Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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State aid formula change will help. A little.
The governor is set to soon roll out the particulars of a new school funding formula that will seek to rework the way that state aid is doled out to local school districts. Under the current model, the state determines who gets how much aid depending on the location of the district in question, with…
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Coda
Here’s a gift idea that is wheely, wheely practical GREG BEAN Idon’t know about you, but I’ve reached the point in my life where I’ve got pretty much everything I need, and with a few exceptions, so does my wife. This is a pleasant circumstance for the two of us empty-nesters. We’re content, we live…
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Red State/Blue State
A case of entrapment: so close and yet so far 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. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: Our readers…
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Samantha Joy Demarest
Samantha Joy, 6 days old, died Dec. 3, 2007. She was predeceased by her twin sister, Julia Eve, and by her maternal grandfather, Leslie Lurie. Surviving are her parents, Sharon and Robert Demarest of Helmetta; a brother, Lex; her maternal grandparents, Joan and James Yaeger; her paternal grandparents, Irmgard and Mathias Demarest; and several aunts,…
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Noreen B. Lineen Koscuk
Mrs. Koscuk, 64, of Spotswood, formerly of Edison, died Dec. 5, 2007, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Paul Koscuk; two daughters, Valerie Salberg, and her husband, David, of Beachwood and Stephanie Cummings, and her husband, Peter Bamrick, of Jamesburg; a sister, Janice MacKenn of Howell; and two grandchildren.…
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Anna Krutel
Ms. Krutel, 80, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 4, 2007, at home. She was predeceased by a brother, Anton Krutel, and by two sisters, Helen Bautochka and Elizabeth Combs. Surviving her several nieces and nephews, Katherine Venette, and her husband, LaVerne, Michael Bautochka, Patricia Maher, and her husband, Daniel, and Julia Frost; eight greatnieces and…
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Caroline E. Smalley Chernowetz
Mrs. Chernowetz, 86, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 26, 2007, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Ladislaw Vladimir Chernowetz, died in 1977. Surviving are five sons, William A. Chernowetz, and his wife, Marie, of Great Falls, Va., Gary E. Chernowetz, and his wife, Laura, of Branchburg, Thomas W. Chernowetz, and his wife,…
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Charles Winter
Mr. Winter, 97, of Monroe, died Nov. 27, 2007. A self-employed certified public accountant for more than 60 years, he founded the firm that ultimately became Winter and Co., CPAs, New York City, and later, Woodbridge. He was predeceased by his first wife, Sadie Winter, in 1991, and by his second wife, the former Annette…
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Grace H. Funicelli
Mrs. Funicelli, 73, of Monroe, formerly of Colts Neck, died Nov. 24, 2007, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Surviving are her husband, Frank E.; a son, Michael of Parsippany; two daughters, Carol of Plainsboro and Susan of Ithaca, N.Y.; and two grandsons, Matthew Funicelli and Cole W. Sluis. A funeral service was held at…
