Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Students get insight into careers as they get ready for high school

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The first annual Career Day for eighth-graders at Joyce Kilmer School was a success. Eleven presenters from different professions came to the school Feb. 17 to offer insight into their fields and answer questions from the 75-plus students. Guests included Joseph DeMary, district manager and computer engineer for…

  • Bridget K. Smyth Finnegan

    Mrs. Finnegan, 81, of Monroe, died Feb. 22, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She and her late husband, Bart Finnegan, owned and operated two restaurants, Sha-Tee Tavern and Finnegan’s Pub, both Teaneck. She was predeceased by her husband and by three siblings, Mary, John and Eugene. Surviving are two sons, James…

  • Joanne Lemolo

    Mrs. Lemolo, 57, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick, formerly of Staten Island, N.Y., died Feb. 13, 2011, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a hairdresser at 41 Salon, Jamesburg. Prior to that, she was the owner of Hair Bazaar, Newforms and Color Performance, all in Staten Island. Surviving are…

  • E.B. resident calls for property-tax relief

    A t the Feb. 14 East Brunswick Township Council meeting, I cited unbelievable official state-government data that East Brunswick residents’ average property tax has almost doubled in a decade, shooting up 98 percent from $4,485 in 2000 to $8,875 in 2010, an alarming average annual increase of 10 percent. Many pay much, much more, up…

  • Harry C. Mosier Jr.

    Mr. Mosier, 74, of East Brunswick, formerly of Sayreville, died Feb. 6, 2011, in Summerhill Care Center, Old Bridge. He was predeceased by his wife, Diane. Surviving are a son, Scott, and his wife, Melinda, of East Brunswick; a sister-in-law, Jean Mosier; two grandchildren, Victoria and Caitlin; and two nieces. Amemorial service was held at…

  • Urges senators to support EPA

    When considering the public health of New Jersey families, the ability to breathe clean air should be a main concern. However, coal-fired power plants and industrial facilities release hundreds of thousands of tons of dangerous pollutants every year. According to a study done by the Clean Air Task Force in 2010, more than 13,000 deaths…

  • Kathleen Grasso

    Mrs. Grasso, 64, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died Feb. 13, 2011, in Haven Hospice, Edison. She worked as a switchboard operator for Millennium Eye Care, Freehold. Surviving are two daughters, Christine Thiel, and her husband, Mike, of East Brunswick and Margaret Pezzolla, and her husband, Joe, of South Plainfield; her partner, Tony Palumbo;…

  • Governor is targeting union, not teachers

    I am amazed at the empty rhetoric that was coming out of our local representatives at the public forum held at Edison High School recently (“Educators, Students Air Frustrations on Aid Cuts,” Sentinel, Feb. 3). Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18th District), the state Senate majority leader, said, “It’s become in vogue to demonize public education.” Then…