Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries MARIAN HYER DANLEY, 86, of South River died May 24 in McCarrick Care Center, Somerset section of Franklin. Her husband, Walter Danley, died in 1983. Surviving are a son, Walter Danley of East Brunswick; a daughter, Bonnie Boettger of North Brunswick; two sisters, Evelyn Danley of South River and Madeline Meissner of Keyport; five…

  • Parent implores recreational soccer league to make play more fair

    I just spent a Saturday watching my son’s fifth grade team play two games and get beaten by the combined score of 12-0. Had this been traveling soccer or middle school soccer, that would have just been the breaks of the game. But this is supposed to be a recreational soccer league, and it sickens…

  • School property taxes should be restored to pre-Whitman levels

    If double taxation of dividends is not logical, what do you call continual taxation of your home, especially school taxes? Another reason to exempt the first $225,000 market value of a home and restore the New Jersey income tax to levels before Whitman’s 30 percent cut. Matthew House North Brunswick

  • Chairman urges awareness of ‘Operation Stroke’

    As chairman of the American Stroke Association’s "Operation Stroke" project, I encourage all residents of Middlesex County to learn their personal risk for stroke during May, American Stroke Month. Take advantage of the eighth annual American Stroke Association "StrokeAlert!" free community stroke education, risk assessment and screening program being offered at close to 130 New…

  • Our View

    N.B. council acting shamefully Our View N.B. council acting shamefully The North Brunswick Township Council should be ashamed of itself. The council and Mayor David Spaulding are willing to let the Otken family’s money "ride," when it all should be in the family’s bank account right now — plus some. We have maintained, throughout this…

  • Two more So. Brunswick school plans highlighted

    Two more So. Brunswick school plans highlighted Two more So. Brunswick school plans highlighted These are the preliminary building plans for Constable and Greenbrook elementary schools in South Brunswick. The May 12 plans may be changed before the Board of Education adopts a final plan for the December referendum. A meeting of the board’s facilities…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries DAVID J. DALLAS, 49, died May 14 at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, he resided there prior to moving to North Brunswick 14 years ago. He was a mail handler at the U.S. Postal Service Kilmer Facility, Edison, the past 30 years. He served with the U.S. Marines during…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnJeremy PollackKingston resident objects tohistoric preservation ordinance Your Turn Guest Column Jeremy Pollack Kingston resident objects to historic preservation ordinance Guest Column Jeremy Pollack Kingston resident objects to historic preservation ordinance Clearly, a significant amount of well-meaning effort has gone into the draft of the proposed historic preservation ordinance for the South Brunswick side…

  • N.B. council shouldn’t be suing Zoning Board over housing project

    I am disgusted with the fact that the North Brunswick Township Council is filing a lawsuit against the Zoning Board in an attempt to block the construction of senior housing on Cozzens Lane. It makes no sense as to why the governing body would go to such extremes — and even pay an attorney $6,000…