Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

The continuing soap opera that is North Brunswick continued to play out this week when the Democrats on the Township Council passed a resolution calling for fair negotiations with the Otken family. I have to give credit where credit is due though, and at least the Democrats are trying to do the right thing by…

The township of North Brunswick has more open space than it knows what to do with. Let those in favor of condemnation and seizure of the Otken family homestead surrender their homesteads for a third of their value as a good faith example. After working and paying taxes for nearly three generations, the Otken family…

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. LILLIAN AYERS TOTH, 80, of Spotswood died Jan. 19 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Charles A. Toth, died in 1988. Surviving are…

The voters of North Bruns-wick showed this week that they really care about their education program. Residents approved the $29 million schools building referendum by a 2-1 margin. Many people worked very hard and very quickly to put this important plan together to help ease the crowding in the high school. Parents, teachers and administrators…

The autism community is very fortunate that legislation supporting continuation of the New Jersey Governor’s Council on Autism Research was signed into law on Jan. 7. Since its inception two years ago, the council has awarded 23 research grants, assisted in the establishment of an autism registry in the state, and helped develop the first…

Recently South Brunswick Mayor Debra Johnson wrote a letter looking back at the events and the accomplishments of 2001. Needless to say, she failed to indicate what was not accomplished. Members of the town government voted themselves an annual cost-of-living increase while the police were without a contract for too long. Taxes are continuing to…

Much of our local history is what I call "forgotten history." From the time of the Lenni Lenape Native Americans to our "settlers" of today, the who, what and when of South Brunswick’s history is often a mystery waiting to be solved. Learning about those who came before us helps to understand the community we…

Vindication! That’s the feeling that those of us who constituted the North Brunswick Open Space Committee under the previous Republican-led council experienced after state Superior Court Judge James Hurley handed down his decision concerning the township’s acquisition of the Otken farm through eminent domain. The judge’s ruling means North Brunswick has demonstrated a need for…

I just can’t believe, with all of the serious issues facing North Brunswick, Councilwoman Maureen Little thinks her line in the sand should be drawn around the falun gong issue in China. For those not familiar with the issue, the communist Chinese government has conducted a major crackdown in China against members of this group,…