Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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MCC establishes student gov’t
Student Government Association Secretary Danielle Hobbs (l-r), President Linda Attuh, Treasurer Naomi Akanbi and Vice President Matthew Scognamiglio will represent students and their interests. EDISON — A new student government has been created at Middlesex County College. The body has four officers, with plans to hold elections for 12 to 14 representatives in the spring.…
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A message of thanks
CORNER OFFICE PETER SMYTH Chairman and CEO Greater Media Inc. On behalf of the entire Greater Media family, I would like to wish our Greater Media Newspapers employees and readers a happy, healthy and prosperous holiday season. I also want to thank our dedicated employees as well as our loyal readers and advertisers for a…
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Applauds residents’ generosity to troop, community
Boy Scout Troop No. 35, based out of the Knights of Columbus in Spotswood, recently participated in a food drive for the local food pantry. It was an outstanding success, with more cash donations than food. With the residents’ participation, we made a significant contribution of both food and money for the busy holiday season.…
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Here’s your Boy Scout knife, and here are the handcuffs
CODA GREG BEAN There’s an episode of my old favorite television show “MacGyver,” where a small-town cop arrests MacGyver for carrying his Swiss Army knife. The cop is just throwing his weight around, and he charges our hero with carrying a concealed weapon or something equally as bogus, puts him in handcuffs and hauls him…
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Walter Meares
Mr. Meares, 87, of Milltown, formerly of the Iselin section of Woodbridge, died Nov. 22, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. His wife, Rose, died in 2009. Surviving are four sons, Walter Jr. of Los Angeles, Richard of Ocean City, Kenneth of Milltown and Michael of Natick, Mass.; and six grandchildren. A Mass…
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If bear population isn’t thinned out, problems will increase
I’ve read countless letters to the editor from those who want to have the bear hunt canceled, and although the letter writers’ hearts are in the right place, these bears need to die, and if they had a choice, they would agree to be killed, for that is the proper sacrifice to the regime of…
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Lester E. Biddle
Mr. Biddle, 76, of Englishtown, died Dec. 4, 2010, at Applewood Estates Healthcare Center, Freehold Township. He was a former member of the Englishtown Borough Council where he served as police commissioner, a former captain of the Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid Squad, and a former chief of the Englishtown Fire Department. He was predeceased by his…
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Jacinto Rocha
Mr. Rocha, 47, of South River, died Dec. 2, 2010, in Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. Surviving are his wife, Marta Almeida Rocha; a daughter, Katherine Rocha; a son, Diego Rocha; his parents, Joao Da Rocha of Venezuela and Maria Alves of South River; and three brothers, John Rocha of Vermont and Jose…
