Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnJean E. DvorakResidents must speak up to help stop commercial sprawl Your Turn Guest Column Jean E. Dvorak Residents must speak up to help stop commercial sprawl Guest Column Jean E. Dvorak Residents must speak up to help stop commercial sprawl Just whom does the government of South Brunswick serve? From recent ordinance proposals,…

  • Our View

    Proposed ban causes static Our View Proposed ban causes static Anger has been spreading among motorists during the past week because of a proposed piece of state legislation aimed at banning hand-held cellular telephone use while driving. The state Legislature decided to add a clarification of what contributes to careless driving to the proposed cell…

  • Political abuse of photo ops are nothing new

    Deborah Koster’s letter on May 8 concerning Councilman Francis "Mac" Womack’s photo op with the North Brunswick Fire Department leads me to raise similar concerns about President Bush’s recent photo op on the USS Abraham Lincoln. President George Bush’s jet landing was entirely staged as a mega ego trip. The ship was within helicopter range;…

  • Resident urges voters: ignore Womack’s ‘reformation’; vote for Shamy

    Resident urges voters: ignore Womack’s ‘reformation’; vote for Shamy After receiving my third flier from the so-called "reformed Democrats," I felt compelled to respond to all the inaccurate statements. • The reformed Democrats were not the ones that uncovered the Brunswick Bank & Trust debacle. It was the Republicans who took the taxpayers’ money and…

  • Reform Democrats have shown voters they are independent thinkers

    For years, we have waited for Democrats in North Brunswick to show they are independent thinkers, and that is why so many people are excited by the campaign being run by the Reform Democrats. Mac Womack and Carlo Socio have, during their tenure on the Township Council, really straightened out the craziness that was going…

  • Don’t look at ‘pie-in-the-sky’ promises; look at records

    Don’t look at ‘pie-in-the-sky’ promises; look at records Listening to the rhetoric coming from the Shamy campaign, it is no wonder why people are sick of politics and politicians. Not only does Mr. George Shamy think he can gloss over the fact he was a major part of the financial debate which happened in North…

  • Elementary school plans address enrollment rise

    Voters to have final sayin referendum tentatively scheduled for Dec. 10 By tara petersenCorrespondent Voters to have final say in referendum tentatively scheduled for Dec. 10 By tara petersen Correspondent SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Older elementary schools may be getting everything they need, including new kitchen sinks. The Board of Education outlined a new building proposal…

  • Chandlee’s daughter lends support to Womack, Socio

    I was a registered independent because I was taught to have my own thoughts and ideas. Francis "Mac" Womack, Carlo Socio, Rhonda Lyles and my father, Bruce Chandlee, also have their own ideas and think independently. These people ran for office because of what they could give, not because of what they could gain. My…

  • Milltown resident hopes others see through reform Dems’ platform

    Let me be the first person to point out that Francis "Mac" Womack and Carlo Socio are the two candidates to initiate the use of negative campaign tactics for the June 3 primary election, as evidence by their childish mailer of this week. I am sure the majority of residents are able to see through…