Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Cutting farm conservation makes for bitter harvest

    With deficit and defense spending high, Congress is proposing to cut funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) conservation programs. But if President Bush wants programs that produce results, as he said in his State of the Union address, these programs should continue. The conservation programs in the 2002 Farm Bill are voluntary and…

  • Raymond Rd. unsafe

    On March 18 at 7:30 a.m. at the corner of Taylor and Raymond Road — with the school bus approaching and its lights flashing — a motorist speeding down Raymond stuck our five-month-old puppy, Cody. The motorist was trying to “rush the bus” so she would not have to take the time to stop. We…

  • Paquette leaves lasting impression in South Brunswick

    I wanted to take the time to write a thank you to Chief Mike Paquette, who has served the community of South Brunswick very honorably and professionally during the last 27 years. He worked his way up from the ranks of patrolman to South Brunswick’s police chief and will be retiring at the end of…

  • No. Brunswick names March scholar athletes

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer “I usually do homework and then practice. Sometimes I have two practices on the same day. I have to rush from one to another.” — Caroline Connolly NORTH BRUNSWICK — Caroline Connolly and Anthony Muldowney were chosen as the March 2005 Scholar Athletes of the Month…

  • Train plan a total mess

    It seems like a good idea — simple, effective, necessary. That probably means it will never happen. The idea to increase passenger rail service in the tri-county area has been kicking around for almost two decades. As our roads become more choked with commuters and more people move to the region each year, the need…

  • ‘Warehouse developers sing songs’ in township

    Like the lure of the siren maidens from ancient mythology whose songs lured sailors to their deaths on rocky shores, the warehouse developers sing their songs. The song is one that governments love to hear. We will pay big taxes so your government, spending can flourish and homeowners will pay less taxes. This is where…

  • Public must support call for constitutional convention

    If the New Jersey Education Association had been around in 1776 would it have campaigned against the Declaration of Independence? Would it have spent its members’ nickels and dimes to defeat the convention that resulted in our federal constitution? The answer to both questions, sadly, is probably so. The New Jersey Education Association has adopted…

  • All the laws in the world won’t stop bad behavior

    Greg Bean Coda Memo to members of the New Jersey Assembly: Your highly touted ban on talking on a cell phone while driving is a dismal failure, at least judging by the numbers of people I see happily flouting the law on my way to and from work every day. This morning, I actually saw…

  • Chief extends thanks to community

    (Open letter to all members of the South Brunswick community) I would like to take one last opportunity as your chief of police to thank all those who have made the past 27 years possible. When I became a police officer in 1978, I could never have imagined the road ahead. I was blessed to…