Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • ‘This investigation will not stop with Lynch’

    Once again it comes as no surprise to anyone that another New Jersey corrupt politician pleads guilty to taking kickbacks. The one issue that needs further exploration by the U.S. Attorney is the ties between Monroe’s Mayor Richard Pucci and former state Sen. Sen. John Lynch. The fact that an admitted felon paid our mayor…

  • Double-dipping becoming a way of life in New Jersey

    I had to laugh when I read the story about East Brunswick Mayor William Neary being against making the mayor’s post full time (Sentinel, Sept. 14). Of course he would be against doing this. First of all, he would lose money since he holds the part-time mayor’s post at $20,000 a year along with his…

  • Efforts of many went into making 9/11 memorial a reality

    I write to thank the many individuals and community organizations that worked to make the moving Spotswood 9/11 Memorial a reality. I also wish to thank the many members of the Spotswood community who gathered together for our dedication and commemoration ceremony on Sept. 11. Photos of the evening’s activities should soon appear on the…

  • In praise of 9/11 victims and their families

    It’s been five years now since our beloved country was attacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. I salute all those innocent victims who lost their lives on 9/11 and also the families of the victims who are still suffering in grief and sorrow, remembering the lost members of their families. The 9/11 terrorists had…

  • Efforts of many made memorial a reality

    I write to thank the many individuals and community organizations that worked to make the moving Spotswood 9/11 Memorial a reality. I also wish to thank the many members of the Spotswood community who gathered together for our dedication and commemoration ceremony on Sept. 11. Photos of the evening’s activities should soon appear on the…

  • Unions oppose loss of power-generating plants

    I am writing today to inform the N.J. public that the unions representing more than 85 percent of the unionized work force at PSEG, including IBEW Local 94, United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, Local 855 and Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 153, are strongly opposed to…

  • Obituaries

    Arthur Kananovich Mr. Kananovich, 90, of South River, died Sept. 1 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a chemical operator at E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 27 years. His wife, Mary Gritsko Kananovich, died in 1972. Surviving are…

  • School construction well under way in E.B.

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The school district this summer made a great deal of progress on a $106.1 project to bring additions and renovations at three schools. To bring the community up-to-date on the work, the Board of Education had its architect, Jeffrey Venezia, present a construction…

  • Coda

    Counting the days until the Merla Show premiere Greg Bean If you’re marking off the days on your calendar as we are, you know it’s now less than a month before Keyport Mayor and all-around wacky guy John Merla is scheduled to go on trial for corruption. The ever-optimistic mayor was caught up in the…