Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Disagrees with description of tenure as ‘shameful system’
This letter, in response to Greg Bean and his column “Tenure Must Be on the Table in Reform Talks”(Sentinel, Oct. 7), is in support of teacher tenure and my prediction of the dire consequences of its removal. Before you discredit my opinions as self-serving, let me state upfront that I’m not a teacher, and out…
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Holt gets well-deserved kudos for service to middle class
For a dozen years, Rep. Rush Holt (D- 12th District) has provided exemplary service to residents of New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. He has sponsored legislation to improve national transit security and to provide better health care for veterans returning from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Holt voted to pass much-needed reforms of our nation’s…
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Residents encouraged to donate blood at E.B. drive
The most important things in life are not things … not material things. Please donate blood. Save a life. Donating is easy, sterile and painless. The actual donation lasts only about 10 minutes. Please help. Come donate at our community blood drive at the East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Civic Center Drive, on Monday, Oct.…
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No better time than autumn to fall in love with nature in N.J.
The gold and crimson palettes of oaks and maples. The refreshing chill to the air after so many months of heat and humidity. That timeless first night of wood smoke from fireplaces down the street. And the crunch of freshly fallen leaves underfoot. Fall outdoors in New Jersey is special for so many well-known reasons,…
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Julia Csatari Balogh
Mrs. Balogh, 94, of South River, died Sept. 29, 2010, in Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by her husband, Gustave Balogh. Surviving are four children and their spouses, Richard and Lisa Balogh of East Brunswick, Justine and Richard Harbeson of Fernandina Beach, Fla., Les and Nell Balogh of Sanford, Fla., and Gus…
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Lucy F. Harbin
Mrs. Harbin, 85, of Monroe, died Oct. 5, 2010, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, Marvin G. Harbin; a son-in-law, Richard Fortin; a brother, Ray Raimondo; and a niece, Theresa Adams. Surviving are four children, Annabelle McClure, and her husband, William, of Hackettstown, Marie Fortin of Staten Island, N.Y.,…
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Helen Schumacher
Ms. Schumacher, 81, of Old Bridge, died Sept. 20, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was predeceased by a brother, John Schumacher, and by a sister, Edna Lott. Surviving are her nieces and nephews, Deborah and William Hornchak, Susan and Larry Loughrey, Jeff and Mary Lott, Donna Schumacher, Richard Schumacher and…
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Jean R. Palmer
Mrs. Palmer, 81, of South River, died Oct. 11, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1996, she was a service assistant in operator services for New Jersey Bell/Bell Atlantic, North Brunswick, where she worked for more than 30 years. She was predeceased by her first husband, James…
