Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • A grim future for truck industry

    Your Sentinel staff writer Patricia Miller reported on the Tri State Transportation Campaign’s “The Trucks Are Coming” study. I wish the trucking industry had access to their crystal ball. I guess their predictions for the future are based on past data. Let me look into my crystal ball — by 2020, there will be no…

  • Obituaries

    Helene G. Toubia Baaklini Mrs. Baaklini, 82, of North Brunswick, died March 11 at home. Born in Lebanon, she resided in North Brunswick the past 11 years. She was a homemaker. She was a communicant of St. Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church, Somerset. She was predeceased by her husband, George H. Baaklini in 2000. She is…

  • Open space would be a ‘win-win’

    I read with great interest the township is now considering revising the master plan for North Brunswick. The development of the Pulda farm should be re-evaluated as part of the plan. It is obvious there is sufficient acreage for this high-density housing to be relocated to another area. We do need affordable senior housing —…

  • Home Depot approval was ‘dumped on’ residents

    When I was a child, my father played a game with me, “Dump the Potato.” He held my hands as I somersaulted and he shouted, “Dump the potato.” Sounds silly, but a 5-year-old child was having fun with his dad. Today, this 5-year-old kid has added 60-plus years to his age. This man has been…

  • Residents urged to vote no on proposal April 19

    My wife and I moved into South Brunswick in March 2002, and in that time the taxes have skyrocketed. After reading your “Opinion — A tough sell ahead” article, I realized it failed to mention the likely revaluation that will take place in the near future and felt it was time for me to speak…

  • Public asked to support Abschutz in April election

    For many years, I have been involved in the PTA and PTOs in our school system. Since the opening of Brooks Crossing Elementary School in the fall of 2002, Martin Abschutz has served as our school’s liaison from the Board of Education. During these three years, I have been impressed by his show of dedication…

  • For them, the choice was black and white

    Greg Bean Coda I remember a day in early spring, sometime in the late 1960s, when Uncle Earl showed up on our doorstep with a new vacuum cleaner. It was his first day on the job, selling Hoovers door to door, and he wanted to try out his new sales pitch on my mother, who…

  • Reader defends Holt as ‘intelligent, ethical leader’

    At the Feb. 22 council meeting, the chairperson of the South Bruns-wick Republican Organization, Dawn Smith, stated emphatically that our Congressman, Rush Holt, has done nothing for South Brunswick. From the White House on down, it seems there are those who believe if you tell a lie often enough a lot of people will believe…