Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Resident feels ‘profiling’ unnecessary in media

    On the issue of racial profiling we are all guilty at some point. One unfortunate example of this, I think, is a tendency in the Sentinel and other newspapers to mention (selectively) the race of various perpetrators as if it were particularly relevant to the description of some crime. Consider the report of the recent…

  • Homeowners ask drivers to slow down

    My wife and I have been North Brunswick residents for two years. Why is it people must drive so fast on the local roads? North Brunswick has three main roads, which run through town, Route 1, Route 130 and Route 27. These roads all have high speed limits; there is no reason that people need…

  • ‘Bedfellow’ Spaulding should step down Guest Column Mary Salva

    ‘Bedfellow’ Spaulding should step down Guest Column Mary Salva I am sure everyone has heard politics make strange bedfellows. After reading statements made by Mayor David Spaulding, I now know how strange they can be. Mayor Spaulding said, "It’s kind of funny, [former Mayor] Paul [Matacera] and I agree on quite a lot, and it…

  • North Brunswick should compromise, not condemn

    North Brunswick should compromise, not condemn It may sound good at first — a township taking land out of the hands of a developer for open space. On the surface, it sounds like a noble endeavor for North Bruns-wick’s elected officials to take the Otken farm’s 105 acres instead of letting yet another development into…

  • N. Brunswick resident proposes a council elected by ward system

    The long run of the Democratic administration in North Brunswick ended a year ago with the election of all Republicans. Though generally effective, the Democratic administration was brought down by the questionable practices of some of their professional employees. Now, the present Republican administration seems doomed in its first term. Professionals with good records have…

  • Warsh’s visit changes few minds

    Warsh’s visit changes few minds At least NJ Transit Director Jeffrey Warsh made it to town last week. South Brunswick officials, residents and state legislators met with Warsh on Jan. 25 to discuss the controversial Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex commuter rail line. While the visit may help information flow a little better between the township and the Transit…

  • Spaulding’s ‘new-found’ support shocks resident

    To say I was shocked, when I read a statement that Mayor David Spaulding is happy with his new-found support he is getting from former Mayor Paul Matacera is an understatement. Why would Spaulding want support from the former mayor who caused so many problems that North Brunswick now has to endure? Isn’t Dave Spaulding…

  • Behavior of the ‘loud minority’ unproductive, says board member Guest Column Robert Grimm

    Behavior of the ‘loud minority’ unproductive, says board member Guest Column Robert Grimm For about six and a half of the past eight years I have served as a member of the North Brunswick Township Board of Education. I was elected by the voters twice (in 1993 and 1996), did not seek re-election in 1999,…