Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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View and comment on S.B. memorial designs
Americans paused to reflect on some of the major events that shaped modern history over the last year or so — the 60th anniversary of D-Day, the 50th of the Korean War armistice and the 40th of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, to name a few. For many families, televised documentaries and public ceremonies on these…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ
Youths dance to the sounds of the musical group M’Zume during North Brunswick Heritage Day in Babbage Park on Sunday.
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Obituaries
Henry Mehl Mr. Mehl, 77, of Florida, and formerly North Brunswick, died Sept. 6 at Northwest Medical Center, Margate, Fla. Born in Newark, he resided in North Brunswick prior to moving to Florida in 1980. He was a retired technician at Twin County Grocers, Edison. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II.…
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More work needed on school funding issue
School board members and administrators in the Garden State may face a difficult challenge when they start to prepare their budgets for the 2005-06 school year. In June, the state Legislature and Gov. James E. McGreevey imposed strict new caps on school spending increases. There are also new limits on how much surplus (savings) a…
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Survivor urges public to join Middlesex-Union County Heart Walk on Sunday
I am a Middlesex County resident — I am a survivor. As the survivor of a heart attack at age 51, I urge you to join a movement — the American Heart Association Middlesex-Union County Heart Walk on Sept. 19. I’m serving as red cap survivor ambassador of Middlesex-Union County Heart Walk, and I’ll be…
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Dey Road parcel a worthy investment
As a member of South Brunswick Township’s Open Space advisory committee, but more so as a parent interested in preserving our agricultural and natural heritage for our children, I’d like to thank the Middlesex County Farmland Preservation Program for its recent action preserving a 53-acre farm on Dey Road. This purchase is one in a…
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Pulda issue one of worst cases of pandering
The fact is that despite efforts by three North Brunswick mayoral administrations, Mr. William Pulda refused to negotiate with the township in order to give us a chance to purchase his land. Mr. Pulda then signed a contract with a developer for the purchase of his property. That is it — that is the fact.…
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Mayor not listening to residents on farm issue
On a recent television interview, North Brunswick Mayor Francis Womack made a shameful, transparent, underhanded and desperate move to manipulate the truth and the media. On camera, the mayor questioned the integrity of the citizens group, North Brunswick Residents Against High Density Housing (NBRAHDH), a group with a petition signed by 880 citizens opposed to…
