Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Laura Brustowicz Milek Mrs. Milek, of South River, died Aug. 29, 2007, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1980, she was employed as a seamstress with Berman Dress Co., South River, where she worked for 40 years. Her husband, John S. Milek, died in 1986. Surviving are a daughter, Dolly Milek of South River,…

  • Brain-tumor group offers support, info

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital sponsors Brain Tumor Support Group meetings at 7 p.m. every second Monday of the month in the first-floor children’s section of the hospital, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick. The goal of the support group is to provide an environment where brain-tumor survivors and their families and friends can…

  • Grateful for preserving open space

    In these days of growth and development throughout New Jersey, I’ve come to realize the importance of preserving our land and open space. I live in Monroe, and I applaud the efforts of Mayor Richard Pucci and the Township Council for making sure that thousands of acres of farmland and open space will remain protected.…

  • World must put pressure on China to bring Olympic dream to Darfur

    In his “Coda” column that appeared in the Sept. 7 issue of the Sentinel, Greg Bean made a point about China’s human-rights record and stated that “if nobody in America is talking about boycotting the 2008 summer Olympic Games in Beijing in protest of China’s record on that important front, they darned sure ought to…

  • Officials place high value on emergency services

    In times of emergency the difference between life and death can be a matter of seconds, and that is why I am truly grateful that Monroe’s mayor and Township Council are so supportive of emergency services in our community. The equipment is state of the art, and the training of the emergency medical technicians (EMTs)…

  • Spanish school opens in new, larger location

    EDISON – As politicians discuss whether English should be the official language in the United States, some parents still want to help their children become bilingual. For the last four years, Jacqueline Sanin has been on the forefront of that movement, bringing Spanish instruction to children in central New Jersey through her school, Salta! Jump…

  • Two schools like new as school year begins

    Hammarskjold work slated for completion in September 2008 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Students arriving at the Central and Lawrence Brook schools next week will get a real treat, in the form of almost completely new buildings. Construction on additions and renovations at Central, on Cranbury Road, is almost complete, with only…

  • Theismann gives back to South River schools

    Superintendent says NFLgreat remains role model for students BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER – A well-known alumnus has not forgotten his old school system. Retired NFLstar Joe Theismann last month donated $6,000 to provide students at the South River Primary School with a new Rigby literary reading series. In 2006, the quarterback-turned-sports announcer…

  • When it comes to new law, less is almost always more

    GREG BEAN Coda In “Civil Disobedience,” his great work on the duty of all men to rebel against unjust governments, American philosopher and noted recluse Henry David Thoreau said, “I heartily accept the motto – That government is best which governs least.” It was his notion that we are not served well by lawmakers who…