Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Vote on budget displayed dissatisfaction, democracy in action

    This is in response to the letter to the editor from Sheldon Rossman (“Defeat of School Budget Demonstrates Social Irresponsibility”) that appeared in the June 12 issue of the Sentinel. One of the most precious tenets of our republic is the right to participate in our governmental process by voting. In voting for or against…

  • Thomas B. Daley Jr.

    Mr. Daley, 67, of Monroe, formerly of Old Bridge and Arizona, died June 17, 2008, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1999, he was employed as an instrument mechanic with Schweitzer Mauduit Inc./Kimberly-Clark, Spotswood, where he worked for 25 years. His father, Thomas B. Daley Sr., died in 2005, and his mother, Dorothy Zengel…

  • County names are part of English, American history

    This is in response to Taj Ahmad’s letter to the editor (Sentinel, May 8) suggesting removing the “sex” from Middlesex, Sussex and Essex. There is no reason to take “sex” from Middlesex or any of the other New Jersey counties for that matter. The question I have for you is, Why now? Why now, after…

  • Rose DiPizzo Bush

    Mrs. Bush, 82, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died June 2, 2008, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was employed as a nurse at South Amboy Memorial Hospital from 1973-1999, when the hospital closed. She was predeceased by a brother, Dr. Daniel DiPizzo, and by her husband, Charles Bush. Surviving are two daughters, Deborah…

  • Verna Glock

    Mrs. Glock, 84, of Old Bridge, formerly of Spotswood and Barefoot Bay, Fla., died June 8, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1985, she was employed as an office manager with the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters, North Brunswick, where she worked for more than 20…

  • Parents press for longer special-needs program

    Union contract, lack of funding complicate school board decision BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – Though school officials voiced support for expanding the hours of the extended school year (ESY) program for special needs students, they were uncertain last week about whether it is feasible for this summer. “Any kind of extra education that…

  • Class of ’08

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Graduates wait to receive their diplomas. Below: Spotswood High School class of 2008 valedictorian Isabelle Taylor addresses the audience.