Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Vigilance of voters has increased since sting
Today marks the second anniversary of the Operation Bid Rig sting that saw the roundup of 11 Monmouth County area officials on federal corruption charges. Since that day, parallel and related investigations by the FBI have spread to Ocean and Middlesex counties, leading to indictments against dozens of government officials and businessmen. After all of…
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‘Concerned Citizen’ is still busy writing letters
Greg Bean Coda I’ve been getting a lot of letters from Concerned Citizen lately, and I wish he or she would just stop writing and save themselves the postage. In the nearly three decades I’ve been in journalism, Concerned Citizen has written me dozens, maybe hundreds of letters. And he or she even seems to…
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N.B. Food Bank reaches out to seniors
The North Brunswick Food Bank is aware that during these times of rising property taxes and rising prescription drug costs, that many of our valued senior citizens are faced with tough decisions on whether to buy their prescription medication or to buy food to eat. We would like to make all seniors aware that the…
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What Black History Month means to me
Let me first begin by saying it is an honor and a privilege to be the first African American councilwoman in the Township of North Brunswick. As the first African American councilwoman to have been re-elected for a second term, it is indeed a great honor, and I would like to thank all the residents…
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Obituaries
Stephen Nyers Mr. Nyers, 91, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 16, 2007, in Rose Mountain Care Center, New Brunswick. His wife, Gertrude Matarangolo Nyers, died in 2000. Surviving are two sons, Stephen Nyers of New Brunswick and Brian Nyers of Millville; a daughter, Regina Rembert, and her husband, William, of Palm Coast, Fla.; a brother,…
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S.B. High School student charged with dealing drugs
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police announced last week that they arrested a local high school senior for possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute, as well as for owning drug paraphernalia. Jason Oliveira, 18, was arrested at 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 8, concluding a four-month-long narcotics investigation undertaken by both the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s…
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36 S.B. seniors named National Merit Scholars
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Board of Education recognized its National Merit scholars, who, in turn, recognized the teachers who helped them. During the board’s regular Feb. 12 meeting, the students recognized the teachers they chose and presented them with the gift of a book and a…
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Obituaries
Edward J. Freiwald Mr. Freiwald, 79, of North Brunswick, died Feb. 1, 2007, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in South River, he was a lifelong resident of North Brunswick. He was a mechanic at Personal Products Corporation, Milltown, for 40 years, retiring in 1989. He served with the Special Police Force,…
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Uncertainty in Trenton clouds budget process
Unfunded federal mandates are also posing problems for schools BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The school district now faces the onerous task of crafting a budget amid state-level changes to the property tax system, though according to district officials, they’re not going to let that stop them. During…
