Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Obituaries
Billy Asher Gabbard Mr. Gabbard, 83, of Stuart, Fla., died May 1 at Hospice of Martin, Stuart. Born in Hazard, N.C., he had lived in North Brunswick for 30 years before moving to Florida 11 years ago. Mr. Gabbard was a traffic coordinator at Ford Motor Co., Newark, for 38 years, retiring in 1985. He…
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Dedicated state income tax should fund education
We need tax reform now, not two years from now. After reading the newspaper reports regarding Gov. Jon Corzine’s approach to the high, regressive property tax problem, I frankly got the impression the problem won’t be studied for another two years. It appears that Gov. Corzine will rely on a people’s constitutional convention. As I…
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Town a better place to live due to Gruber
At the February board of directors meeting, the board elected Anthony Campisano as president. Mr. Campisano represents a continuation of the quality leadership at the YMCA. For the past eight years, Andre W. Gruber has led the Y. Under his leadership, the South Brunswick Family YMCA moved from a non-facility Y working out of the…
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S.B. Senior Center offers a broad spectrum of services
Many older adults feel they are too young to use a senior center and have the perception centers are a place for “old people” to play bingo and cards and sit all day. You will find quite the opposite at the South Brunswick Senior Center. Older adults attend discussion groups, feng shui, museum trips, Pilates,…
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Maybe No. Brunswick school board can eliminate pork
Congrats to the new school board. Let’s hope they do more to eliminate the “pork” that has more to do with the administration and ditto than as some member that was not elected yesterday – “it’s about the kids that count.” Where have I heard that before? It’s never about the kids, it’s the above…
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Thanks extended to supporters of donor drive
South Brunswick’s Blood Bank Committee would like to thank the 150 folks who braved the wet weather and came to our blood donor drive. We appreciate their giving us part of a soggy spring Saturday. One hundred seventeen pints of much-needed blood were collected. We’re looking forward to even more of you joining us on…
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Internship grad advocates for mayor’s program
I would like to take this opportunity to confirm the comments made by Shilpn Patel in his recent letter (“Internship program should be revived,” March 23). The Mayor’s Summer Internship Program started by our Mayor Debra Johnson was a great learning experience that through the years I have built on. I have recently returned from…
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Leave Take Daughters and Sons to Work Day alone
My first reaction to what I read cannot be published. What caused such a severe reaction? It is a memo from all the principals in the South Brunswick School system regarding the national Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day program. This one day out of the year allows children to experience a day…
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In unison
SCOTT PILLING staff MIddle school students from South Brunswick perform at the high school on April 20.
