Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion
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N.B. Board of Education preparing to fill vacancy Board members agree to provide materials for Parsons playground
By craig yetsko N.B. Board of Education preparing to fill vacancy Board members agree to provide materials for Parsons playground NORTH BRUNSWICK — The Board of Education is preparing to interview candidates to fill a vacant seat on the board. At their workshop meeting, the board picked five questions they will ask six candidates during…
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Too many unanswered questions
Monday’s liquor license renewal hearing for the Heartbreakers go-go bar in North Brunswick raises a lot of interesting questions, ones the Township Council needs answers to before even considering renewing the license. For some mysterious reason, the attorney for the club does not know anything about a complaint about violations of Alcoholic Beverage Control regulations.…
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Rail link defended as better choice
Daniel S. Kerwin As Gov. Whitman, the state Senate and Assembly set public transportation priorities for regional corridors, they consider all factors — mobility for all, societal needs, energy and environmental. Inclusion of the MOM rail link into the Circle of Mobility for urban core projects fits those needs for over three regions. Mobility for…
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E.B. site will contaminate Farrington lake
It often seems that people dismiss environmental problems because they don’t affect them directly. They’re not occurring in your back yard, or to you or to your family, so why should you be concerned? In East Brunswick, there is a proposal before the zoning board that will have the potential to impact a great many…
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New N.B. GOP administration starting to resemble its predecessor
New N.B. GOP administration starting to resemble its predecessor (Copy of a letter to the North Brunswick Township Council) I am writing for two reasons. The first is to congratulate you on the success of your efforts to put the township government back on the road to integrity. The former administration, in its long tenure,…
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Thanks for assistance with recent S.B. millennium celebration
Thanks for assistance with recent S.B. millennium celebration On Friday and Saturday, July 7 and 8, South Brunswick presented a summer "Millennium" celebration. Over the course of the two evenings, more than 8,000 people enjoyed a concert, fireworks, amusements, contests, games, music and an outdoor movie. A true community gathering: children frolicked, people picnicked, tossed…
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HI, MOM AND DAD —
Youngsters enjoy the North Brunswick Township High School swimming pool Monday during a North Brunswick Parks and Recreation summer camp visit to the pool.
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We need another mall like another headache
I can’t understand why some members of the new council, i.e., Peggy Scarillo and Leo Ryan, think that we need ratables for the people of our township. Are they claiming that our taxes will go down when these shopping centers are in business? Have our taxes come down considerably in the last 30 or more…
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Reader dismayed with N.B. mayor and council at recent meeting
Reader dismayed with N.B. mayor and council at recent meeting I am writing to express my dismay with Mayor David Spaulding and the North Brunswick Township Council for allowing last week’s council meeting to turn into a series of personal attacks meant only to discredit those who oppose the plan to rezone land along the…
