Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • This year, schools must watch what they eat

    Districts adjust to new federal standards regarding nutrition BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Across the nation, millions of students will be getting more fiber in their diets, as new federal standards for nutrition in school lunches come into effect this year. Schools that receive federal funding for meals must now follow…

  • Wants to see childhood home restored

    This letter is in response to the article (“Mansion’s Uncertain Future Raises Concern”) and the letter from Richard Meyers (“Save Historic Borough Homestead, Honor Whitehead Family”) that appeared in the June 29 issue of the Sentinel. In order to help the South River Historical and Preservation Society fill in more of the history of the…

  • Group supports student development code

    As advocates for 142 approved private special education programs in New Jersey, we have been keeping a close eye on the Student Development Code, which was slated for a vote by the N.J. State Board of Education Aug. 2. We support the code in its current form which would allow public and private schools the…

  • Obituaries

    Anthony W. Alexander Mr. Alexander, 82, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 24 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his wife, Ruth Warnsdorfer Alexander, who died in August; by a granddaughter, Kelly Ann Alexander; and by a son-in-law, Jerry Wieciek. Surviving are three sons, Anthony Alexander Jr. of East Brunswick,…

  • Your Turn

    Must be no sacred cows in fight to decrease taxes The burden of high property taxes in East Brunswick receives much attention in these pages. To better understand matters, I’ve looked at the actual numbers adjusted for inflation using the most recent month of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ CPI-U “deflator” statistics. I’ve taken…

  • Coda

    South Brunswick pols can always make things worse Greg Bean This morning as I drove down Davidsons Mill Road in South Brunswick, past the new warehouse complex going up like a giant concrete carbuncle on the landscape, I slowed, faced the general direction of town hall and gave Mayor Frank Gambatese and the Town Council…

  • Junior police academy was well-planned

    I would like to take the time to thank Spotswood Chief of Police Karl Martin, Sgt. Chris Bierman, Officer Nicholas Mayo and the rest of the police officers who gave their time and outstanding effort in the Spotswood Junior Police Academy, held from July 17-21. My son Anthony, who has aspirations of becoming a police…

  • Residents encouraged to donate blood

    The most important things in life are not things – not material things. Please donate blood. Save a life. Donating is easy, sterile and painless. The actual donation lasts only about 10 minutes. Please help. Come donate at our community blood drive at the East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Civic Center Drive, on Tuesday, Oct.…