Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Letters

    Value of people is not that different from money Last night, my [karate] sensei gave me a lot to think about. So much so that I am still thinking on it today and will probably have it pass through my thoughts every day for the rest of my life. Money, he stated, has value. How…

  • Residents should support Do Not Call Law

    Your Turn Richard Codey Guest Column For families across New Jersey, the scene was all too common. With a jarring ring, a telephone call would come right in the middle of dinner or during a family activity, interrupting the quiet evening at home and disrupting quality time with the family. More often than not, the…

  • Time off not such a bad idea for students

    Greg Bean Coda Coda If I hadn’t flunked out of college, I wouldn’t have met Buckskin Bader.Like any number of high school graduates, I rushed into college the year after finishing high school, thinking I knew what I wanted to become — in my case, a doctor. Three things convinced me I wasn’t cut out…

  • School board makes several personnel moves

    BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Board of Education approved several professional appointments at its Monday night meeting. Mylo Wright, Carol Piza, April Gonzalez and Mark Kmiec were all designated to new positions in the district for the 2005-06 school year. Wright, a former fourth-grade teacher in Asbury…

  • Obituaries

    Carolyn May Clark Molloy Mrs. Molloy, 60, of South Brunswick, died July 2 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Born in New Brunswick, she resided in North Brunswick before moving to South Brunswick 27 years ago. Mrs. Molloy was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, Kendall Park…

  • Township made the best of a bad situation

    Faced with a lose-lose situation, North Brunswick followed the path that would lose them less. The township was backed into a corner recently regarding how to handle a contaminated piece of property on Route 130 near Plains Gap Road and North Brunswick High School. Either way, it seemed officials were destined to invest lots of…

  • Political correctness hits a new and historic low

    Coda Greg Bean It was the great Obi-Wan Kenobi who said, “I feel a great disturbance in the Force. As if millions of voices suddenly cried out … and were suddenly silenced.” And there was indeed a great disturbance in the Force last week, an immense collective scream, a national gnashing of teeth. But the…