Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Resident amused by South Brunswick mayor and council excesses

    I’m amused by the South Brunswick Township Coun-cil’s ambitious agenda for the coming year because their task is made much more difficult by our mayor’s first-term voting record. I couldn’t help chuckling when Mayor Debra Johnson pledged to control growth, manage finances and improve the quality of life for township residents. Certainly if these were…

  • Dr. Rimmer is only worthy candidate left for school superintendent

    The North Brunswick school district and the citizens of North Brunswick are caught in the middle of a power struggle based on petty, personal disagreements between school board members. North Brunswick has an excellent school system. The staff and administration are first-rate. The fact that the administration is first-rate is proved by how easily our…

  • South Brunswick says thanks to holiday program supporters

    The Department of Rec-reation and Community Affairs would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every individual who took part in helping us with our holiday program. Without your help, our program would not succeed as well as it does. The volunteers that came into the office and helped, along with the generous…

  • Dr. Rimmer the best man for superintendent position

    Dr. Rimmer the best man for superintendent position My name is James Nastus, and I am a 1995 graduate of North Brunswick Township High School. Since graduating from NBTHS, I have watched the school grow in both size and stature, culminating with it being named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.…

  • Resident feels Dr. Rimmer is wrong candidate for North Brunswick superintendent position

    Resident feels Dr. Rimmer is wrong candidate for North Brunswick superintendent position As a 20-year resident of North Brunswick, I believe the superintendent of schools’ job is the most important position in our township, more important than the mayor, council president, police inspector or business administrator. We spend nearly twice as many of our hard-earned…

  • Scarillo qualified to conduct N.B. township meetings

    Scarillo qualified to conduct N.B. township meetings I do not understand why Mayor David Spaulding would want Mr. Robert Lombard, or anyone other than Peggy Scarillo, to conduct township meetings when he is absent. I have been following North Brunswick politics for many years and whenever Mayor Paul Matacera was not present, the procedure was…

  • Writer has different memory of Pulda farm

    This letter is in response to the Jan. 5 letter by G. Wood. It really is not necessary to point out that it was former Mayor Paul Matacera that wanted to buy the Pulda farm when it was not for sale; even those "… affected with short-term memory" will always remember when Mr. Pulda had…

  • NJ Transit doesn’t get it: Proposed MOM rail route makes no sense

    As if the half-billion dollar cost of routing NJ Transit’s proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex rail line to South Brunswick weren’t enough, another good reason to derail this bad idea is in the news this week. Five companies that want to build a ferry terminal and start commuter service to Wall Street have presented plans to South Amboy…

  • South Brunswick senior overwhelmed with deep gratitude to all

    The present missive, though a little late in coming, arrives with all the loving thanks in my heart. This turning point in history lends itself to a glance back in time. The elves were busy at 6 Dundee Road this year commandeered by Mary Jones and June Benjamin. Plater’s rescue schedule included a food brigade…