Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • DEP’s opinion on park floods must be respected

    They say “Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.” Apparently, it flows in South Brunswick too, straight from the mayor’s office, through the warehouse district and right into Pigeon Swamp State Park. Mayor Frank Gambatese’s position on the issue of flooding in the park has changed little since it began making headlines a year ago.…

  • Your Turn

    Unicameral legislature would be more efficient and save New Jersey millions of dollars John O’Sullivan Guest Column John O’Sullivan Guest Column The time has come for the residents of New Jersey to have a part of their state government – the legislature – save them millions of dollars. This can be accomplished by a constitutional…

  • Coda

    It’s much more fun when you’re playing for keeps Greg Bean When I was a kid of a certain age, we didn’t measure wealth by money, or social status by family lineage – we measured both by marbles. In our small town, there were no private schools and very few home-schoolers. Everyone from every segment…

  • Teachers give first year in So. Brunswick an ‘A’

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – New teachers in the district found that while the year was full of surprises, working in the township was an overall positive experience. Some teachers who had taught in other districts before moving on to South Brunswick said they were surprised at the…

  • N.B. schools garner Inviting District Award

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The school district has received the 2006 Inviting School District Award from the International Alliance for Invitational Education. “This honor has been given based on the implementation of invitational education philosophy in your school district. The people, places, programs, policies and processes all…

  • Letters

    Group begins ‘Power to End Stroke’ effort This year, at least 700,000 Americans will suffer a new or recurrent stroke but no communities are at greater risk for stroke than the African American communities. Stroke is New Jersey’s No. 3 killer and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability, but stroke is preventable. On May…

  • Coda

    Advocate’s report is cause for optimism Greg Bean You have to wonder if Long Branch municipal attorney James Aaron was reading the same report on the woeful inadequacy of New Jersey’s eminent domain laws that everyone else was reading. The report, released May 18 by state Public Advocate Ronald K. Chen, was the first project…

  • Are We There Yet?

    Grandma flunks the test for telling gender Lori Clinch We awoke one day last spring to realize that we had five kittens.Some would blame friends who convince you that five kittens are just the little bit of wildlife that you need. Some would blame a young boy who begs you to let him keep them…

  • Obituaries

    Diane Creamer-Mani Ms. Creamer-Mani, 49, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, died May 24 at Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. Born in New Brunswick, she resided in East Brunswick, and North Brunswick, prior to moving to Monmouth Junction eight years ago. She was an international relocation coordinator at Crown Pacific, Keasby,…