Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • A hoppin’ good time

    PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, Seven Karczewski, 4, shows the basket of goodies he won to older brother Richie, 7, during Saturday’s “Breakfast With the Easter Bunny” at Holy Trinity Church Hall in Helmetta. Below, Blake Janeczek, 7, plays with the Bunny during the breakfast.

  • March Madness

    PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Above, eighth-grader Ricky Marte puts the pressure on Milltown Board of Education member Jim Ferguson during the March Madness basketball fundraiser at Parkview School Friday night. At halftime, a new $21,000 mobile computer lab was rolled out for all to see. The lab was purchased by the PTA, thanks in part…

  • Family extends gratitude to S.R. Fire Dept.

    We would like to extend our most sincere thanks to the South River Fire Department for assisting us in sending our brother, Fred Roselli, to his eternal resting place. To his sisters, Fred was our patriarch and a pillar in our community. The honor guard the fire department provided at the funeral home, at St.…

  • Many deserve thanks for fashion show success

    Thanks to all who attended the South River Office on Aging Fashion Show on March 12. I would like to offer special thanks to our corporate sponsors, Rui Baptista and the staff of Ria Mar Restaurant, South River, for an outstanding luncheon, and the Menlo Park Coldwater Creek store for supplying the beautiful spring fashions.…

  • Freeholders must address, resolve plight of homeless men

    It is obvious that the general public is interested in providing adequate shelters, as evidenced by the articles in the newspapers proclaiming this need. I recently read that Woodbridge is planning to upgrade its shelter to the tune of $750,000 and that the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders has granted $500,000 to Old Bridge…

  • Survivor’s story serves as reminder of Holocaust

    The Sentinel is to be commended for publishing the haunting article about Murray Goldfinger, a survivor of the Holocaust who met with endless horrors during the World War II (“A Tale of Tragedy, Torture and Survival,” March 22). This article is quite long for a local newspaper, yet it treats this subject – which is…

  • Board should spend money on education, not on legal fees

    I completely agree with Florinne Abramowitz and her letter to the editor (“Board Should Live With State Aid, Stop Taking From Taxpayers”) published in the March 22 issue of the Sentinel. We purchased our home in East Brunswick seven years ago, and our taxes have almost doubled in that seven years. As I read the…

  • Obituaries

    Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin L. Sebban, U.S. Army Sgt. Sebban, 29, of South Amboy, died March 17, 2007, in Baqouba, Iraq. A graduate of Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools, East Brunswick, and the nursing program at Fort Bragg, N.C., he was serving as a medic with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. He won…

  • Sees hope for nation manifested in its soldiers

    Over the years, I have watched with a sense of despair and disappointment as this great nation strayed from the traditional moral and civil codes that have made it great. I found myself often wondering if we could continue to survive as the great “shining city upon a hill” as Ronald Reagan often stated. It…