Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Patricia F. Cowan Luttman
Mrs. Luttman, 85, of Spotswood, died Feb. 10, 2010, at home. She was a past member and president of the Spotswood Board of Education. She was predeceased by two grandchildren, Thomas and Kathleen Fetch. Surviving are her husband, Robert W. Luttman; four sons, Robert, and his wife, Darlene, of Dallas, Paul of Richmond, Ind., Thomas…
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Abbott District concept must be eliminated
In our state of New Jersey to my knowledge there are about 650 individual municipalities that are funded with school aid by the state of New Jersey to offset the burden of property taxes everyone has to pay as residents and taxpayers of the state. For many years now, again to the best of my…
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Mary McMorrow
Mrs. McMorrow, 92, of Monroe, died Jan. 30, 2010, in The Manor, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, John Reilly McMorrow; a daughter, Margaret Gribben; a son, John Reilly McMorrow Jr.; four brothers; and three sisters. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, William and Rosanny; two daughters and sons-inlaw, Elizabeth and Thomas Mangine…
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School tab shortfall likely to force cuts
E.B. board wrestles with expected loss of aid, tax cap BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The stable school tax rate achieved by the Board of Education last year may have been a fleeting accomplishment. School officials are up against an especially difficult budget process this year, facing an array of financial obstacles…
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Jacob Rieder
Mr. Rieder, 86, of East Brunswick, formerly of Edison, died Jan. 17, 2010, in New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Higgins Rieder; a daughter, Patricia Thompson, and her husband, Timothy, of the Basking Ridge section of Bernards; a son, Paul Rieder of Stone Ridge, N.Y.; and a…
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‘The Challenge’
The academic team from the Wardlaw-Hardridge School of Edison will face Morristown- Beard School in the first round competition of MSG Varsity’s “The Challenge,” airing Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. on MSG Varsity on Cablevision’s iO Channel 14. Pictured are academic advisers Rhona Eserner and Jim O’Halloran, Saheela Ibraheem, team captain Charles Kennedy, host Jared…
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Rose Laface Merlo
Mrs. Merlo, 87, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Feb. 2, 2010, in JFK Medical Center, Edison. Surviving are her husband, Nicholas V. Merlo; a son, Nicholas Merlo of Parlin; a daughter, Sandra Wulster, and her husband, Gregory, of South River; a sister and brother, Mary Craft and Carl Laface, both of Norwalk, Ohio;…
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Mary Kulesa Wistuba
Mrs. Wistuba, 88, of Sayreville, died Jan. 17, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a seamstress at Maco Dress, South River. She was predeceased by her husband, Carl, and by a grandson, Kenneth P. Graf Jr. Surviving are five children, Alice Swecanski of South…
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Farm purchase would be investment
Iwould like to comment on the Middlesex County Open Space Committee’s recommendation to help the township fund the acquisition of the Foerter Farm. Not only would it serve as green space that protects our environment, it would be an investment in our future generations’ health and well-being. The possibilities of adding an open-space classroom and…
