Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Around Town
Oh no! There’s a pack of teenagers coming your way! Amy Rosen “Ups and downs are always inevitable due to varied personalities and opinions. The key is how you choose to work things out.” Recently, my husband and I had the pleasure of escorting about 27 teenagers to Washington, D.C. When told we were chaperoning…
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Are We There Yet?
Oh, joy! It’s summertime and no more fractions Lori Clinch Is it just me, or are you having a hard time believing that summer vacation is practically upon us? It seems like just yesterday that I armed my despondent children with crisp, new crayons, pencils and tablets. As they cried into their Kleenex supply and…
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Food drive a success due to community
As you know, Saturday, May 12, was the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. The staff of the Deacons Food Cupboard of the Jamesburg Presbyterian Church would like to thank all of the folks who helped with checking expiration dates and sorting, packing and carrying food all afternoon. The weather was wonderful (an important factor,…
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Rainforest Day
Above: Shea Obado, a student at the Schoenly School in Spotswood, takes a close look at a pair of South American love birds during the first-graders’ recent Rainforest Day. The children studied a variety of areas, from geography to animals and food, pertaining to rain forests. Below: Kimberly Mikic (l-r), Sara Gibbs and Brandon Rubin…
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Wants letter writer to run for Board of Ed
I would like to thank Darlene Gliese for her “Your Turn” guest column on Spotswood’s increased taxes and the school budget (“Increased Taxes Is Not Only Reason Residents Vote Against Budget,” Sentinel, May 10). She stated so eloquently the many reasons the residents of Spotswood are so fed up. I hope that the school board…
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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.;…
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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…
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Police-coverage issue one worth studying
With a scaled-back force of just three full-time police officers, including the chief, it’s high time that Helmetta takes a good look at its police department and how it can best serve the borough. Whether that means increasing manpower or turning police coverage over to another town, the issue needs to be examined. Mayor Nancy…
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Obituaries
William J. Perbetsky Mr. Perbetsky, 71, of North Brunswick, died May 10, 2007, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. born in Coaldale, Pa., he resided in Pennsylvania and Milltown prior to relocating to North Brunswick 43 years ago. He was a chief lineman for Public Service Electric and Gas, New Brunswick, for 43 years,…
