Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Photographs

    Above: Our Lady of Lourdes School student Paige Logan thinks over her contribution to a Thanksgiving mural Nov. 17. Right: Robert Ardito (l) works with fellow students on the display at the Milltown school. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Eileen Gurskey

    Mrs. Gurskey, 79, of the Four Seasons adult community in Lakewood, formerly of Old Bridge, died Nov. 15, 2010, in Claremont Center, Point Pleasant. Surviving are her husband, John; two daughters, Janice Strassburger, and her husband, Jake, and Barbara, and her boyfriend, Stephen Belfatti; and two grandsons. Arrangements were under the direction of Silverton Memorial…

  • NJEA: We don’t need no stinkin’ cooperation

    CODA GREG BEAN When I wrote recently about an undercover video made at a New Jersey Education Association conference by James O’Keefe, the guy who embarrassed ACORN in the last presidential election, I figured I’d hear from readers who agreed with me, and take a little heat from others. I always do when I write…

  • Salvation Army makes urgent plea for help

    As the holidays approach, I feel compelled to write this letter and share a burden that’s weighing heavily on my heart. The truth is, I’m worried. So many people in our local New Jersey communities are living through difficult and stressful times — times of great need. In fact, at the close of our fiscal…

  • TNR more effective than feeding bans

    Municipalities like Sayreville are unwise to adopt a feral-cat feeding ban. Feeding bans cause cats to suffer and starve to death. A more effective, benevolent and nonlethal course would be to encourage trap-neuter-return (TNR), which stops cats from breeding through sterilization and makes it possible for cats to live out their lives in managed colonies…

  • Holt extends thanks, pledges to continue work for constituents

    Iwould like to publicly thank the people of the 12th Congressional District for putting their faith in me for another two years. This appreciation is for those who voted for me — and for those who didn’t. I have received many different interpretations of the meaning of the election results here and around the country,…

  • Stanley Wojciechowicz

    Mr. Wojciechowicz, 96, of Sayreville, died Oct. 28, 2010, in Pine Brook Care Center, Manalapan. Prior to his retirement in 1979, he was employed as a laboratory technician with Ashland Corp., Perth Amboy, where he worked for many years. He was predeceased by his wife, Emma Singer Wojciechowicz; a sister, Hedwig Nowicki; and a brother,…

  • Lawrence S. Madell

    Mr. Madell, 89, of Milltown, died Nov. 5, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by a sister, Veronica Aldrich. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Goodwin Madell; two daughters, Cathy Pierce, and her husband, Mark, of Spotswood and Cindy Rader of Milltown; a sister, Elizabeth Crane of Milltown; and three grandchildren.…