Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Is this any way to pick a superintendent?

    For residents who favor calm, the news from Tuesday’s North Brunswick Board of Education meeting was not good. The board, which is split into two factions, apparently cannot agree on who the next schools superintendent should be. It probably should not come as any great surprise, considering that this same board, because of disagreement, had…

  • Del Guercio calls election experience positive

    I want to thank the people of South Brunswick for the kind words of encouragement many of you expressed to me during my recent campaign for Town Council. Although the results were not what I wanted or expected, the entire experience was positive. I congratulate the three victors, Carol Barrett, Ed Luciano and, of course,…

  • It’s time to do something about those annoying political campaign signs

    Well, Election 2000 is over. Or is it? If history has taught us one thing, we will continue to be reminded of this election for weeks, or perhaps months, to come. Hordes of campaign volunteers have spent countless hours over the past weeks posting and planting campaign signs, posters and banners on just about every…

  • South Brunswick councilman expresses thanks to his supporters

    First, I wish to thank everyone who supported my candidacy for re-election to the council. I am truly humbled that you have honored me with a fourth term and will continue to work hard on behalf of all our residents. Second, I am indebted to my running mates, Joe Del Guercio and Dawn Burns-Smith. It…

  • GOP candidate grateful for the opportunity to run in So. Brunswick

    GOP candidate grateful for the opportunity to run in So. Brunswick This past April I was honored to be chosen, along with Joe Del Guercio and Ted Van Hessen, to represent the Republican Party in our Township Council election. It has been an experience I won’t forget. There are many people I must thank for…

  • College Board names South Brunswick AP Scholars

    Thirty-three South Brunswick High School students have been named AP Scholars by the College Board for their achievement on the college-level AP examinations. Roughly 13 percent of the 700,000 students who took the exams merit such recognition. Students take the AP examinations in May after completing college-level courses at their high school. There are 33…

  • SCHOLARS β€”

    Barbara Bye (l), treasurer of the Fleet Class of 2000 Foundation, and Assemblyman Kip Bateman (r) (R-16) present David Cox Jr. (second from left), South Brunswick, and Daniel McCracken, North Brunswick, certificates honoring them as Fleet National 2000 Scholars. Cox is a freshman at Caldwell College in Caldwell and McCracken is a freshman at Middlesex…

  • Different messages in North, South Brunswick

    The Democrats were victorious, with one lone exception, in North and South Brunswick Tuesday, but the two races were anything but similar. North Brunswick Democratic challengers Carlo Socio and Mack Womack pulled a stunning upset over incumbent Republicans Paul Pappas and Bill Goldstein in their quest to regain a voice on the all-Republican Township Council.…

  • Indik award winner sets the record straight

    The news release about my nomination for the Barry Indik Memorial Award, given for community service, stated that I was one of the original founders and developers of Charleston Place. I want to correct an error in that I did not join the board of Charleston Place until 1990, which was long after it was…