Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

Congratulations to Mack Womack and Carlo Socio on being elected Township Council president and vice president, respectively. The leadership they showed last year in standing up to the dictatorial policies of Peggy Scarillo, Leo Ryan and Maureen Little makes me believe the Township Council is in good hands this year. I would hope, for the…

I am 7 years old, and I am a Cub Scout in Spotswood. This fall, for Make A Difference Day, I helped plant trees around DeVoe Lake with other Scouts from town. The day after Christmas, my parents told me that someone damaged the trees and fences we put up. I was very upset when…

‘Wildlife’s Winter’ program at reservoir Jan. 19 The Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park will sponsor "Wildlife’s Winter" Jan. 19 at 1 p.m. at the Six Mile Run Reservoir site, 625 Canal Road, Franklin Township. The 90-minute program will be led by a park naturalist and will explore signs of wildlife such as animal homes…

Maureen Little’s comment in last week’s letter complaining that "the majority of the committee volunteers who have worked very hard for the past year … were thrown off … all hard working, upstanding people" is filled with irony and is incredibly disingenuous. It’s a shame Little didn’t feel that way two years ago when the…

I couldn’t believe the letter that was sent to the local newspapers by Council-woman Maureen Little in her attempt to put a positive light on her very negative tone at the township reorganization meeting Jan. 1. To begin with, Little complained Peggy Scarillo was not put on the open space committee and Leo Ryan was…

What will it take for the North Brunswick Republicans to understand that the residents of the township are tired of their continual pettiness and bickering? One would think, after her party got trounced in the polls the last two elections, Councilwoman Maureen Little would put partisanship aside and work with her fellow members of the…

I wanted to let the North Brunswick taxpayers know why I voted no for Councilman Francis "Mack" Womack as council president. I do not believe Councilman Womack will be the man to pull the council together. Instead I believe his motives will be purely political and not with the best interest of the taxpayers of…

As the new elected officials take office this week, it is now time to keep the promises made during the year. There is a new majority on the Township Council in North Brunswick. Democrats have taken that leadership role back, promising to show more civility and to reverse the Otken farm condemnation. On Tuesday, those…

There is something pathetic about the current New Jersey political scene as we consider both the last minute race to pass "pork barrel" legislation by the state Assembly and Senate and the Middletown school strike and jail sentences. Both scenarios illustrate rank and file civic shortcomings displaying selfish vested interests which put us all to…