Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Call for support of prescription-drug price registry
In the past year, drug costs have increased at twice the rate of inflation. High drug costs deliver a difficult blow to those least able to afford it – the low-income and the hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents who lack health care coverage. Individuals who do not have health insurance pay the highest…
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To find out why so many leave, ask teachers themselves
I am writing in response the (too) brief item in Greg Bean’s column, “With John Merla, It’s One Goofy Thing After Another,” (Sentinel, May 18) about the new study from the National Education Association (NEA) showing that “half of new teachers in the U.S. are likely to quit within the first five years because of…
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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
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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…
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Deny quality education, hurt town’s future
Mindy Shepetin Guest Column Hats off to Robin Romano of East Brunswick for her response (“Focus on What’s Good for Society, Not Just the Individual,” Letters to the Editor, Sentinel, May 18) to the letter titled “Charge Residents a School Tax Based on Use” that appeared in the May 4 issue of the Sentinel. I…
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Obituaries
Lena R. Pietropollo Mrs. Pietropollo, 77, of Old Bridge, died May 24 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1978, she was a supervisor with Sunshine Biscuit, Sayreville, where she worked for more than 15 years. She also served as an Old Bridge committeewoman during the 1960s. A son,…
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Picture this …
SCOTT PILLING staff Acclaimed children’s author and illustrator Steven Kellogg met with small groups of students throughout the day Friday at Warnsdorfer Elementary School in East Brunswick. Kellogg spoke about picture books and how they are a form of art designed specifically for children during the PTA-sponsored visit. He also signed books that the students…
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Student lends voice to debate over NCLB
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – When Churchill Junior High School student Miruna Barnoschi visited Congress recently, it wasn’t for a class field trip or tourist outing. Barnoschi was there to do some lobbying. Barnoschi and 14 other teens from New Jersey visited lawmakers May 23 to lobby for…
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Late delivery
Last week, Greater Media Newspapers, which publishes the Sentinel, faced two challenges that led to late delivery. First was the Memorial Day holiday, which delayed production and delivery of the newspaper by a day. Second was a direct lightning strike at our East Brunswick press facility just as the Sentinel was scheduled to be printed.…
