Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Assemblyman pledges continued commitment to issues
Iwant to thank the residents of the 18th District for their support in the Nov. 6 election. It was particularly rewarding to receive the largest percentage of votes of any of my four campaigns for election to the New Jersey General Assembly. You have my commitment to continue to give my best effort to address…
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Why can’t E. Bruns. build a no-kill shelter?
With all the surrounding areas enlarging and modernizing their animal shelters in order to prevent euthanizing homeless animals (Monmouth County SPCA, Woodbridge, Old Bridge, Sayreville), I would like to know what East Brunswick is doing to improve its archaic shelter. The poor animals that are doomed to be there don’t stand a chance to be…
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Future elementary to be named Oak Tree School
Four entrants in townwide contest suggested name BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer JESSICA SMITH The large oak tree at Applegarth and Prospect Plains Road in Monroe has become a symbol for the town and will now have school named in its honor. MONROE – The new elementary school will be named for a township icon…
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Phone cards, notes offered soldiers support, reassurance
The Veterans Council of Monroe and Jamesburg thanks the residents of Monroe, Jamesburg and the surrounding area for the generous donations of phone cards, which we were able to bring to the soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31. We also thank Mayor Richard Pucci and the Monroe Township Council…
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Legendary story will come to life on high school stage
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Students at East Brunswick High School will bring the mythical events of the Trojan War to life on stage this weekend. The school’s production of “Tiger at the Gates: Or the Trojan War Will Not Take Place” opens tonight, with performances throughout the weekend. “I’m really proud…
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Coda
Out with the old, in with the new – and not-so-new GREG BEAN There were some complete surprises in last week’s general election around here, and it wasn’t just the incredibly low turnout. First, Freehold Borough’s Democratic Mayor, Michael Wilson, won another fouryear term. At this point, he’s been mayor since May 1985, but everyone…
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Rose Marie Solook Douglas
Mrs. Douglas, 63, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 31, 2007, at home. She was employed as a customer support technician at United Stationers Office Supply Co., Cranbury, where she worked for the past 12 years. She was predeceased by her parents, Michael and Frances DeGumba Solook. Surviving are her husband, Robert A. Douglas; a son,…
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Jean C. Patrick
Mrs. Patrick, 72, of Jackson, formerly of Edison, Milltown, the Toms River section of Dover and Clearwater, Fla., died Oct. 14, 2007, at home. Prior to her retirement in 2005, she was an administrative assistant at Georgian Court University, Lakewood, for many years. She also worked for the Ramada Inn and Middlesex County College, both…
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Joan K. Healy
Mrs. Healy, 71, of Monroe, formerly of Old Bridge, died Nov. 7, 2007, at home. A journalist, she had been employed with Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold, in its East Brunswick office, and, more recently, with the Home News Tribune, East Brunswick. Prior to beginning a career in journalism, she was a substitute teacher with the…
