Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Linwood program makes homework fun for kids
Staff Writer By dave goldberg VERONICA YANKOWSKI Debbie Byrne, a science teacher at the Linwood Middle School, helps student Harry Martinez with some work during the Linwood Middle School’s new after-school program. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Last month the Linwood Middle School began an after-school program to help students get their homework done. "I am very…
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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. JOSEPH R. FRITSCHE SR., 62, of North Brunswick died March 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Perth Amboy, he resided in Fords…
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Gambatese would assure good government
It gives me great pleasure to support Deputy Mayor Frank Gambatese as a candidate for mayor of South Brunswick. I feel that he has both the leadership skills and the breadth and depth of knowledge regarding township administration that would make him an outstanding leader of our community. He brings a vast experience both as…
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District tried to keep tax increase low
Although the South Bruns-wick school district will be asking taxpayers to dig a bit deeper this year, officials did try to keep any increase reasonable. The proposed 10 cents per $100 of assessed value increase could have been much worse. Neighboring towns are being asked to accept increases two and three times that size with…
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Elect officials who are concerned about S.B. residents
Elect officials who are concerned about S.B. residents Now that South Brunswick Mayor Debra Johnson has decided not to run for re-election, let us hope that we elect officials who speak English, not doublespeak. The mayor recently stated that the taxes had not gone up in South Brunswick, but that is not the fact. In…
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One lesson I seem to never learn is that the average citizens of South Brunswick have no chance of facing the juggernaut of developer money and local politics. The Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting of March 7 is a testament to my ignorance of how things
One lesson I seem to never learn is that the average citizens of South Brunswick have no chance of facing the juggernaut of developer money and local politics. The Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting of March 7 is a testament to my ignorance of how things really are in this township. Our master plan, along…
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Guest Column William Hartko It’s a sad time when truth plays second fiddle to politics
Guest Column William Hartko It’s a sad time when truth plays second fiddle to politics I graduated from high school almost 40 years ago. And I must admit that much of what I learned and saw there has become, to put it gently, hazy. But among the things still quite clear in my mind is…
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Resident doesn’t want hierarchies running town
It seems to be the North Brunswick Democrats who sit on the Town Council are so worried about being civil, they don’t stand up for what they believe in. After reading the article about Mayor David Spaulding using some money from the wedding fund and some money from the taxpayers’ general fund to discriminatingly give…
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Home-business ordinance needs work
The new home-business ordinance being proposed in South Brunswick is a good idea, but one that needs work. The new ordinance will make honest people of the telecommuters who are technically not in compliance with zoning regulations when they check their e-mail from home. Deputy Mayor Frank Gambatese is correct to say that times are…
