Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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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…
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Obituaries
Anna Melillo Mrs. Melillo, 69, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 4 at JFK Hartwyck, Edison. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., she resided in Milford, Pa., prior to moving to North Brunswick in 2003. She was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank Melillo in 1998. She is survived by three sons and one…
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Bush belongs on board
A picture is worth a thousand words — especially if it’s of George W. Bush and hangs in Crossroads Middle School. You may have heard about the face that launched a thousand lips, as talk radio and cable stations nationwide dropped their coverage of the Scott Peterson case for long enough to devote some attention…
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Your Turn
Township should be careful what it wishes for, regarding calls for a Pulda farm purchase Recently, a group calling themselves North Brunswick Residents Against High-Density Housing (NBRAHDH) filed a lawsuit against the North Brunswick Township Council to have the ordinance designating the Pulda farm as an age-restricted housing zone overturned. People supporting the lawsuit are…
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Marching band ‘best kept secret in North Brunswick’
The best kept secret in North Brunswick Township is the phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the marching band program. In less than four years, this talented and diverse group has more than quadrupled its size and re-established itself as an important entity in the high school and the community. Credit for this meteoric expansion…
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Residents urged to vote for ‘man of great integrity’
Congressman Rush Holt has represented the 12th Congressional District with distinction for almost six years. We need to keep him in Washington making wise decisions based on sound evidence. He stays in touch with district constituents across the state, learning from their knowledge and experience, making his decisions truly representative of the wishes of our…
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Barbara E. Whalen Kelly Mrs. Kelly, 61, of North Brunswick, died Sept. 26 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City. Born in New Brunswick, she resided in North Brunswick since 1967. She was an executive secretary at Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, for 25 years. She was a communicant of St. Augustine of Canterbury…
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Womack commended for new program
I want to commend Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack and his administration for hearing the concerns of the residents of our community and enacting the new Clean Neighborhoods Program. For too long, code enforcement has become an ever-increasing problem in our town. One of the concerns which many residents have had during the years is that,…
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Public misinformed about high fructose corn syrup
A story which appeared in the Sept. 16 edition titled “Doctor Weighs in on the Strengths of Diet Trends” by Melissa Cifelli unfortunately misinforms the public about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a natural, homegrown sweetener from midwestern cornfields. The article reports on a recent health seminar for seniors in which Dr. Bonnie Camo, M.D.,…
