Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Adele Young
Bloopers Hope you didn’t miss the Holly Belly Boutique We like to start the new year by looking back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into some of Greater Media Newspapers’ publications during the previous year. This ain’t the “Oprah” show: In a story…
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Obituaries
Gwendolyn N. Hanes Goddard Mrs. Goddard, 92, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 27, 2006, in Care One, East Brunswick. Her husband, Theodore, died in 1980. Surviving are a daughter, Diane Plumser, and her husband, Allan, of East Brunswick; a son, Richard of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at…
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Does Monroe need another Chabad center?
I read with great amazement your article titled “Chabad House Plans First Permanent Home” that appeared in the Dec. 7 issue of the Sentinel. I have been involved with the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe since its inception in 2002 and have actively contributed and supported it in its fantastic growth, reaching out to all…
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Coda
At least, the mayor always kept everything interestin’ Greg Bean There’s a wonderful scene in Larry McMurtry’s great American novel “Lonesome Dove” when former Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae are discussing the inexorable march of time. They’ve just ridden into San Antonio, Texas, and the place is much different from the raucous frontier…
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State’s latest tax solution fails to address the real problems
The state Legislature has been given a deadline by Gov. Jon Corzine to come up with a solution to the high tax problem in New Jersey. Now after some months of committee hearings on the subject, the leadership has announced a partial solution. They propose a 20 percent reduction in local property taxes. And how,…
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Some standout officials wrap service as ’06 ends
The new year brings with it many changes to our local governing bodies, including the departures of several longtime and effective officials and the arrival of fresh new faces. In one town, political control has also changed. Leaving our local governing bodies this year is a class that ranges from watchdogs to veterans. In the…
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New classrooms begin to open in East Brunswick
EAST BRUNSWICK – The first fruits of the $106.1 million building project under way at three township schools are now visible as students are now learning in new classrooms at Central Elementary School. Students in kindergarten through third grade at the Cranbury Road school moved into some 14 new classrooms just prior to winter break…
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Housing homeless men ought to be a priority for Middlesex freeholders
At a recent Sunday church service the sermon contained a message that asked the people, “Are you doing everything you can to help your fellow man?” I thought about the homeless men in Middlesex County, and I gave myself a failing grade. I called the Ozanam Inn, New Brunswick, where homeless men are housed, and…
