Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • So. Brunswick slaves must not be forgotten

    It’s one thing to go from rags to riches, quite another to go from property to property owner. Yet that was the life arc of Thomas Titus, a former slave in early 1800s South Brunswick. Titus, whose story was recounted in a fascinating article by staff writer Chris Gaetano in last week’s edition, was one…

  • Park there, buddy, and she’ll see you in court

    Coda Greg Bean By recent accounts, it looks like lots of people in Glassboro, N.J., think Maryann Cottrell is a real pain in the patootie. We all know people like Cottrell, who see something wrong and decide to do something about it instead of sitting around on their keisters. They’re windmill tilters and dragon slayers,…

  • Obituaries

    Rose M. Adochio Mrs. Adochio, 95, of South Brunswick, died March 5 at Princeton Medical Center. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., she resided in New Brunswick, and Milltown, prior to moving to Buckingham Place, South Brunswick, in 2001. She was a cashier at W.T. Grants, North Brunswick, from 1952 until its closing in the 1970s.…

  • A festive a-Cajun at Linwood Middle School

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Alex Buhler-Rose performs a skit la French mime Marcel Marceau at the Mardi Gras celebration at Linwood Middle School on Feb. 28. NORTH BRUNSWICK – Bienvenue la clbration. Mademoiselle Bonnie Smith, a French teacher at the North Brunswick Township High School, collaborated with Madame…

  • Photo

    TOM SPERDUTO Joccelyn Barnett, 9, studies how an arrow is reversed when looking through a glass of water during the Family Science Night at John Adams Elementary School in North Brunswick on Feb. 23.

  • Eight file for board runs

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The candidates for the South Brunswick Board of Education were announced on Monday. Those running for the three available three-year terms are Barry Nathanson, Stephen F. Parker, Brian Wojaczyk and Robert F. Long, who is an incumbent. Meanwhile, one one-year position, created when…

  • School administrators keep fingers crossed

    And now we play the waiting game. Administrators and school board members in suburban school districts such as the ones that operate in this region are anxiously waiting to hear how much state aid will be received for the 2006-07 school year. The budgets for the upcoming school year are being developed right now and…

  • Letters

    Citizens should have say in balancing budget In recent months, there has been much conversation throughout the state with regard to a citizens convention. The proposal for this convention is so the citizens of New Jersey can balance fiscal policy, tax policy and specifically to address and tackle the major property tax issue that each…

  • Obituaries

    Edna E. Bunting Caruso Mrs. Caruso, 99, of Staten Island, N.Y., died Feb. 12 at Seaview Nursing Home, Staten Island. Born in Kerhonkson, N.Y., she resided in Staten Island and then in North Brunswick before relocating to Staten Island in 2001. Mrs. Caruso was predeceased by her husband, Donald L. Caruso, in 1991. She is…