Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. OMA RUFFNER, 73, of East Brunswick died Nov. 26 in St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1980, she was a clerk at…

  • Commute may be more

    taxing for N.J. residents taxing for N.J. residents Facing a $7.4 billion budget deficit over the next two years, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is looking outside the city to commuters in order to pay $1 billion in additional taxes to help bail the metropolis out of its fiscal troubles. Repealed a few years…

  • Mayor’s ‘water world’ a waste of money, resident says

    After reading the article regarding the feasibility study for a township water park (Sentinel, Dec. 5), I find it ironic that Mayor Debra Johnson would be using terms such as "b.s." and "moronic" to describe the results of the aforementioned study. Ironic in the sense that these very words were on the lips and minds…

  • ‘Peace Train’ activist urges public to support anti-war cause

    I was one of about 500 New Jerseyans who rode the "Peace Train" Dec. 7. After holding rallies at local train stations all over New Jersey, peace activists converged by rail on Newark to show our opposition to war with Iraq. At the New Brunswick station, I waited with 100 other people for the 10:38,…

  • Stop wasting public money on silly, expensive studies

    Last week, a number of people from central New Jersey were exposed to one of the most ludicrous examples of bureaucratic nonsense. Because a few people in Ocean County think they need a train line that wanders all over central New Jersey, NJ Transit and its consultants held what they called a "scoping meeting" to…

  • Fibromyalgia lecture set for Jan. 9 in E. Brunswick

    Fibromyalgia lecture set for Jan. 9 in E. Brunswick The Wellness Education Foundation, East Brunswick, will sponsor a free community lecture on fibromyalgia at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 9 at Borders Books and Music, MidState Mall, Route 18, East Brunswick. Matthew J. Speesler, M.D., will offer the latest information on drug-free options for fibromyalgia treatment.…

  • Obituaries

    ELSA E. WAPPLER KNELLER, 91, of North Brunswick died Nov. 26 at Rose Mountain Care Center, New Brunswick. Born in Germany, she lived in Clifton and Whiting before moving to North Brunswick in 1985. She worked in the cafeteria at Clifton High School for 20 years, retiring in 1973. She was a member of the…

  • Where is the report?

    Where is the report? In February 2001, former NJ Transit Executive Director Jeffrey Warsh promised to deliver a report to South Brunswick Township, state officials and the press. We are all still waiting. The report was completed in November 2000, according to documents on NJ Transit’s Internet site. The report looks at the feasibility of…

  • Guest Column

    Diane LeonardCommission chair leaps to defense of township Diane Leonard Commission chair leaps to defense of township’s trees Trees, sidewalks and the conflict between public safety and the benefits mature trees bring to our township are a problem all towns must revisit from time to time. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service,…