Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Teachers keep pressure on S. Brunswick Board
Sides to meet before mandatory mediationon contract BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer Sides to meet before mandatory mediation on contract BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer CHARLES W. KIM Hundreds of South Brunswick teachers pack the Board of Education meeting Monday night to discuss contract negotiations. SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Members of the teachers union kept…
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Obituaries
George Christopher Hendry Obituaries George Christopher Hendry Mr. Hendry, 80, of Freehold died Oct. 6 at The Manor, Freehold Township. Born in Winter Haven, Fla., he had lived in Howell and Freehold Township before moving to Freehold 25 years ago. He was the owner and operator of Freehold Taxi, Freehold, for 30 years. Prior to…
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Taxes, taxes, taxes
Taxes, taxes, taxes Candidates for state office think that taxes are the big issue this year. We think so as well. During the last two years, local school districts and municipalities have needed to increase property taxes due to the state’s fiscal crisis. Gov. McGreevey has frozen aid for two years in a row, causing…
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Your Turn
Jean E. DvorakGuest ColumnTime to follow lead of other towns in preserving land Your Turn Jean E. Dvorak Guest Column Time to follow lead of other towns in preserving land Jean E. Dvorak Guest Column Time to follow lead of other towns in preserving land Now that the court has ruled on the K&K Developers…
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‘One-party dictatorship’ in North Brunswick must go
The letter to the editor from Betty Kessler regarding political signs places her in the spin zone. There is no way she has forgotten Mr. Francis "Mac" Womack’s 7-foot-tall signs that cluttered our township in June. Betty, there is no way you can spin Mr. Womack’s attacks on his own party about campaign contributions from…
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Letters of support seem like ‘déjà vu all over again‘
Letters of support seem like ‘déjà vu all over again‘ It seems every campaign season the North Brunswick Republicans are so completely lacking in issues they resort to their annual ritual of running a misleading letters-to-the-editor campaign. Two weeks ago, Pete Maimone wrote a letter trying to give credit to the Republican mayoral candidate for…
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Dems changed town’s ‘rough and tumble’ politics
It was very nice to read in the local paper this week about how the tone of North Brunswick politics has changed from the "rough and tumble" tactics which our township has been known for during the past 10 years. No one should wonder for a minute why this has occurred. Thanks to the leadership…
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Letter writer’s choice is ‘Mac and the Democrats’
With only about a month left before Election Day, I hope the residents of North Brunswick begin to really focus on the many positive changes which have occurred in our municipal government since Mac Womack and the Democrats took control of the Township Council in 2002. Think back just a few years ago, when the…
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Resident decries North Brunswick political atmosphere
I have lived in North Brunswick many years, and I have been active in township politics most of that time. I have seen good and bad issues passed by both political parties. But, never in all those years have I heard or witnessed the disgrace that has taken place this past year. Yes, times do…
