Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Club praises council for toy drive

    he members of the North Brunswick Woman’s Club regret they are unable to take credit for the annual toy drive spon­sored by Bruce Chandlee and the North Brunswick Township Council. This is a most worthy endeavor and we hope residents will support them, as they are always generous in supporting us. At this time of…

  • Obituaries

    Marjorie S. Haggett Obituaries Marjorie S. Haggett Mrs. Haggett, 85, of Milltown died Dec. 9 in Francis E. Parker Nursing Home, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1993, she was director of music for 10 years at Nativity Evangelical Lutheran Church, East Brunswick. Before that, she was a music teacher at Hammerskjold Middle School,…

  • ‘Pay-to-play’ should pass

    ‘Pay-to-play’ should pass We wish the North Brunswick Township Council luck in passing a "pay-to-play" ordinance. The ordinance, first conceived by state watchdog group Common Cause, is supposed to help avoid corruption at the local level by not allowing professional firms to contribute beyond a certain amount if they want a contract with that government…

  • Your Turn

    Andrew J. BesoldGuest ColumnSaving last of North Brunswick Your Turn Andrew J. Besold Guest Column Saving last of North Brunswick’s farmland should be top priority Andrew J. Besold Guest Column Saving last of North Brunswick’s farmland should be top priority As some residents may be aware, on Dec. 2 the North Brunswick Planning Board unanimously…

  • Resident irate about lack of Route 1 traffic coverage

    I am a retired person living in South Brunswick, Middlesex County. I do not usually travel Route 1 in the morning rush hour, but had occasion to do so three weeks ago. Had I heard a traffic report, I would have used a different route. The trip between Sand Hill Road and Wynwood Drive, a…

  • Gas tax hike should go away

    The McGreevey administration’s 14.5 cent gas tax hike includes $5.5 billion of funding to "relieve congestion." Unfortunately, the state’s road building bureaucracy has a habit of making congestion problems worse instead of better. The reason for this is called "induced demand," or more colloquially, "if you build it, they will come." This means traffic, and…

  • Abandoning domesticated birds leads to problems

    Abandoning domesticated birds leads to problems The banning of feeding feral domestic ducks and geese is a good start to solving a problem that is all too prevalent in towns and cities across the United States. However, unless steps are taken that make the abandoning of birds a crime, the problem will never be solved.…

  • Obituaries

    Mary A. Dobzinski Shepanski Obituaries Mary A. Dobzinski Shepanski Mrs. Shepanski, 79, of North Brunswick died Dec. 3 at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Nanticoke, Pa., she resided in East Brunswick for 45 years, prior to moving to North Brunswick in 2001. She was employed at Greater New York Insurance Co., East…

  • Writer urges proper pet care in winter

    I am writing to express our concern re the proper care of pets during these frigid, bitter-cold winter days/nights. Where is our compassion and intelligence regarding our pets, both dogs and cats, when the thermometer dips towards zero? Shorthaired animals should not be left outside overnight if the temperature is below 40 degrees and damp.…