Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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EBHS teacher honored for ‘exceptional’ work
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer PHOTOS BYJEFF GRANIT staff Above: Antonoi Pachecho, 18, gets set to trim the dead leaves from a geranium plant Monday at Ferris Farms Garden Center, one of several job sites where students in Lois Moskowitz’s class work in the morning. Moskowitz (background, at right) was recently…
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Obituaries
Edward R. Golembeski Mr. Golembeski, 84, of South Carolina, formerly of Milltown and East Brunswick, died June 2, 2007, in Sweetgrass Village Nursing Home, Mount Pleasant, S.C. He was a pipe fitter at Kimberly Clark, Spotswood, retiring in 1990. He was predeceased by his wife, Irene L. Jones Golembeski, in 2000, and by a son,…
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Obituaries
Roman Lipinski Mr. Lipinski, 53, of Spotswood, formerly of Old Bridge, died May 27, 2007, at home. Prior to his retirement in 2004, he was employed as a baker for ShopRite of East Brunswick, Edison and North Brunswick, where he worked for 30 years. His wife, Nancy Lovito Lipinski, died in 1997. Surviving are two…
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Change in education funding would be beneficial
It’s disappointing to read in the newspapers about cutbacks in school services and the laying off of school personnel because of a shortage of funding, especially knowing that there is more than enough money to fund the present school system if the legislators would be willing to change the present method of funding education. At…
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Coda
We can’t trust politicians with deeds to our homes Greg Bean Sometimes, you read something where somebody is quoted saying something so idiotic you just have to throw up your hands and ask, “What the h-e-double hockey sticks are they thinking?” That was the reaction I had to a piece in The Star-Ledger last week…
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Public’s input sought on Jamesburg budget
It is common knowledge that the state of New Jersey is in a property tax crisis and is in need of a serious fiscal overhaul. In response to the highest property taxes in the nation, the state introduced the 4 percent operating budget cap on local tax levies as a way to lower local governmental…
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Grateful for support of community, school, firefighters
As adviser to the Spotswood High School Octagon Community Service Club and History Club, I would like to thank the students, teachers and many community members of Spotswood who supported our annual Volleyball Game to Fight MS (multiple sclerosis). This year’s game raised more than $5,600, and in seven years we have raised $50,000 for…
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Library expansion reflects officials’ forethought
When it comes to the Monroe Township Public Library, it is a matter of a great facility getting even better. When the library opened in 1989, we had 4,000 square feet of space, and today we have 21,000 square feet, and we are filled to capacity. Thanks to the planning and foresight of our mayor…
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New school super in Jamesburg
Gail S. Verona has experience in many administrative roles BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer JAMESBURG – After months of searching and interviewing, the Board of Education has hired a new superintendent of schools. Gail S. Verona, who is currently the assistant superintendent in Elmwood Park, Bergen County, will take over for…
