Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Many have bad manners with cell phones

    Is it just me, or does everyone feel it is rude for individuals to answer their cell phone while you’re talking to them? It’s one thing to be interrupted by a person who is there, but to be interrupted by someone who is not even there is the height of rudeness. If my phone rings…

  • Freshmen survival 101 at North Brunswick

    High school seniors give middle schoolers lessons on surviving first year BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – There is no freshman beat-down. There is no dungeon in the basement. There is no parking lot strictly for bicycles. There is no daily locker-stuffing. Entering high school for the first time…

  • Survivor urges public to wear red Friday

    Each February, Americans celebrate and observe matters of the heart in many ways, including with chocolate, cards, roses and St. Valentine’s Day. For the American Heart Association, February is American Heart Month, a time to educate Americans about other matters of the heart. First designated in 1963, American Heart Month is a time to intensify…

  • Obituaries

    Stephen Edward Galle Jr. Mr. Galle, 87, of South Brunswick, died Jan. 11, 2007, at home following a brief illness. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he relocated to New Jersey 27 years ago, and resided in East Brunswick and Edison before relocating to South Brunswick. Before his retirement, Mr. Galle was a mailer at the…

  • Financial survival a taxing task for seniors

    We are a group of American seniors citizens who, as they say, “are in our golden years” – retired, taking life easy and enjoying what is left of our years. But as time passes, the cost of living goes up, taxes continue to go up and everything is on the rise. We are concerned because…

  • Your Turn

    Public encouraged to comment on truck rule proposal Kris Kolluri Guest Column Kris KolluriGuest Column The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has proposed to repeal and replace its truck access regulations with new regulations which set forth new standards and procedures for 102-inch-wide standard trucks and double-tractor-trailers (large trucks) in regard to permitted routes,…

  • Illegal immigration putting strain on New Jersey taxpayers

    The guest column article titled “State must stop runaway train called property taxes,” written by Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula in the Jan. 18 issue of the Sentinel fails to address the strain on the New Jersey taxpayers from illegal aliens, or “undocumented workers.” Does anybody question whether violation of federal illegal immigration laws affect property taxes?…

  • Coda

    In this parable, let’s all just root for the lions Greg Bean Watching President George W. Bush on television last week reminded me of the story we learned in Bible class about Daniel and the Lions’ Den. I’m kind of working from memory here, but as I recall, Daniel was a high-level bureaucrat in the…

  • State legislators have a cavalier attitude about tax relief

    Inadvertently, the detailed Jan. 18 letter about tax reform by Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula (“State must stop runaway train called property taxes”) may explain why there has been little progress. He states that $6,000 in property taxes represents about 5 percent of family income. The median family income is $46,000 with a $6,000 property tax begin…