Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MONROE — The 19th-century historic Prospect Plains Road Schoolhouse will be named after former long-time Councilman Henry L. “Hank” Miller. The Township Council voted in favor of a resolution of the dedication at a council meeting on Dec. 9. Miller served as a councilman for 24 years before retiring in…

The Monroe Township and Woodbridge school districts were among seven public school districts and seven municipalities selected to receive Sustainable Jersey grants funded by the Gardinier Environmental Fund. Monroe received $10,000 for “Energizing our Future.” Six online learning modules on energy sources and energy use will be created. The modules will be shared at each…

Carl O.E. Bosenberg, 96, died Dec. 6 at the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Piscataway. Born Sept. 29, 1919, in Jugenheim, Germany, he came to the United States with his parents, Henry F. and Martha Bosenberg, settling in North Brunswick in 1924. He began working as a young boy with his father in the family…

By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — A young man from North Brunswick organized a competition that has a global impact. Umair Masood, a sophomore at Rutgers University, served as campus director for the seventh annual Hult Prize competition at Rutgers on Dec. 5, when 10 teams competed to solve former President Bill Clinton’s…

FRANK GALIPO Leonard Feber, 4, of Tinton Falls, plays on the beach at Victory Park, Rumson, on Dec. 13.

By Lori Acken, www.channelguidemag.com I was a little kid growing up in a home filled with country music when Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors” became a radio hit in 1971. I already loved the story of the original coat thanks to Sunday school, and since I was a small-town girl with a loving mama,…

Several schools in Middlesex County were recently awarded Sustainable Jersey for Schools Project Grants funded by the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA.) At an event held on Dec. 3, the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools in Perth Amboy received a $10,000 grant for installing a school garden in order to instill a life-long passion…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is being celebrated by Jews around the world from Dec. 6-13.

On June 27 the East Brunswick Buddy Ball League (EBBL) held a baseball game at the Heavenly Farms field, East Brunswick. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133, East Brunswick, for hosting the event, and the East Brunswick police and fire departments, whose members participated in…