Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • School board candidate data available in South Brunswick

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Residents wishing to run for the Board of Education can pick up their materials at the board’s Executive Drive offices. Three seats will be filled this year when voters go to the polls on April 17. The seats currently held by board President Harry Delgado, Dr. Matthew Speesler and Anna Tupe will…

  • Searching for answers in North Brunswick

    It’s not clear exactly what went wrong with North Brunswick’s snow cleanup Saturday, but township officials are doing the right thing looking for solutions. According to Township Council President Peggy Scarillo there have been a number of complaints. As a result, she has called for a special meeting at 7 p.m. at the municipal building…

  • Proposed N.B. sports complex and open space don’t equate

    Proposed N.B. sports complex and open space don’t equate Letter writer Margie Demark’s heart certainly is in the right place when she urges preservation of open space in North Brunswick (Sentinel,Dec. 29), but someone should point out that it was former Mayor Paul Matacera, not David Spaulding, who tried to buy the Pulda farm a…

  • S.B. resident thankful state finally recognized fellow veterans

    The state of New Jersey Department of Military and Veteran’s Affairs has initiated a program of issuing citations and the state of New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal for Veterans who have served in combat areas. It is refreshing to see our state officials endorse and partake in this worthy endeavor to honor our living and…

  • Vendor table space still available for craft fair

    St. Augustine of Canterbury School will hold its annual Pre-Spring Craft Show and Flea Market Feb. 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fund-raiser will feature crafts, refreshments, raffles and other items. Vendor tables are also still available. St. Augustine’s is at 45 Henderson Road, Kendall Park section of South Brunswick. For more information,…

  • Kudos to the King’s Highway committee

    Getting a building, let alone a highway segment, on the National Register of Historic Places is no easy task. For that reason, the 21-member King’s Highway ad hoc committee, made up of representatives of the five towns along the 10-mile segment, including South Brunswick, deserves considerable credit. The committee began to take shape in the…

  • Frosty has special meaning for Judd School 3rd-grader

    Staff Writer By dave goldberg JERRY WOLKOWITZ Colleen Thiersch, 8, a third-grader at Judd Elementary School, North Brunswick, stands by a snowman, the inspiration for her award-winning invention. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Colleen Thiersch, 8, knows something about snowmen. The Judd Elementary School third-grader recently won third place in the national Invent America Contest for her…

  • NBTHS continues holiday tradition at Judd School

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Daniel Lyles, 10, a fifth-grader at Judd Elementary School in North Brunswick, “conducts” the North Brunswick High School band from his seat in the audience during a holiday concert last week at the school. NORTH BRUNSWICK — Judd Elementary School students were treated to various holiday activities last week, including a concert by…

  • High School locked down

    In March South Brunswick High School Principal Thomas Kietrys and Police Chief Michael Paquette faced the media after the high school was locked down for two hours because of what turned out to be a bogus threat of a student with a gun. JERRY WOLKOWITZ