Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Coda

    If they won’t do it, we’ll have to do it ourselves Greg Bean Greg Bean If they won’t do it, we’ll have to do it ourselves If there’s one thing we can almost all agree on this week, it’s that the BIG DEAL effort at property tax reform this year is as dead as Chester…

  • Around Town

    Pursuit of happiness makes mom go Amy Rosen I was recently shocked to hear news stories of long lines and people camping out to get the new PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii game systems. One individual was even robbed while waiting on line for a system. A week later our 12-year-old son told us what…

  • Holiday light show at Arts Center was a big disappointment

    Every year my family has certain holiday traditions. These traditions include driving around listening to holiday music and looking at over-the-top houses with thousands of lights and moving figurines. Another tradition is visiting the annual drive-through light displays. This year my family chose to go to PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel. It’s not the first…

  • Letters Policy

    Letters to the editor may be mailed to the Sentinel, P.O. Box 5001, Freehold, NJ 07728. They also may be sent via e-mail to [email protected]. Letters should be limited to 250 words; Your Turn guest columns to 750 words. All submissions may be edited for length, libel, content and grammar, and are subject to rejection.…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. Rodney L. Marlow Mr. Marlow, 87, of Monroe, formerly of Jamesburg, died Dec. 8, 2006, in Cranbury Care Center, Monroe. He served as a Jamesburg Borough Council…

  • Christmas made extra special thanks to generosity

    As coordinator for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul’s Adopt-A-Family Program, I would like to publicly thank all of the wonderful people who contributed to our program this year and made Christmas extra special for many needy families. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a nonprofit organization designed to help the poor…

  • Generous donations helped three local families

    This year, the Spotswood High School Touchdown Club initiated a new program called Charger Star, where 10 percent of our fundraising and sponsorships throughout the season has been designated to help three local families. In addition, we sponsored our first annual Charger Star Pasta Dinner in November, which was very successful thanks to generous donations…

  • Thieves should work for decorations, not steal

    Last week, some lowlife or lowlifes thought it would be nice for them to come on our property and steal our blowup Christmas Grinch. What kind of society do we live in? Last year some youngsters thought stealing the infant Jesus was a great idea. How do you have the nerve to go and place…

  • Municipal courts are inherently unfair

    Municipal courts and schools are a primary source of tax revenue for the municipal government. The problem is the municipal courts are structured in such a way to give preference to the testimony of the police. First, municipal judges are hired by local politicians. The prospective municipal court judge may have worked on the election…