Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Woman’s Club dismayed by removal of signs

    The North Brunswick Woman’s Club is a nonprofit organization who for over 40 years has served the community of North Brunswick Township. The goal of the organization to help the community and those in need. The North Brunswick Woman’s Club sponsored a craft show Dec. 2. Much to the dismay of the membership, signs advertising…

  • Livingston students sent home due to lice

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Nine students at Livingston Park Elementary School have been infested with head lice since two weeks ago. School nurse Diane Whalen said that lice is the second most common condition in children next to the common cold, and that all precautionary measures have…

  • Students give an A+ to new wing of high school

    Added space makes a big difference in educational quality, students say BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Awesome. That is the way a group of students described the new wing of the high school after they were in school for the first marking period. Now that the dust has…

  • Rabbi explains traditions of holiday

    What more can we teach our kids than to help others less fortunate during the fun holiday season? This year Chanukah is celebrated Dec. 15 through 23. This festival of lights recalls the victory – more than 2,100 years ago – of a militarily weak, but spiritually strong Jewish people over the mighty forces of…

  • Decision to sell highways would be regretted for generations

    Again New Jerseyans are exposed to the “p” word: privatization. I’m sure we have not forgotten the debacle of the privatization of Motor Vehicle Services. Perhaps you have seen the privatization of the “Garden” State Arts Center? What was once a beautifully landscaped venue is now a beer garden! Privatization is all about making money.…

  • Coda

    Boys and girls in uniform are children of our village Greg Bean I remember when Jimmy Mac was a goofy kid with a devilish twinkle in his eye. The best friend of my youngest son, he was as polite as could be. His company manners were impeccable, since his mom and dad had drilled them…

  • Planning Board stacks up against townhouses

    One of the most convoluted local land use cases in recent memory came to an end last week with a unanimous rejection by the South Brunswick Planning Board. Over the past few months, K. Hovnanian’s application to build 84 “stacked townhouses” was dogged by questions like, Is a stacked townhouse actually a townhouse or a…

  • Obituaries

    Agnes Ledford Voorhees Mrs. Voorhees, 83, of Monroe Township, died Dec. 1, 2006, at The Cranbury Center, Monroe Township. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., she resided in Edison 33 years, prior to moving to Monroe 22 years ago. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Woman’s Club and golf club at Rossmoor.…

  • Are We There Yet?

    He’s texting just like it’s his full-time job Lori Clinch My darling son Vernon is at that fun age where he believes that he is invincible, unconquerable and wise beyond his years. Even when others suffer the consequences of bad judgment, Vernon thinks nothing of smiling in the face of adversity and saying, “It’ll never…