Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Stahl is wrong on DARE, police in schools

    As a graduate of East Brunswick public schools, I was very concerned to read that Mayor David Stahl plans on eliminating the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program in our school system (“East Brunswick Redeploying Cops to Regular Police Work,” Sentinel, June 25). The DARE program brings police officers into classrooms to educate students on…

  • John P. Erndl Sr.

    Mr. Erndl, 74, of Millstone Township, died June 20, 2009, at home. He resided in Jamesburg before moving to Millstone Township 35 years ago. Mr. Erndl was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and had served in the Army National Guard for 19 years. Mr. Erndl was a butcher at the Jamesburg…

  • Suggestions for improving tax-amnesty effort

    As the tally for New Jersey’s tax-amnesty program hits $700 million, politicians are quick to “gift” it back to the public. Yet, I wonder if they have asked why the amnesty program was so successful. Is it possible that New Jersey has not properly invested in its enforcement against delinquent taxpayers? Is the predictability of…

  • Patricia Corlett Turner

    Mrs. Turner, 76, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died June 28, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by a son, John “Jack” Turner. Surviving are her husband, John J. Turner; five children and their spouses, Patricia and Ronald Synarski of Monroe, and Gerard and Tami Turner, Marilyn and Walter…

  • TNR is most effective, cheapest way to control feral cats

    Project TNR (Trap-Neuter- Release) applauds the Old Bridge Animal Rights Association (OBARA) for reaching out to the community to offer its services in managing the township’s feral-cat population. Throughout New Jersey, forwardthinking town officials are increasingly seeking to develop TNR programs to manage feral cats, and Old Bridge Township would do well to enlist the…

  • Rita M. Netter Mayer

    Mrs. Mayer, 89, of East Brunswick, formerly of Spotswood, died June 26, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, William J. Mayer, died in 1982. Surviving are a daughter, Patricia Mayer of Spotswood; a son, William R. Mayer, and his wife, Carol, of Estero, Fla.; a sister, Madeline Schron of Spotswood;…

  • Nicholas Fama Jr.

    Mr. Fama, 87, of North Brunswick and Indiana, died June 30, 2009, at Regency Heritage Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Somerset. He resided in Old Bridge for more than 35 years, prior to relocating to North Brunswick and Indiana. He was a custodian at Cedar Ridge School for the Old Bridge Board of Education, retiring in…

  • Legislation would help some returning veterans

    Coda • GREG BEAN This Fourth of July was certainly a bittersweet holiday in our home. Those who know me know that our son Coleman, an Army sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, took his own life last September. In the months since, our family has learned a lot about the problems faced by…

  • Suit that polarized town enters a new chapter

    Coda • GREG BEAN I’ve written about the Stuart Moskovitz/Manalapan imbroglio a number of times over the last few years, so it’s appropriate to note the fact that one chapter of this sorry mess may finally be over. Last week, according to a story posted on the Greater Media Newspapers website by Mark Rosman, managing…