Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Wants to see incumbents voted out of office

    Imust say that I totally agree with the letter from Benjamin Feigenbaum (“Takes Issue With Officials’ Words,” Sentinel, March 18) replying to the letter from Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan Jr. (D-18) and Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes III (D-18) speaking of Gov. Chris Christie’s actions on the state budget as “simply wrong” (“Christie’s Action Raids School Funds,…

  • Leave sewerage authority as is

    There is an old adage: “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” The East Brunswick Sewerage Authority has been a wellmanaged, cost-effective operation for many years. Its customer service is excellent, and the cost to the average homeowner is one of the lowest in the state of New Jersey. Having served as sewer commissioner for…

  • Thinks governor should be praised for not taking easy road

    I’m tired of hearing the complaints and criticism of Gov. Chris Christie’s budget cuts in education and elsewhere. We finally have a governor who, for the first time after decades of previous administrations, is willing to take on the extreme debt our state of New Jersey faces, head on. He is being honest with himself…

  • After cuts in education will come a ‘teachable moment’

    Coda • GREG BEAN Our clan no longer has children in public schools in New Jersey, but I certainly don’t envy the parents of Ochildren who are attending those institutions these days. As we all know, the bill for years of mismanagement, overspending and prolific waste at the state level has finally come due, and…

  • Monroe schools to lay off 22 employees for 2010-11

    School board makes cuts after state cut aid by $4.4M BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer At least 22 school district employees are expected to lose their jobs as a result of massive state aid cuts, Board of Education President Amy Antelis said Monday. “We are not going to whine and cry and bash the…

  • Jamesburg school tab calls for average tax hike of $90

    JAMESBURG — School officials will hold a public hearing next week on a 2010- 11 budget that raises taxes $90 on a home assessed at the borough average of $124,000. The school district will lose 11.2 percent, or $596,680, in state aid, according to figures released last week by Gov. Chris Christie. State aid for…

  • The Challenge

    The academic team from East Brunswick High School will face the team from Indian Hills High School in round two of MSG Varsity’s “The Challenge,” airing April 8 at 6:30 p.m. on MSG Varsity on Cablevision’s iO Channel 14. Pictured during a break in taping are Marilyn Ryan (academic adviser), Beth Logan (academic adviser), Samantha…

  • Christie puts state’s support behind charter schools

    Gov. on NJEA: ‘This is all about greed and self-interest’ BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie and state Education Commissioner Bret Schundler showed their support for charter schools March 18, telling a crowd of 400 educators that the Christie administration is a friend to the charter school movement. Keynote speaker Gov. Chris Christie…

  • Valeria Ciecko Strugala

    Mrs. Strugala, 96, of Sayreville, died March 17, 2010, in Arnold Walter Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Hazlet. Prior to her retirement in 1975, she and her late husband, Frank, owned Frank’s Market, Sayreville, for 25 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank; a son, Frank Jr.; and two sisters, Lottie Wolack and Jean Bodziak.…