Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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Newspapers have a new policy on endorsements
Newspapers have a new policy on endorsements For decades, Greater Media Newspapers, which publishes the Sentinel, has made it a policy to endorse political candidates before local elections in the belief that readers look to our opinion as part of their decision making process. Granted, there were drawbacks to those endorsements because they often alienated…
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How about some real open space in N.B.?
How about some real open space in N.B.? Does the North Brunswick Open Space Committee really consider a sports complex "open space?" Sounds like more noise, congestion, and trash blowing around to me, not to mention loss of a great many trees and the prospect of more tax increases to cover the cost of construction,…
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Make your vote count
If you are a registered voter or entitled to a provisional ballot because you have moved from your previous voting address but still reside in the county, be sure to cast your vote Tuesday. North Brunswick and South Brunswick both have important municipal elections. In North Brunswick, voters will have to decide whether they are…
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The truth hurts on Little Rocky Hill PARC plan
I recently wrote a letter to express my concern over the recent rezoning of environmentally sensitive land in Little Rocky Hill, South Brunswick. The letter questioned the rezoning for a Planned Adult Residential Community (PARC) by the present Township Council and the vote to support that rezoning by a council candidate in his position as…
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Thanks for making fall book sale a success
Great books, great snacks, great people, great sale! It is my privilege to thank the following friends for their generous donation of time and effort to the friends of the South Brunswick Public Library’s Fall Book Sale. Andrew Costagliola, Debbie Costagliola, Andrew Dahl, Frank Dahl, Pat Dahl, Helen Davis, Corinne Decker, Gary Edelman, Sy Getchberg,…
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Engel extends thanks to blood drive donors
South Brunswick’s Blood Bank Committee would like to say thanks to the 182 caring folks who came down to our blood donor drive Oct. 14. From them, 150 desperately needed pints of blood were collected. The shortage of blood is so critical around the country and in New Jersey, and the blood we collected only…
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Group homes do affect property values
North Brunswick home owners have worked hard to acquire and maintain their homes. Do we deserve four group homes in a four-block area? Do we deserve approximately 30 mental patients who are free to walk our neighborhood without supervision? Township Council President Peggy Scarillo is standing up for North Brunswick and our longtime residents. She…
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Put open space on ballot, not budget, urges resident
Mr. Van Hessen states, "It was a Republican administration who put on the ballot and created the Open Space Trust Fund." Correction: The Republicans were in the majority when the referendum was put on the ballot and the Democrats were in the majority when the Open Space Preservation Trust Fund was created. The initiative for…
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Intersection much safer, thanks to traffic signal
I’d like to congratulate South Brunswick Mayor Debra Johnson and the Township Council for fighting to get the traffic signal installed at the intersection of Beekman Road and Route 27. It took a lot of hard work and sometimes it seemed like the state Department of Transportation would never approve it, but now that intersection’s…
