Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Carole Zych Achrymienia

    Mrs. Achrymienia, 64, of South River, died June 16, 2010, at home. Surviving are her husband, Nick; a daughter, Marci of Las Vegas, Nev.; a son, Marc of England; a sister, Christine “Tina” Meyers of the Somerset section of Franklin; a brother, Michael Zych, and his wife, Kim, of Sayreville; and many other relatives. A…

  • Sarafina Guarneri Anderson

    Mrs. Anderson, 68, of Sayreville, formerly of Old Bridge, died June 5, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement in 2005, she was employed as a bus aide with Laidlaw Transit, Morganville section of Marlboro. She was predeceased by a daughter, Dawn Anghelone, and by her parents, Vincent and…

  • Harold “Pat” Albert

    Mr. Albert, 86, of Sayreville, died June 13, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1984, he was employed as a training supervisor with E.I. Du Pont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 31 years. Surviving are his wife, Elsie Switzer Albert; two children…

  • Spotswood High School class of 2010

    Left to right: Graduates make their way to their seats for the start of the commencement exercises for the Spotswood High School class of 2010. Graduates listen to a speaker. The ceremony was held June 17 on the school grounds. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • for the record

    Milltown Mayor Gloria Bradford does not support the implementation of 17 furlough days for borough employees in the 2010 budget, as was suggested in a June 17 story. The mayor said she had hoped to avoid the need for any furlough days, and has advocated for the number to be less than 12 days.

  • Practical advice for grads: once more into the breach

    CODA GREG BEAN As happens every year at this time, we’ve heard a lot of graduation addresses filled with uplifting exhortations that basically come down to “be the best that you can be.” I think First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech to graduating high school students in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood was the most moving of…

  • Thinks governor’s plan can begin to lower taxes

    The Christie Reform Agenda: Cap 2.5 is just what New Jersey needs to get property taxes under control. For far too long we’ve been the state labeled as having the highest property taxes in the nation due to the past decade of astronomical increases of 70 percent. The people of New Jersey can no longer…

  • New Rt. 18 guardrails waste of taxpayer dollars

    Has anyone noticed the new guardrails in the median along Route 18 below East Brunswick, continuing almost to the Garden State Parkway? It’s a huge waste of money. I have lived in East Brunswick 19 years and don’t ever recall a story of someone being killed or even injured because there was no guardrail there.…