Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Obituaries
Joseph P. Casey Mr. Casey, 66, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 17 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he resided in Washington, D.C., prior to moving to North Brunswick 34 years ago. He was vice president of Data Systems Management Inc., Piscataway. He was a communicant of Our Lady…
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Youth shouldn’t be exposed to gambling, reader says
(Open letter to the N.J. State Legislature and parents of school-age children): In recent sessions, our Legislature has passed laws that will subject persons under 21 years of age to a criminal record for drinking a single beer in public, and is currently attempting to impose driving license suspensions on any person under the age…
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Clear the air on crash
A North Brunswick Township Council candidate’s vague explanation of his Oct. 3 car accident has done little to quiet the voices of those with doubts about the way the situation was handled. Democrat Ralph Andrews was charged with reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and failure to report an accident the morning after…
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Articles on exhibit evoke memories of brother’s heroism
Thank you for your recent articles concerning the Gonder family, the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall exhibit and Judge Roger Daley. My brother, Sgt. Freddy Bonner of East Brunswick, (EBHS class of 1965), was killed in action Dec. 31, 1968, saving his platoon from a Viet Cong ambush. He received the Bronze Star for his actions.…
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Now an ‘informed voter,’ reader will head to polls for first time
I’ve been involved in many political discussions and arguments over the years and can safely say there are three types of voters. I’m not talking Democrats, Republicans and independents; there are the informed, uninformed and the bandwagon voters. The informed voter doesn’t base his or decision upon biased campaign ads and the opinion of a…
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Superintendent pleased with school test scores
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The report cards are in. Superintendent Dr. Gary McCartney presented South Brunswick’s Quality Annual Assurance Report for 2003-2004, as required under the No Child Left Behind Act. Under the law, the annual yearly progress standards, or AYPs, were created. These AYP standards are…
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Dems exemplify good government
As the residents in South Brunswick go to the polls, I strongly encourage them to vote for Charlie Carley and Carol Barrett for the Township Council. We in South Brunswick are very fortunate to have an excellent governmental body. Charlie and Carol exemplify good service in government. I know both through various volunteer activities. This…
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Nicola, Anderson not voices for North Brunswick
I am sending this letter in hopes that the people of North Brunswick will be made aware of a candidate running in this November’s election for North Brunswick Township Council who has yet to make her voice heard … nor do I believe she has ever been to a Township Council meeting. Cathy Nicola is…
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Use marketing technique, not DARE
Flashy cars can’t make the failed Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program effective (“Police DARE to Drive This Impala,” North/South Brunswick Sentinel, Sept. 9). DARE is completely ineffective and sometimes even counterproductive. That’s the conclusion of the U.S. General Accounting Office, the U.S. Surgeon General, the National Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. Department of…
