Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Third-graders put their imaginations on display

    Robert Green, above, a student at the Lawrence Brook Elementary School, shows his invention, “The Tissue Butler,” to the East Brunswick Board of Education at its Feb. 28 meeting. Amanda Ligas, below, wears her invention, “Super Shades.” EAST BRUNSWICK – If the Invention Convention is any indication,wemay one day be shopping for items like “Super…

  • Magda Weiterschan Fabian

    Mrs. Fabian, 88, of East Brunswick, died March 10, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Frank Fabian, died in 1980. Surviving are two nieces; several great-nieces and greatnephews; and her companion and caregiver, Imre Foeldesy. Services were held at Maliszewski Funeral Home, South River. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery,…

  • Simmens deserves re-election to board

    Iam writing to express my strong support for the re-election of current East Brunswick Board of Education President Todd Simmens. Todd has brought to the board new vision, creativity, energy and enthusiasm. He has been an advocate for all of the district’s students, staff and the East Brunswick community. As an East Brunswick taxpayer, I…

  • Norman E. Hoffner Sr.

    Mr. Hoffner, 90, of Edison, died March 7, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He and his late wife owned Norman’s Beauty Salon, Somerset section of Franklin and Edison. He was predeceased by his wife, Antoinette Bianca Hoffner; a daughter, Maria; and two brothers, Edward and William. Surviving are a son and…

  • Democrats’ experience has had no positive effect on twp.

    This letter is in regard to the statements by Donald Klemp and Nancy Pinkin in the March 13 issue of the Sentinel about running for re-election with Mayor Bill Neary (“Klemp, Pinkin Will Seek New Terms With Neary”). Klemp said it is “the Democratic way.” That is one of our problems – too many Democrats…

  • Margaret Adrian Pignataro

    Mrs. Pignataro, 85, of Florida, formerly of North Brunswick, died March 10, 2008, in Stuart, Fla. She was predeceased by her husband, Anthony Pignataro, in 1999. Surviving are four daughters and sons-in-law, Louise and Thomas Naphor and Joyce and Peter Furrer, all of North Brunswick, Phyllis and Frank Donato of Palm City, Fla., and Isabella…

  • Eric Robert Eklund

    Mr. Eklund, 73, of South River, died March 2, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1990, he was employed as an industrial engineer at Ford Motor Co., Edison, where he worked for 30 years. Surviving are his wife, Palma Masucci Eklund; a daughter, Karen Takac, and her husband,…

  • Leon Chodzko

    Mr. Chodzko, 59, of South River, died Feb. 20, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was employed for many years as a pipe fitter with Jack King Welding, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. Surviving are his parents, Edward and Anatolia Chodzko of South River; three brothers, Walter, and his wife,…

  • Proposed aid cuts unfairly penalize NJ’s small towns

    If residents of Middlesex County’s smaller towns were still standing behind Gov. Jon Corzine, his plan to cut their municipal aid should be enough to make them jump ship. Corzine’s proposed state budget slashes property tax relief funding in half for towns with populations under 10,000, such as Spotswood, Milltown and Jamesburg; and entirely for…