Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Cancer lawsuit makes serious allegations

    A recent lawsuit alleging contamination near North Brunswick High School is responsible for a resident’s cancer clearly has the township’s attention. As a defendant in the case, along with corporations Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson, North Brunswick responded last week to the publicity surrounding the suit by posting a link to a fact sheet…

  • S.B. student takes first in MLK essay contest

    BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Democracy’s first experiment took place in ancient Athens where every male who wasn’t a slave was allowed to vote directly on matters of public policy. It was during this golden age that Athenians voted to execute the philosopher Socrates — officially, for corrupting…

  • Cap’n Tightwad puts a lid on family spending

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch Sometimes I think my beloved spouse would have fared better if he’d chosen to live out a meager existence as a lonely old miser. He could have spent his golden years staring at his stacks of coins and rooms full of money. When the harsh winter winds blew, he…

  • Small acts of kindness can make a difference

    Coda Greg Bean There was a moving letter to the editor in last week’s edition of one of our newspapers, the Suburban, from a woman named Rosemary Mulvanerton, who wanted to thank the staff of a local Wendy’s restaurant for making her husband a cheeseburger. It seems Ms. Mulvanerton’s husband had been in the hospital…

  • N.B. names December scholar-athletes/artists

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Matthew Burke NORTH BRUNSWICK — ’Tis the season to be scholarly. Joey Braccino and Matthew Burke have been named the December scholar-athletes/artists for the township’s Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services. Braccino, a 16-year-old junior at North Brunswick Township High School, is currently studying advanced…

  • Obituaries

    Joseph J. McAndrew Mr. McAndrew, 75, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 24 at home. Prior to his retirement in 1989, he was employed with General Motors, A.C. Delco Division, North Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Mildred Nebesho McAndrew; three sons, John of Milltown and Joseph and Gerald, both of Old Bridge; a daughter, Lorraine McAndrew…

  • Letters

    Rimmer appreciates support of referendum On behalf of the North Brunswick Board of Education, educators, and especially the children and their families of our community, I thank the community for your support Dec. 13 when the referendum to complete the expansion of North Brunswick Township High School (NBTHS) was approved. I recognize it is our…

  • North Brunswick 2005 Scholar Athletes/Artists

    The Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services offered its congratulations to all the scholar award winners from 2005: • January: Samantha Graney and Kevin Lenihan; • February: Michael Fisher and Kimberly Lynch; • March: Caroline Connolly and Anthony Muldowney; • April: Ryan Cocco and Casandra DeStefano; • May: Matthew and Kristen Ruffe; • June:…