Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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All have investment in good public education
This letter is in response to Frank DiBello’s question as to why seniors have to pay school tax (Sentinel, Letters to the Editor, June 19). The answer is simple. Society as a whole benefits from educating its children. It is every taxpayer’s obligation to support education. As someone who no longer has a school-age child,…
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Red State/Blue State
Windfall profits tax won’t ease your pain at the pump DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: In your heart of Blue State hearts, I…
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If seniors give up Social Security, they don’t have to pay school tax
In answer to Frank Di Bello’s letter to the editor (“Resident Wants To Know Why Seniors Have To Pay School Taxes,” Sentinel, June 19), I’m amused at his (and other seniors’) attitudes toward paying for the education of our youth. To begin with, I’m a married, 31-year-old with no children in the school system, so…
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Doreen J. Schutz Gibbons
Mrs. Gibbons, 57, of Spotswood, formerly of Sayreville, died June 19, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was employed as a secretary at Spotswood High School, where she worked for 20 years. Her mother, Margaret Schutz, died in 2006. Surviving are her husband, Richard Gibbons; two daughters, Kelly Rubman, and her…
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State of New Jersey needs to go on a diet
Do you want to hear a sad story? My name is New Jersey. I’m in very bad health. So I went to the doctor. He said, “You are indeed in very bad health. The problem is obesity – all that fat is killing you. If you don’t reduce, you won’t have much time left.” So…
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Dolores Samuels-Cresser Fiore
Mrs. Fiore, 61, of the Cheesequake Village section of Old Bridge, died June 19, 2008, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was predeceased by her first husband, Robert Cresser, and by her parents, Charles and Irene Benny Samuels. Surviving are her husband, Vincent “Jimmy” Fiore; a son and daughter-inlaw, Robert Jr. and Heidi Cresser of…
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Hugh F. Dunn Jr.
Mr. Dunn, 76, of Sayreville, formerly of East Brunswick, died June 6, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. A son, Sean M. Dunn, died in 1991; a grandson, Matthew P. Dunn, died in 1988; and a son-in-law, Salvatore Spadaro, died in 2004. Surviving are his wife, Cecelia Simeone Dunn; three children, Patrick, and…
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Kathleen Ann Selensky Brown
Mrs. Brown, 62, of Carteret, died June 18, 2008, in Haven Hospice at Edison. She was employed in the warehouse at Owens Illinois, Edison, where she worked for 36 years. She was predeceased by her parents, Joseph and Helen, and by a brother, Joseph. Surviving are a son, Michael, and his wife, Agnes, of Carteret;…
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Edward “Yupski” Chrzan
Mr. Chrzan, 78, of Sayreville, died June 18, 2008, in Briarwood Care Center, Sayreville. Prior to his retirement in 1992, he was employed as a laborer and machine operator with National Lead Industries, Sayreville, where he worked for 41 years. He was predeceased by a sister, Cecilia Ellis. Surviving are a sister, Josephine Ust of…
