Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Rising costs, trailers add to tax burden
This letter is in reference to the article titled “Park Land To Be Probed for Historical Value” that appeared in the Feb. 1 issue of the Sentinel. Another delay to construct the so-called new high school. The latest figure submitted regarding cost is more than $36 million above previous projected costs. The longer the delay…
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Residents voted for a high school, not one in the park
The Jan. 24 vote by the Monroe Township Board of Education not to look for alternatives that would help the overcrowding at the high school and remove the trailers shows once and for all that the only thing of interest to the board is protected park land. The board is helping politicians help pay-to-play developers…
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In Trenton, the lunatics are running the asylum Greg Bean I think I can finally render a professional diagnosis: All the legislators in Trenton are clinically insane. There’s a quote variously attributed to Albert Einstein, Rudyard Kipling and Rita Mae Brown that says, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting…
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School site must meet review standards
This letter is in response to two letters to the editor that recently appeared in the Sentinel regarding the proposed expansion of Monroe Township High School. One of the writers urged officials to steamroll over the local residents who have come together, in the spirit of the rights of Americans to associate and petition the…
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High school is a model of support for troops
A moment rarely passes, it seems, when Spotswood High School teacher Frank Yusko isn’t doing something to support U.S. troops and recognize war veterans. Yusko, who not long ago created a Wall of Heroes for school alumni who served in Iraq or Afghanistan, has recently wrapped up two efforts that exemplify how one relatively small…
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Is the nest ever empty when it’s full of junk? Greg Bean My wife and I are now officially empty nesters, but when the last child left recently to take an out-of-state job, we came to a shocking realization: You can’t have an empty nest when the chicks leave all their junk behind to clutter…
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Officials must ensure that school reaches completion
In December 2003, approximately 5,300 Monroe voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum for a new high school plan, calling for the school to be built on 35 acres of Thompson Park. The reason so many voters in our diverse community approved this creative and cost-effective plan was because it addressed so many needs in our community,…
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Student: Latest budget cuts have tangible results
BY MOLLY MAGIER Student Writer BY MOLLY MAGIERStudent Writer In the past, when a school budget did not pass, it might have meant no extra school dances, no progress on better school lunches and no new rocket for science class. However, this year students were confronted with a regressed learning environment. Every school day, students…
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Cloggers support Project Linus NJ
Blanket Mission With a Heart, a program of Project Linus NJ Inc. (PLNJ), recently received a donation of 13 fleece “hugs” made by the members of the Rhythm in Motion 4-H Cloggers Club of Middlesex County. Group members cut the fleece at their club meetings, and the blankets were delivered to the PLNJ director, Hillary…
