Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Veteran board attorney honored posthumously

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Generations of school officials, as well as community members and dignitaries, came together recently to honor the late Philip H. Shore. Shore, an attorney who served the Spotswood school system for nearly 40 years, died in March after a battle with cancer. He was…

  • Shelter animals should be adopted, not euthanized

    The East Brunswick/Spotswood area needs a no-kill animal shelter.Many wonderful, adoptable animals are being euthanized because of the seven-day holding policy. If our shelter was available to the viewing public at least six days a week, including one weekend day, more animals would be adopted. The hours should be posted in the local newspapers and…

  • Pioneer Day

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Andrew Edmon-son and Alexander Tan make their way through an archway created by Kelsie Miklos (l) and Kaleigh Dwyer as they learn various forms of dancing during Pioneer Day at Central Elementary School, East Brunswick, May 4. At left: Third-grader Kelly Joyce, 8, performs a square dance.

  • Singin’ and swingin’

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Zachary Volkmann, 8, walks the balance beam during the second-graders’ “Circus Around the World” production May 11 at the Barclay Brook School in Monroe. The students gave two performances as the culmination of an artists-in- residence program. The interdisciplinary curricular experience included physics, math, history, language and geography. Right:…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • Your Turn

    See proposal for what it is: a bailout for developer Robert Tagliente Guest Column Robert TaglienteGuest Column At the East Brunswick Township Council meeting on April 16, Mayor William Neary asked the council to approve a change in zoning that would allow a developer to build 400 homes on the land bordered by Harts Lane…

  • Simmens, Luxenberg chosen to lead board

    EBHS senior, 18, begins three-year term as board reorganizes BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Scott Luxenberg EAST BRUNSWICK – The Board of Education reorganized last week, gaining a new, 18-year-old member and electing a new president and vice president for the year. Michael Hughes, a senior at East Brunswick High School,…

  • EBHS team to hit airwaves

    East Brunswick High School team members Mark Shteyn, Meixin Wang, team captain Eddie Zhang and Jerry Kung are pictured during a break in taping. Following two rounds of victories, the academic team from East Brunswick High School can be seen this weekend competing in the third round in “The Challenge,” a quiz show that tests…