Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Government has shown it can regulate land out of value

    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…

  • Resident wants town to continue to pursue Otken farm

    Congratulations to the North Brunswick Board of Education, and its volunteers and supporters for the recent passage of a referendum to enlarge the high school. We are told that the current number of students already exceeds that for which the high school was originally constructed, and that number will only increase significantly. The time to…

  • Sponsors of autism law deserve thanks

    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…

  • Don’t throw away favorable ruling on Otken farm

    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…

  • 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. 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…

  • Voters show support

    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…

  • Overmulching killing too many trees in South Brunswick

    After many years of serving as chairperson of the South Brunswick Shade Tree Commission, I have passed the leadership on to the very capable Diane Leonard. As the new president of the N.J. Shade Tree Federation, I am hoping that the visibility of my new position will help me remedy a frustration that I was…

  • Mayor and council should start considering residents needs

    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…

  • So. Brunswick historian asks for information on Old Stone Inn

    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…