair play in this political back and forth

    DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State   A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: We’ve been writing these Red/Blue columns…

  • North Brunswick should elect new leaders

    It amazes me how a town like Perth Amboy – whose recent redevelopment projects turned the town around, raised property values in a declining market, and wound up as one of CNN’s best places to retire – would oust the mayor responsible for making these improvements for raising property taxes. Meanwhile, the people of North…

  • They’ve got a ‘hotline,’ but nobody ever answers

    GREG BEAN Coda Hold on while I dust off this trophy I’ve got sitting on my desk. OK, here we go, and if we could have a drum roll, please. The Greg Bean Corporate Jackass of the Month Award goes to (pregnant pause) CONRAIL! I know I’ve been pretty hard on a few companies in…

  • In this discussion, hipness is in eyes of the beholder

    A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: There’s a new book out that you really need to read, Old Pal. It’s called “Why You’re Wrong About the Right: Behind the…

  • Pulda Farm must be saved from housing

    Franklin Township preserved the Suydam farm, by working with Somerset County and the state of New Jersey. We should be able to do the same in North Brunswick. However, the Pulda farm’s open space could soon become highdensity housing due to a June 16 ruling by state Superior Court Judge Dennis O’Brien. The North Brunswick…

  • Horseracing industry must ban whips altogether

    Jockey Jeremy Rose was recently suspended from racing for six months after whipping a horse so severely that her eye hemorrhaged. Anyone who watched the Kentucky Derby could see Eight Belles being whipped down the home stretch before she collapsed with two broken ankles. Last year, Russell Baze – the winningest jockey in thoroughbred racing…

  • American flags should be made in America, not overseas

    Wafting on the top of the flagpole is old glory, the American flag, that symbol of America which flies on top of our state educational and government buildings. As a symbol of America, it means a lot. Now we hear that American flags are being made overseas. We cannot have this. The New Jersey Assembly…

  • These are the stories we can all be proud of

    GREG BEAN Coda I was talking with a young person recently who asked me about my career in journalism, and more specifically, what about it I was most proud of.   The young person is a bit of an idealist, and his notion of newspaper journalism and what goals young reporters should set are influenced…

  • Catherine McGee O’Brien

    Mrs. O’Brien, 74, of North Brunswick, died June 20, 2008, at home. She resided in Old Bridge, and Toms River, prior to relocating to North Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, George O’Brien, in 2001. She is survived by a son, George O’Brien of Carteret; two daughters, Kathy O’Brien of North Brunswick, and Julia…