Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Elmer Hans Jensen

    Mr. Jensen, 84, of Sayreville, died Feb. 23, 2009, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to his retirement in 2006, he was the owner/operator of Jensen’s Seafood, South River, where he worked from the age of 12 with his father and his family. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Policastro Jensen; a daughter, Susan Walsh, and…

  • Barbara Z. Zach

    Mrs. Zach, 88, of Sayreville, died March 2, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement, she was employed at E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville. She was predeceased by her husband, Willard B. Zach. Surviving are two daughters and their husbands, Lynn and Harry Romeo of Old…

  • Loretta M. Halaszewicz Rodziewicz

    Mrs. Rodziewicz, 93, of Sayreville, died Feb. 24, 2009, in Golden Living Care Center, Old Bridge. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a counter person with Sun Glo Bakery, Sayreville, where she worked for 15 years. Her husband, John Rodziewicz, died in 1970, and a daughter, Janet Rodziewicz, died in 1953. Surviving are…

  • Don’t cheat taxpayers with worn-out rhetoric

    It’s that time of year again — budget season for both the school board and the municipality. The difference this year is that the proverbial chickens are coming home to roost. Mayor David Stahl is facing the predictable results of several years of Golden Triangle nonsense and the Board of Education needs to face up…

  • Angela Derent Chmielewski

    Mrs. Chmielewski, 95, of Sayreville, died Feb. 23, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1979, she was employed as a salesperson at Newberry’s department store, East Brunswick, where she worked for 15 years. Her husband, Adam J. Chmielewski, died in 1996; a son, Edward Chmielewski, died in 1999;…

  • Thinks ‘victory’ for Board of Education marks ‘a sad day’

    It’s sad to see another curtailment of rights for Christians hailed as a “victory” for the Board of Education. In fact, the decision of the Supreme Court not to hear Coach Marcus Borden’s case (“Game Over: Board of Ed Victorious Over Coach,” Sentinel, March 5) amounts to a victory only for those who wish to…

  • Don’t let economic woes keep towns from investing in education

    I’m writing to express my support, in these troubling economic times, for the outstanding educational system in the state of New Jersey. Our schools are among the best, if not the very best, in the nation. When the economy suffers, it is very tempting to begin cutting public support in as many places as possible…

  • Borden case is over, but it should never have begun

    Coda • GREG BEAN Well, the Marcus Borden school prayer saga is finally over (at least in the courts), bringing to an end one of the saddest chapters in New Jersey education. I’ve had mixed feelings about this business from the start. I understood the stance taken by the East Brunswick school district, which had…

  • Auto industry column struck positive chord with readers

    Coda • GREG BEAN Iget a lot of reader response to this column. Sometimes, I opine about something that rubs some people the wrong way, and I hear about it. Once in a while, though, I write something that strikes a positive chord with readers, and I hear about that, too. That was the case…