Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • East Brunswick High School receives accreditation

    EAST BRUNSWICK — East Brunswick High School has earned accreditation by the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, a worldwide leader in accreditation and continuous school improvement. “We are pleased to have earned accreditation by the Middle States Association and to share in our success with the greater school community, especially the…

  • East Brunswick adds security officer at each school

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – In a move to ensure a safe learning environment, the East Brunswick Board of Education voted to increase security at all of its district schools. “I think that given the world we live in currently, there is always an opportunity to enhance what we already do very…

  • Spotswood students prove that they care

    SPOTSWOOD — Student members of the Memorial Middle School Community Cares Club went to the local food pantry on Nov. 23 to deliver food and hygiene products that had been collected over the last few weeks. In total, 307 items were donated, equaling 287 pounds of food. The food pantry and thrift shop, located on…

  • Steven Zlotkin

    Steven Zlotkin, a resident of San Juan Bautista, California, formerly of Freehold, suffered a fatal heart attack on Nov. 10 while at work in his office in Gilroy, California. Mr. Zlotkin was 67 years old. He was born in Freehold in 1948, the son of Sidney and Ida (Steinman) Zlotkin, both now deceased. Mr. Zlotkin…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN The last of the fall foliage takes on many hues in Central New Jersey.

  • Bear-management plan opposed

    When Cecil the lion was wounded and then killed by an American dentist back in July, the world was outraged. Now is your time to stop the same fate for New Jersey black bears. Despite only 390 public comments supporting an expanded bear hunt versus 6,635 comments against the expansion, the New Jersey Fish and…

  • Flynn thankful for re-election as county clerk

    I would like to take this opportunity to thank the voters of Middlesex County for their support in re-electing me as Middlesex County clerk. Middlesex County is a great place to live and work. I will continue to make its success my chief priority. Elaine M. FlynnMiddlesex County clerkNew Brunswick

  • Jamesburg councilman nixed as school district liaison

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer JAMESBURG – Acting on a request sent from the district superintendent of schools, the Borough Council voted to remove Councilman Thomas Gibbons as liaison to the school district. “The Board of Education and I respectfully request that you take into account recent events when you assign a representative to your…

  • Think you know the Thanksgiving story? We’re on the set as NGC tells the real tale in ‘Saints & Strangers’

    By Lori Acken, www.channelguidemag.com Vincent Kartheiser is doing his best to be patient. Sporting coarse Pilgrim garb, a full beard and shoulder length tresses (no Mad Men, this!) as Plymouth Colony leader William Bradford on NGC’s Saints & Strangers, Kartheiser finds the speech he is about to deliver — one arguably launching American free market…