Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Traffic problems testament to shortsighted, uncoordinated planning

    Comments in the Sentinel, and at the South Brunswick Planning Board meetings, on the extension of Princeton Walk Boulevard South, have focused too narrowly on the stretch of the controversial roadway connecting Raymond Road and Route 522, thereby missing the force of the traffic engineer’s projection of its consequences. Completion of that stretch of road…

  • Carley will put South Bruns. residents first if elected in November

    Carley will put South Bruns. residents first if elected in November Is the Democratic candidate for council, Charles Carley, the new kid on the block? Absolutely not! I had the pleasure of meeting Charley five years ago when he was the treasurer on the South Brunswick Municipal Alliance Against Substance Abuse board. I was very…

  • North Brunswick Food Bank thanks community for support

    This summer, the North Brunswick Food Bank received two special deliveries. The children involved in the DHS Camp Program and the North Brunswick Board of Education Summer Enrichment Program were very generous in their contributions. Their help made our summer, usually our slow collection period, a successful one, during which we were able to assist…

  • Facts are wrong about N.B.

    Facts are wrong about N.B. athletics on Dem Web site Guest Column Phil Sinicropi I was amazed when I logged on to Francis (Mac) Womack and Carlo Socio’s Web site and read the untruths and half-truths written by these two candidates for the North Brunswick Township Council. As past president of North Brunswick Baseball Association,…

  • Council can’t take control of S.B. library funds

    Council can’t take control of S.B. library funds In your Sept. 21 edition, you printed an editorial and an article regarding the South Brunswick Public Library. As to your editorial, we couldn’t agree more. We are, however, requesting that you revisit the article, especially the headline, "S.B. town council takes control of library funds." It’s…

  • The idea of a Raymond Road connector road makes writer shudder

    I really cannot believe the attitude shown by Paul Murray and others who live in the quiet, secluded group of streets bordered by an old farm and a park, somewhat near Raymond Road. The chutzpah of Mr. Murray and others who call themselves "the Raymond Road community!" The only thing they use Raymond Road for…

  • A good municipal library also needs to operate like a good business

    A good library is more than just the wonderful programs, services, and books one sees. In South Brunswick, the library is also a $2-million annual operation with many employees and other obligations. In short, a business, but in that regard, the South Brunswick library seems to come up short. Two weeks ago, a professional auditor…

  • SBHS wind ensemble named to top 16 list

    The South Brunswick High School wind ensemble has been named one of the top 16 high school bands in the United States. The band is the first band from New Jersey and the Northeast to achieve this distinction, according to the high school. The band has been invited to perform at the National Concert Band…

  • LIVINGSTON PARK SCHOOL CARES —

    The students of Livingston Park School in North Brunswick participate in a mini-walk on Monday in support of the larger "Care-to-Walk/Run" against breast and ovarian cancer scheduled for 10 a.m. Oct. 7 at the North Brunswick Township High School track on Raider Road and Route 130. For more information about the event, call (732) 297-1090.…