Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Politicians often attempt to abuse letters forum

    GREG BEAN Coda In the newspaper business, there are some lessons you just have to learn the hard way. There’s an old maxim in this profession that even if your mother says she loves you, check it out. In other words, don’t believe anything people tell you without evidence, because you’ll be taken advantage of…

  • Obituaries

    Christine Collins Nardin Mrs. Nardin, 38, of East Brunswick, died Sept. 27, 2007, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, John; a sister, Elizabeth Walsh, and her husband, Michael, of Howell; four brothers, James Collins Jr. of East Brunswick, William O’Brien of Howell, John O’Brien of Arizona and Robert O’Brien,…

  • School plan marked by costs, obstacles, delays

    I t’s been a tedious and unpredictable journey for the Monroe Township Board of Education. For six years, it seems, every step the board has taken toward building a new high school has come with new setbacks. In the beginning, Monroe had a simple plan. It would address its booming enrollment by purchasing land on…

  • Budget leaves residents vulnerable to skyrocketing utility rates

    Iam very concerned about the budget that the Borough Council adopted on Sept 10. While I am pleased that the municipal tax rate will not go up next year, I was shocked at the steps taken to achieve this result. The council did not go far enough to reduce spending. Our budget is more than…

  • Elected officials continue open-space preservation farce

    The past several weeks have seen references in newspapers to preservation of land within the Garden State through funding of open-space acquisitions using taxpayer money. One letter writer suggested not increasing our debt and voting the issue down this fall. Another lauded the use of the tax, encouraging its placement on the ballot and swift…

  • Further study of 3.6 acres will take until Sept. ’08

    BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – Despite significant actions the Board of Education has taken toward getting the new high school built, there remains some uncertainty surrounding when, or even if, a portion of the Thompson Park site will be released. Requirements attached to a 3.6-acre section will not be met until September 2008…

  • Vendors invited to sell at MTHS Yard Sale

    The Monroe Township High School (MTHS) PTO will sponsor its annual Yard Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 27 in the parking lot at the high school, Perrineville Road. Vendors are invited to sell their treasures. Spaces cost $10 each. For information or to reserve a space, call Louise at (732) 723-1247.

  • District planting trees to buffer nearby home

    Resident tells board she is disappointed with project’s outcome BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer FILE PHOTO Sharon Lydon, of Corona Road in East Brunswick, stands in her backyard in front of the newly expanded Lawrence Brook School. EAST BRUNSWICK – A neighbor of the newly expanded Lawrence Brook School last week implored the Board of…

  • Results of ‘basic civics’ test can be misleading

    GREG BEAN Coda The national papers and pundits were all atwitter last week over the results of a test given to 14,000 college students across the country that seemed to suggest that lots of them got stupider during their four years of expensive education instead of smarter. The test, the results of which were released…