Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Joint legislative effort protects rights of seniors

    Monday, June 11, was a very important day for the Organization of Residents Associations of New Jersey (ORANJ), a group representing over 10,000 seniors residing in Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) in New Jersey. With the successful floor vote in the Assembly on bill A3989, the sound of applause was heard from the gallery in…

  • Councilman defends choice as personal

    In response to a recent letter to the editor (“Democratic Candidates Represented Party, Not Borough,” Sentinel, July 12) that criticized me and my running mates for marching in the Milltown Fourth of July Parade with our families and supporters, I’d like to set the record straight. I have marched in the Milltown parade for the…

  • Youthful folly is fleeting, but the Internet is forever

    Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda Every now and then, I get a call from someone who has gotten caught doing something illegal and doesn’t want his or her name in the paper. Usually, the caller is a normally upright citizen who has gotten stopped for driving under the influence or another similar infraction. They’re not…

  • Student excited about clean elections program

    As a Rider University student, I am thrilled to be able to participate in the 14th District Clean Elections Pilot Program in one of the most competitive state races. Requiring candidates to collect small contributions from hundreds of registered voters in the district in order to qualify for public funding and not allowing interest group…

  • Obituaries

    Richard T. Gozick Mr. Gozick, 72, of East Brunswick, formerly of Spotswood, died July 5, 2007, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1998, he was employed as a welder, based in Sayreville, for Jersey Central Power and Light, where he worked for 25 years. Before that, he was employed…

  • Zoning change would sacrifice quality of life

    This is an open letter to the mayor of East Brunswick. When was the last issue to bring out more than 200 of the people you represent to protest a proposed zoning variance? Plans are under way to attempt to modify the permitted use near the corner of Guernsey and Ryders lanes in an effort…

  • Library’s future uncertain due to questionable mandate

    The squeeze that the state of New Jersey is placing on Jamesburg would have you believe that their attempts to bring property tax relief are doing more harm than good. Through a combination of laws and mandates, the Legislature has apparently placed the borough in a position where it must either close its library or…

  • Democratic candidates represented party, not borough

    It has been a long-standing tradition in Milltown that for the Fourth of July parades the members of the Borough Council march together as one unit to represent the people of Milltown and the elected positions that they hold in the town. This year the three Democrats running in the November election chose not to…

  • Obituaries

    Larry Goldfinger Mr. Goldfinger, 75, of East Brunswick, died June 18, 2007, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Carol Siener Goldfinger; a son, Andy Goldfinger of Virginia; a sister, Eleanore Schwartzman of Farmingdale, N.Y.; and a niece and a nephew. Graveside services were held at Frost Woods Cemetery, East…