Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Future Leaders honored at first annual luncheon

    JEFFGRANIT staff Thomas Kemble, Scott Ginsberg, Paul Sadowski, Louides Ferdinand and Justin Devy display their plaques at the Future Leaders luncheon at Branches in West Long Branch. Greater Media Newspapers recognized young achievers at a luncheon held at Branches banquet hall in West Long Branch June 15. Valley National Bank sponsored the event, which was…

  • Two school proposals subject of 6/28 meeting

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE – The Board of Education next week will host a public presentation on the status of its proposed elementary and high school buildings. Board member Joseph Homoki said officials want the public to be aware of the progress of each proposal, which were approved in…

  • Obituaries

    Theresa M. Tiedemann Mrs. Tiedemann, 92, of Milltown, died June 2 at Francis E. Parker Nursing Home, New Brunswick. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., she resided in Milltown most of her life. She was employed in the mail room at Johnson & Johnson, North Brunswick, several years ago. She was a member of St. Paul’s…

  • Park Savers question use of parcels in swap

    Monroe says high school land diversion process is moving forward BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE – A local environmental group is challenging the eligibility of township property involved in the high school land swap. Members of the citizens’ group Park Savers are alleging that the township offered restricted land in…

  • First-time junior academy will kick off next week

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The police department is reaching out to township youth to give them a taste of what law enforcement is all about. The town’s first-ever Junior Police Academy, expected to become an annual event, will run June 26-30 and is open to students entering…

  • School-funding proposal is not all that ‘fair’

    The June 8 Sentinel has yet another advocate of the “fair-tax” proposal making her case (“Fair-Tax Method of School Funding Should be Supported, Adopted,” Letters to the Editor). In recap, the “fair-tax” proposal suggests that a flat 5 percent income tax, administered by the state, will solve the inequities resulting from the current education funding…

  • E.B. administration’s reasoning is difficult to follow

    I’m having a hard time understanding the goals of East Brunswick’s administration regarding land use and taxes. One thing is certain – residents want a hold on property taxes that increase every year and hurt so many. We all know that 60 percent of our property taxes go to funding primary and secondary education, and…

  • Pucci is responsive, respected, appreciated

    As a reader of your newspaper, I am writing to state my support for Mayor Richard Pucci of Monroe. He has always been responsive to the needs of the citizens of this community, and for that reason he is a respected and appreciated mayor. Ellen Norman Monroe

  • Self-service gas pumps: the horror, the horror!

    Greg Bean Coda I got a real kick out of the collective wailing and gnashing of teeth among many of my fellow Nanny Staters when Gov. Jon Corzine recently proposed allowing us to pump our own gas as a way of reducing prices. New Jersey – which first made self-service fuel pumping illegal in 1949…