Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Knights thanks supporters for contributions

    The members of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 7046 (St. Cecilia’s, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick) want to express our thanks to everyone in the local community that contributed to our recent (April 25-27) drive for the mentally handicapped. We were able to raise $2,751 that will be given to local organizations that…

  • Residents urged to vote in June 3 primary election

    I am voting in the June 3 primary election and you should too. Every time you vote, you trust your future with the people you select. There are choices on our ballot June 3 for our United States senator, our United States congressman, our county freeholders and our township council members. Our county committeewomen and…

  • Gas stations charge credit customers more

    Buyer, beware. Since the gas prices have gone up so high, some gas station owners are trying to make even more. You are driving and see the real lowprice on the sign, then you pull into the station. There is only one problem: that is not the true price of the gas if you want…

  • Don’t pit affordable housing against the environment

    Everyone knows it’s expensive to live in New Jersey. For more than 20 years, our state has been trying to provide affordable housing. Unfortunately, new rules put out by New Jersey’s Council on Affordable Housing will pit housing needs against clean water, open space and other environmental quality needs of our citizens. Meeting the need…

  • Nonprofit should use non-animal research projects

    This spring, communities will host the March of Dimes’ WalkAmerica fundraiser. Many caring individuals participate in this event. Sadly though, many of the funds raised in WalkAmerica go directly to animal experiments that are unlikely to help babies. As per the Physicians Committee for ResponsibleMedicine, animal experiments are notoriously bad predictors of human birth defects…

  • Combat global warming: stop mowing your grass

    GREG BEAN Coda There’s a house I pass on my way back and forth to work where the grass hasn’t beenmowed during the entire administration of George W. (Shrub) Bush.   The grass at this place might not have been mowed for longer than that, but I can’t say for certain, since I’ve only been…

  • Make Al Gore happy and leave your trees alone

    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. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: I was listening to National Public Radio Sunday morning…

  • They’re my gigs, and I want them back now

    LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? It’s not as if an external hard drive was all I ever wanted. Certainly it didn’t make my top 10 of must-haves. Even if it did store my data and give me peace of mind, it didn’t complete me or make me sing. I didn’t know how my external…

  • Support school choice and keep tax dollars

    For some time I have watched the weekly report on education editorials come and go, but this one struck a nerve, and as a taxpayer and the president of the New Jersey Taxpayers Association, I must respond. While I have nothing but respect for hard-working educators who have the same obligations as everyone else, for…