Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Obituaries
Obituaries GEORGE IOCCA, 85, of North Brunswick died April 7 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, he moved to North Brunswick in 1948. Mr. Iocca was a foreman in the sheet metal shop at Fort Dix for 33 years, retiring in 1980. He served with the U.S. Army during…
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Your Turn
Guest ColumnA.J.NastusResident: Plan for 85 apartments is a bad idea Your Turn Guest Column A.J. Nastus Resident: Plan for 85 apartments is a bad idea Guest Column A.J. Nastus Resident: Plan for 85 apartments is a bad idea On the evening of Feb. 20, the North Brunswick Zoning Board approved the application from Kaplan Cos.…
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Resident urges voters to support school budget in South Brunswick
On April 15 come out and vote yes for the school budget. Please show your support of education in South Brunswick at this annual election. After analyzing the proposed budget, it is apparent that the Board of Education and administration were extremely responsible in preparing it. The task before our administration was not easy. While…
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Our View
Voters should support budgets Our View Voters should support budgets Voters in North and South Brunswick should support their respective school budgets. Polls in both towns will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday for the election. While there will be tax increases in both towns, the spending plans need our support to…
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Residents need to eliminate backroom politics at election polls
Finally, a group of Democrats who are standing up to the old guard in North Brunswick. I have been following the news stories on the campaign of the Reform Democrats for North Brunswick, and each article I read makes me even more excited about their prospects for winning. The voters of our township have made…
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Voter hopes N.B. residents vote down former council members
Voter hopes N.B. residents vote down former council members When the voters of North Brunswick decided in the late 1990s to reject the years of backroom politics that were so clearly practiced by Paul Matacera and George Shamy, you would have thought they would have understood that under no circumstances would we ever trust them…
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Guest Column
DebraJohnsonOrganizers hope march will highlight growing problem Guest Column Debra Johnson Organizers hope march will highlight growing problem Debra Johnson Organizers hope march will highlight growing problem On April 12, the Domestic Violence Task Force of the South Brunswick Women’s Commission will host its annual Humanity March against domestic violence and child abuse. I hope…
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Board hopefuls debate several growth issues
Superintendent search, growth issues dominate questions By charles w. kimStaff Writer By charles w. kim Staff Writer Bob Long SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Four of the six candidates for the Board of Education squared off Friday night. "We have to do more with less, but we must not lower our standards even though there is a…
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Fire victims give heartfelt thanks to all who assisted
In early February, our lives were devastated by a fire in our Monmouth Junction home. If not for the outstanding efforts of the local volunteer fire departments and the South Brunswick police, our house would have been totally destroyed. They were swift, decisive and in complete control of a fire that had spread to the…
