Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Student sought to work on borough’s downtown

    J’burg revitalization group hopes to use free design services BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDIStaff Writer JAMESBURG – Intern wanted. The Jamesburg Revitalization Coalition (JRC) is looking to secure an architectural graduate student to design potential plans for the borough’s downtown area, all for the price of college credit. Coalition President Teddy Ehmann…

  • Milltown residents urged to just say no to variance

    I am writing in response to the article in the Sentinel regarding the Forney Clinic and the current discussion of starting an historic preservation commission. While I appreciate there is a need for some kind of historic preservation commission, I want to address the specific issue of the Forney Clinic and the potential harm that…

  • Board supporters to blame for lack of school

    When I read Stacey Brennert’s letter to the editor, “Resident Wants To Set the Record Straight,” in the Jan. 12 issue of the Sentinel, I thought there was no sense in even responding to it because people like this just blindly believe what the town and Board of Education tell them and are oblivious to…

  • Take part in donor drive, support Navy SEAL and family

    For many years, Spotswood residents Charlie and Dianne contributed time, energy and love to the Spotswood and East Brunswick communities. Charlie was a member of the East Brunswick Police Department for 30 years, retiring as a lieutenant. Dianne was heavily involved with the East Brunswick Golden Bears, especially with the Little Scholar Athlete program. I…

  • The sign on the door says Gone Fishin’

    Greg Bean Coda If you’re reading this and have a complaint that I’m not writing about taxes, corruption or weighty issues this week (is my boss listening?), I can’t help you. That’s because I’m on the Middle Fork of the Powder River in Wyoming, enjoying the scenery on a friend’s ranch and trying to coax…

  • Navy SEAL needs our help

    We would like to encourage our readers to spend a couple minutes of their time this Saturday at Spotswood High School, a brief visit that could possibly wind up saving the life of a man who has given plenty to all of us. Justin, a 27-year-old Spotswood native who has risked his life for his…

  • Gov’t contractors, not 9/11 widows, profited from tragedy

    I read Christine Grimaldi’s article about Ann Coulter’s book and comments regarding the 9/11 widows (“Writer’s Claims Disturb Families of 9/11 Victims,” Sentinel, June 15), and I found myself nodding my head in agreement with the outrage expressed by those interviewed. I have been wondering, too, if anyone asked Ann Coulter what her thoughts are…

  • Watching for terrorists on the Mighty Raritan

    Greg Bean Coda They say a rising tide floats all boats, and that’s certainly true in Middlesex County, where the rising tide of Homeland Security grant money is apparently enabling the county to build its own navy. According to a press release last week from the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders, the county has dedicated…

  • Obituaries

    Nicholas J. Vallone Mr. Vallone, 77, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died June 14 in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. His wife, Ida Cancro Vallone, died in 1999. Surviving are a son, Paul V. Vallone of Houston, Texas; two daughters, Cathy McAleer of East Brunswick and Lisa Pankiewicz of Freehold; a sister, Maryann…