Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Letters
Crabiel, Fernicola deserve support Nov. 8 The Middlesex County Freeholder Board is always coming up with new and innovative ways of helping the 25 towns in Middlesex County. They have a cooperative purchasing program that allows the towns to make purchases of goods and services off of contracts the county has gone out to bid…
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Let them eat dirt
The prospects for its warehouse proposal bleak, developer Morris Cos. changed course last week by announcing it planned to build luxury homes on South Brunswick’s Pulda-VanDyke farm. The some 3.3 million square feet of originally proposed industrial space has been replaced by an application to build 76 single-family, four- to five-bedroom homes with a going…
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Letters
Republicans obey sign law only when it is convenient After a hotly contested local primary a few years ago, campaign signs sprung up and spread like crabgrass and dandelions. The North Brunswick legislature decided to do something about this nuisance and — in a too-rare display of interparty cooperation — both parties agreed to a…
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Monmouth County, where treasure is in the ground
Coda Greg Bean You just can’t make this stuff up. Last week, when U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced the formal indictment of Monmouth County developer and strip club operator Anthony Spalliero on 14 counts of bribery and mail fraud, the actual text of the indictment read like the script for one of the “Godfather”…
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Obituaries
Valerie Lynn Lantier Ms. Lantier, 23, of Princeton, died Oct. 9 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, she was a graduate of South Brunswick High School. Ms. Lantier was employed in the child care center at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton. She is survived by her father, Joseph Lantier of New…
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Beware: Ironing could lead to tub scrubbing
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch I’m not much of an ironer — everyone knows that. I firmly believe in fabric sheets, polyester, and when the wrinkles get tough, a quick Botox injection. I blame my hatred of ironing on my youth. Back in my day, everything had to be pressed, including the underwear out…
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Letters
The almanac of American politics has labeled New Jersey as the most corrupt state in the country. In January 2004, the Washington-based corporate Crime Reporter Newsletter said New Jersey actually ranked 16th in the country in terms of impropriety of government officials. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the worst and most famous…
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