Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Urges residents to wake up, see mismanagement in E.B.

    I read the article (“Councilman Upset Over Golden Triangle Papers,” Sentinel, May 17) about Mayor William Neary’s maneuver in allowing National City Bank to be the primary lien holder if Toll Brothers defaults in the Golden Triangle deal. I think it is time for the taxpayers of East Brunswick to wake up and realize the…

  • Cleanup, signs heighten awareness of Darfur

    On Saturday morning, May 19, students from J.P. Stevens High School, Edison, East Brunswick High School and members of the East Brunswick organization Community on Conscience-NJ cleaned up Summerhill Road in East Brunswick. We used the opportunity of our spring cleanup to raise awareness about the ongoing crimes against humanity in Darfur, Sudan. In May…

  • Efforts of mayor, council ensure open-space preservation

    There has been much discussion in the media about preserving open space in New Jersey. Monroe Township has been a role model for preserving land, and as a resident of Monroe, I more than approve of our township government’s aggressive plans for open space. We have our own local open-space tax fund that has been…

  • 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…

  • Letter carriers, residents worked to help those in need

    The South River Food Bank wishes to express its deepest gratitude to all South River residents who contributed to the recent food drive. You made it easier for us to help our less fortunate friends. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the mail carriers who made this food drive possible. A great…

  • 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…

  • Obituaries

    Ivan Dmitrienko Mr. Dmitrienko, 84, of South River, died April 27, 2007, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Helen; a son and daughter-in-law, Leonid “Len” and Vera Dmitrienko of Millstone Township; two daughters and sons-in-law, Olga and David Selick of Freehold Township and Nina and John Lukianov of South…

  • Recommends E.B. Citizens Police Academy to all residents

    In February the East Brunswick Police Department announced a 12-week course, the Citizens Police Academy, to be given for the first time. I signed up, expecting nothing more than a series of lectures, thinking some might even be dull. I just finished the course, and was I ever wrong in my expectations. The program was…

  • Obituaries

    Cindy Ann Napolitano Mrs. Napolitano, 49, of Tuckerton, formerly of Milltown, died May 20, 2007, at home. She was predeceased by her stepfather, Carmen Zangara. Surviving are her children, Kimberly Smith, Michael Weiss and Kelly Eskesen, all of Egg Harbor; her mother, Connie Caruso Zangara of Milltown; her father, Donald Napolitano of Port Orange, Fla.;…