Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Coda

    In this parable, let’s all just root for the lions Greg Bean Watching President George W. Bush on television last week reminded me of the story we learned in Bible class about Daniel and the Lions’ Den. I’m kind of working from memory here, but as I recall, Daniel was a high-level bureaucrat in the…

  • Band Concert

    Spotswood High School students rehearse recently for the second annual District Band Concert, which features the high school jazz band and wind ensemble as well as the middle school bands from Milltown and Spotswood. The concert is held each year, in part to allow younger students from both towns to make a smoother transition to…

  • Film about crisis in Darfur found audience in E.B.

    On a recent Sunday, more than 200 local residents came out on a snowy, winter evening to see a movie at the Mega Movies cinema on Route 18 in East Brunswick. Unlike the other movies being shown that evening, this one had no commercials, no star power and no big budget to lure moviegoers. Instead,…

  • Time for county to establish no-kill animal shelter

    I was told by several people about how great the Monmouth County Animal Shelter is. A couple of weeks ago, I took a carload of items to the facility’s thrift store that benefits the animals. The shelter is extremely clean, and the animals are exercised and seem friendly and happy. The people at both the…

  • Obituaries

    Genevieve Toth Mrs. Toth, 78, of Gaithersburg, Md., formerly of Milltown, died Jan. 7, 2007, in Casey House, Rockville, Md. Her husband, Stephen E. Toth, died in 1987, and a son, Stephen M. Toth, died in 1977. Surviving are two daughters, Brenda Moldawer and Judy Laratta, both of Gaithersburg; two sisters, Helen Dominiecki and Joanne…

  • In the News

    Quotes show state leaders out of touch Mark Rosman It’s the little things that make me crazy at 5 a.m. I define “little things” as picking up my daily newspaper from the porch and seeing a pair of quotes from two purported New Jersey leaders that show me just how pathetic a state this state…

  • Coda

    Merla is guilty? Boy, we didn’t see that coming Greg Bean After last Wednesday, we can add at least one more entry to our lexicon of words describing former Keyport Mayor John Merla – felon. It looks like I won’t be eating crow after all – which I might have been compelled to do had…

  • Idea of a.m. polling hours lacks support

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer “Figures do not show a huge difference, but in these times, giving people a better chance to vote is a better idea.” – Meredith Shaw School board member EAST BRUNSWICK – Though school board members would like to increase participation in the April school elections, the…

  • Attorney clarifies state DWI laws discussed in story

    As a local criminal defense attorney with a substantial DWI [driving while intoxicated] practice, I read with interest the recent article by Kathy Chang entitled “Misconceptions abound about police, traffic laws.” Unfortunately, the article itself contains two significant “misconceptions” concerning drunk driving law in New Jersey that should be corrected. “The law reads that if…