• Funding health care is good fiscal policy

    Our governor has a very convincing presence and comes off as folksy and doing the “right thing.” One “right thing” did not sit well with me; he eliminated funding for Planned Parenthood on the order of $7.5 million. He refuses federal aid then puts a fraction of state funds into helping support health care for…

  • Dismayed to read of punishment in schools

    A s a visitor to the United States, I was pained to read Greg Bean’s column, “Classroom Punishments: American Horror Stories” (Sentinel, Sept. 13). It is shocking that such punishments are meted out to children in a child-centric society like the United States. Subsequent to my father’s transfer, I went to Washington, D.C., in 1945…

  • Taxpayers must say ‘no’ to bond issue

    I t is election time and, yes, the voters are being asked again to support another bond issue. The state of New Jersey still hasn’t paid off bonds that were passed many years ago. New Jersey is already $45 billion in debt. Does anyone care? This new bond issue will cost taxpayers another $750 million.…

  • Resident is voting for Republicans in N.B.

    I n North Brunswick, the Nov. 6 election will have consequences. We have a choice between Republican challengers Mike Rizzi and Audrey Andrews and the Democratic incumbents. The Democrats controlled our town for years, and have taxed businesses and families out of town. Businesses who kept homeowners’ property taxes down left. Coca-Cola left North Brunswick…

  • Trick-or-treating event will aid 4-year-old boy

    Skull Riders to raise money on Halloween night BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Ray Fantel is a “very special boy.” The 4-year-old is wheelchair bound, needs round-the-clock assistance and has already beaten the odds. Diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) at 5 months old, Ray was not expected to live past the…

  • S.B. library searching for café vendor

    The South Brunswick Public Library Board of Trustees announced a second opportunity for bids for the operation of a café service within the South Brunswick Public Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. The space for a café was made possible through its recent renovation project. More than 300,000 patron visits were recorded in 2011, with…

  • Traffic changes made along Route 1 near So. Brunswick

    Dept. of Transportation amends re-rerouting of vehicles during improvement project BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A controversial trial program along Route 1 in West Windsor has been terminated, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). The trial program, which ran short of its 12-week run, prohibited left-hand turns onto Washington…

  • Residents should be on gourd for pumpkin patch

    Christ the King Lutheran Church is selling pumpkins as a fundraiser BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Volunteers help unload and organize thousands of pumpkins from a trailer on Oct. 13. The pumpkins are now on sale at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Kendall Park as part of a fundraiser. Christ the King Lutheran Church…

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