Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • School board vacancy filled

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Naushad Islam was appointed to the Board of Education on Monday, stepping in to occupy Atilio DeFalco’s vacated seat. “We think he can work with the board to continue our mission of keeping the kids first and working with the best interests of the commission as a whole,” board President Martin Abschutz…

  • North Brunswick needs to pay attention to candidates

    Iwould like to ask the taxpayers of North Brunswick to start paying attention to your municipal tax bills. When was the last time you did not see an increase in taxes? The answer would be five years ago when the Republicans were at the helm. When did you see an administration really work toward keeping…

  • Archaeologist at work

    ANDREW MILLER staff Alex Moya, a fifth-grade student at Judd Elementary School in North Brunswick, examines a piece of pottery during an archaeological workshop presented by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission on Friday. Various artifacts were brought from the Cornelius Low Mansion in Piscataway.

  • School evacuated over note

    NORTH BRUNSWICK – A note found on a bathroom wall at Linwood Middle School on Oct. 17 was deemed a noncredible threat by police. According to Lt. Roger Reinson, a teacher notified Principal Pete Clark who in turn contacted the police department around 2:45 p.m., at which time the school was evacuated. Since the school…

  • Will the last person in N.J. turn out the lights?

    GREG BEAN Coda There was an interesting poll released last week that found 49 percent of the people in New Jersey would like to leave the state and move someplace where they can afford to live. The Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey pollsters said that of those who responded, 51 percent are serious enough to make…

  • Her short-term memory is at a serious deficit

    LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? In my youth, I was a detail gal. I knew who I was, who others were and where I was going at all times. I rarely found myself in the middle of town wondering how I’d gotten there and why I’d come. I never once ran into the kitchen…

  • There’s no substitute for experience on the road

    GREG BEAN Coda Last week, there was yet another story in one of our newspapers about a teenager killed in a horrific auto accident. This time the accident happened in East Brunswick near the Brunswick Square Mall. Dead was 16-year-old Dana Centanni of Middletown. Badly injured was 16-yearold Lindsay Capatasto, also of Middletown. As of…

  • School board meetings now shown live on TV

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Board of Education has begun broadcasting its monthly public meetings live from the Old Maple Meade building on Old Georges Road. Through a township vendor’s agreement with Cablevision, the school board can use a fiber optic cable from the board office to the high school, allowing…

  • Survivor offers advice to drivers, pedestrians

    My name is Jim Balogh. I was born in South River and I have lived in various New Jersey shore communities in the years following my graduation. Then, after I began my part-time night and weekend job as a DJ, I started to work nights at a slew of Jersey Shore clubs (the Bulkhead, Big…