Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Thanks extended to supporters of book sale
Although the sun was shining and people’s calendars were chock full of events, we held yet another successful book sale. We truly appreciate the efforts of each of you who were able to take some of your valuable time and turn it into a supreme accomplishment. As always, we are very proud to list the…
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State is shortchanging the schools once again
State is shortchanging the schools once again State is shortchanging the schools once again Once again, the McGreevey administration is holding back on our schools. For the second year in a row, the powers that be are withholding the final state aid payment to schools. They will pay it about a week late, officials said,…
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Resident wants traffic curtailed on Beekman Road
My neighbors and I are very concerned about some of the proposed plans for Beekman Road and property accessed by Beekman Road. Township officials and the police have expressed concern about the intersection of Route 27 and Beekman Road. While I agree that this is a problem because of the amount of traffic that backs…
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Obituaries
Obituaries Duilio L. "Dewey" Grassis Mr. Grassis, 83, of North Brunswick died June 5 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, he was a lifelong resident of North Brunswick. He was a retired tool and die maker, and member of the Quarter Century Club at Johns-Manville Company, North Brunswick, where…
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Thank you, Mr. President
Charles W. KimAfterthoughts Thank you, Mr. President Thank you, Mr. President Charles W. Kim Afterthoughts I hoped, with every fiber of my being, that Ronald Reagan would lose in 1980. I was certain that the man would plunge the Earth into the eternal darkness of astronomer Carl Sagan’s theorized nuclear winter. It was ironic, and…
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Day recalls sacrifices on beaches of France
Day recalls sacrifices on beaches of France Having just completed the Memorial Day holiday — an especially poignant remembrance given the fact that America finds itself at war in Iraq and Afghanistan today — we turn our attention to Sunday, June 6. On that day, Americans will mark the 60th anniversary of the Allied invasion…
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Pulda farm should not be adult community
I have lived in North Brunswick Township for most of my childhood and attended the schools here from sixth to 12th grade. During the 1970s, this was a very desirable town with an exceptional educational system and respectful citizens. When I moved back to North Brunswick about 11 years ago, I suddenly realized that this…
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Residents will be losers in baseball deal
It is hard to believe that Middlesex County Freeholder Director David Crabiel and Monroe Township Mayor Richard Pucci, who is also executive director of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority, would even consider the possibility of donating almost 25 acres near Route 33 in Monroe to baseball team owner Steve Kalafer for a ballpark. This possible…
