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. MIRIAM HEADLEE STOVER, 89, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick died July 29 at The Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Highland Park, she was a…

  • Eliminate state, fed jobs; fund schools with savings

    Eliminate state, fed jobs; fund schools with savings On July 10 I decided to go to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (NJELEC) Web site to view reports of the local Republican and Democratic candidates in East Brunswick. First I viewed the Republican reports. Then I tried to view the Democratic reports, but was…

  • It’s time to improve relations with Cuba

    As a Republican mayor, it’s probably not surprising to learn that I don’t often agree with former President Jimmy Carter. But after reading a recap of his recent comments regarding Cuba in America magazine, I found at least one thing we agree on. Why is it that our treatment of a country a mere 90…

  • Obituaries

    WILLARD E. MYERS, 89, of South River, formerly of North Brunswick, died July 19 in St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He retired after working at Raritan Arsenal, Edison, for 23 years, but continued on the North Brunswick police force for 23 years, retiring in 1978 as captain of detectives. His wife, Madeline Dey Myers,…

  • Chairwomen extend thanks for support of softball tournament

    Last weekend the North Brunswick Girls’ Fast Pitch Softball Organization hosted a girls’ softball tournament. Thirty-seven teams from New Jersey, New York and Pennsyl-vania played 88 games in this ninth annual event. No tournament is successful without food and drink, and we would like to thank the people and organizations without whose help we would…

  • State budget will only fund MOM rail line and Route 92 projects

    I am gravely concerned over the recent activities by the state Legislature in Trenton. Our state Assembly members, Gary Guear and Linda Greenstein, voted for this year’s state budget. In fact, Mrs. Greenstein actually stood on the floor of the Assembly and praised the budget and a job well done. I respectfully disagree. Let’s look…

  • Tractor-trailers are danger to lives, bridges and tunnels

    More warehouses, more tractor-trailers, more danger on local roads, but federal safety regulations dating back to 1990 haven’t been implemented yet. Despite the heightened worries about terrorism, almost anyone who’s 21, reads English and can shift gears is able (within a few weeks) to get behind the wheel of a 40-ton tanker hauling gasoline or…

  • Jewish nursery school registration under way

    The Jewish Community Center of North and South Brunswick Nursery School is now accepting registration for school year beginning in September 2002 and ending June 2003. Openings are still available in the Tuesday and Thursday class for 2 1/2-year-olds which meets from 9-11:30 a.m. Also available is a children’s creative enrichment program, "Movin’ & Groovin’,"…

  • Hearing raises questions

    Although the South Brunswick Township Council voted to uphold a Zoning Board decision regarding almost 2 million square feet of new warehouse space, questions still linger. The body had to decide if it would affirm the board’s March decision to approve a use variance that would allow for the construction of three warehouses on Dunhams…