Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Above: The South Brunswick Marching Band warms up their instruments prior to the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group V football playoff game against Hunterdon Central at South Brunswick High School on Nov. 13. South Brunswick won, 46-7. Left: Josh Hypolite leads the South Brunswick High School football team onto the…

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Eighty seven million dollars – only $87 million? Are you working two or three jobs now to keep up? Do you cut back on your food costs to pay for your rising medical costs? As a homeowner you no sooner repair something and something else breaks. Dollars keep going out. What else can you cut…

I have been hearing a lot in the news lately about missing packages from people’s front porches. The carriers who deliver the packages can solve this problem. For example, as it is now, the delivery person sets the package on the front porch and rings the doorbell. The carrier does not wait to see if…

People are talking about the renaming of buildings at Princeton University that bear the name of Woodrow Wilson, the desire by some individuals to erase and rewrite history in order to whitewash our past. In this instance, describing the need by these people to remove a person’s name from a building because of a perceived…

As a result of attending a district presentation to build two schools, I give my support, without reservation, as it makes sense for the taxpayer and the students of North Brunswick. The presentation clearly highlights that the district has no choice but to build to accommodate its growing enrollment. In fact, the district currently leases…

North Brunswick residents: Do you know how many students are in my class? Do you know where the conference room is in my school? My class is almost at capacity. The conference room here is now a classroom since we ran out of space to fit all of our students. Three special education teachers are…

I can understand and respect Mr. J. Peter Clark’s opposition (“Pride of a North Brunswick educator, Sentinel, Nov. 26) to my viewpoint regarding the Dec. 8 school bond referendum (“Resident says ‘no’ to two new schools,” Sentinel, Nov. 19). Of course, as an employee of the school district for over 30 years, he must support…

Sample ballots for the Dec. 8 North Brunswick School Board Bond Referendum will be mailed out on Dec. 2. This referendum has been virtually clothed in secrecy. Aside from a few sparsely attended presentations by the superintendent of schools, very little about this $87 million bond issue has been disseminated to the public. Why wasn’t…