Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Proud that governor chose borough

    Spotswood is now the biggest town in New Jersey. When Gov. Chris Christie chose the E. Raymond Appleby Elementary School to announce his new school-superintendent salary plan, everyone turned their attention to Spotswood. The Spotswood school district has exceeded academic expectations and scored high in all criteria as measured by state Education Commissioner Bret Schundler.…

  • Squandering a bumper crop of farmland

    The last few weeks have brought the fresh taste of high quality, locally grown fruits and vegetables to many New Jerseyans. The Garden State still produces some of the best tomatoes and corn in the world! We should all take note, however, of a new inventory of our disappearing farmland nationwide. Since 1982, the National…

  • William Toto Sr.

    Mr. Toto, 87, of East Brunswick, died July 23, 2010, at Care One, East Brunswick. Prior to retiring, he was inspector of weights and measures for Walter Kidde Co., Belleville, where he worked for 40 years. He was predeceased by a son, William Toto Jr.; Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Ella Arcuti Toto;…

  • Evelyn A. Palmisano Voight

    Mrs. Voight, 55, of East Brunswick, formerly of Old Bridge and South River, died July 11, 2010, in Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. She was predeceased by her father, Carmine Palmisano, and by a brother, David Palmisano. Surviving are a daughter, Cheryl Voight Blundell, and her husband, Stuart, of Jackson; her mother, Louise…

  • Ann Rastak

    Mrs. Rastak, 99, of Edison, formerly of East Brunswick, died July 16, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for many years as a cafeteria worker for the East Brunswick Board of Education. Her husband, Gustav, died in 1967. Surviving are a daughter, Judy Adams, and…

  • John Strincoski

    Mr. Strincoski, 81, of Spotswood, formerly of South River, Sayreville and Old Bridge, died July 20, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 1997, he was employed as a licensed plumber for 20 years with the Old Bridge Board of Education. Before that, he worked for Sayreville Plumbing…

  • Theresa Russo

    Mrs. Russo, 86, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died July 15, 2010, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for 22 years as a sales clerk and floor person at Kresge’s department store in the former Sayre Woods Shopping Center, Old Bridge. After that, she worked in the kitchen…

  • Professional journalists not ready to pack it in

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN Iam not a person who adapts to change easily, but over the past few years I have gotten used to reading daily newspapers online. While I prefer holding a newspaper in my hand, I must say that being able to read several newspapers a day online is very convenient. I…