Month: July 2011

  • Firehouse won’t be on November election ballot

    Mayor calls on Milltown residents, officials to come together on issue BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — There will be no public question regarding the proposed firehouse on this November’s election ballot. And that comes as a disappointment to some residents who came to the July 25 Borough Council meeting to express their desire…

  • First, it’s your soda, then they’ll come for the bacon

    CODA GREG BEAN Everybody has their own idea of what the fire pit down below might look like, and what we have to look forward to if we don’t mind our p’s and q’s while we’re on this mortal plane. In my imagined Hades, only the very bad go to the worst levels, and those…

  • Follow traffic rules, avoid paying fines

    I n these hard economic times, no one can afford to pay traffic fines for minor or large traffic violations on the roads in New Jersey. Our traffic police are actively involved in issuing tickets for any kind of traffic violation, big or small. To avoid tickets, I urge all motorists to follow complete traffic…

  • N.J. taxpayers are the ones being cheated

    Way to go, Governor Christie! I’ve been reading the worn-out statement that the cuts in the budget are cheating the poor, most vulnerable, etc. Here’s the gist of an article that recently appeared in the news. You decide who is being cheated. A member of the administration of a child care center in Newark was…

  • Promoting oil drilling is irresponsible, selfish

    The minute I read the rebuttal letter from Tony Paskitti regarding increasing oil drilling (“Massive Drilling Effort Would Benefit U.S.,” Sentinel, Letters to the Editor, July 7), I ran to my keyboard to respond. While the figures presented sound wonderful, the realities of the “Black Gold Rush” are far different. The “Drill, baby, drill” mentality…

  • Political Cartoon

  • Spending down, taxes up in new E. Bruns. budget

    Officials address residents’ complaints regarding spike in latest tax bill BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council has adopted a nearly $56 million budget that cuts spending but raises taxes by 6 percent. The 2011 municipal budget adopted July 25 reduces spending by about $750,000 or about 1.2 percent from last…

  • E.B. board to use funds for tax relief, upgrades

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township residents will see a reduced school tax hike this year . The Board of Educationwill reduce its tax levy for the coming school year by $652,600, amovemade possible by the recent arrival of $1.3 million in additional state aid. Gov. Chris Christie announced earlier this month…

  • Juniors to stage ‘Tumbleweeds’

    Main Street Juniors, the young-adult subsidiary of the Main Street Theatre Company, will present “Tumbleweeds,” a musical based on the popular comic strip by Tom K. Ryan, July 30-Aug. 7, noon on Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays, at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. The show, an irreverent look at…