Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Probe can provide legal closure on Golden Tri.

    Word that the state Attorney General’s Office is looking into East Brunswick’s Golden Triangle redevelopment may have come as a surprise to some. For others, though, the news may be something of a relief – an opportunity for an outside party to examine the legal aspect of the deal. Many have been critical of the…

  • Your Turn

    Officials ignore residents on redevelopment Camille Ferraro Guest Column Camille FerraroGuest Column A number of articles have been published recently with a common theme – hubris and arrogance of public officials is overriding the concerns of residents about what is going to be built in their neighborhood or their town. Franklin Township wants to change…

  • Letters

    ‘Fair-tax’ method of school funding should be supported, adopted A lot has been in the newspapers regarding how much public officials are concerned about high property taxes. Many citizens have been complaining about how difficult it is to live with the ever-increasing property taxes. Yet, I haven’t read about one concrete method of reducing property…

  • Coda

    It’s much more fun when you’re playing for keeps Greg Bean When I was a kid of a certain age, we didn’t measure wealth by money, or social status by family lineage – we measured both by marbles. In our small town, there were no private schools and very few home-schoolers. Everyone from every segment…

  • Coda

    Advocate’s report is cause for optimism Greg Bean You have to wonder if Long Branch municipal attorney James Aaron was reading the same report on the woeful inadequacy of New Jersey’s eminent domain laws that everyone else was reading. The report, released May 18 by state Public Advocate Ronald K. Chen, was the first project…

  • Your Turn

    Explore other options for S.R. redevelopment Paula Sorg Guest Column Paula SorgGuest Column This is an open letter to the South River mayor, Borough Council and Planning Board. I attended the May 16 Planning Board meeting on the redevelopment of downtown South River, but I did not get a chance to have my say. I…

  • Your Turn

    Widen recognition of scholarly achievement Francis A. Spano Guest Column Francis A. SpanoGuest Column New Jersey community colleges need a new approach to dealing with problems of rising tuition costs, high attrition rates, low graduation rates and pressure to produce more qualified graduates. This approach evolved when our state Legislature recently initiated its Stars 1…

  • Obituaries

    Diane Creamer-Mani Ms. Creamer-Mani, 49, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, formerly of East Brunswick and North Brunswick, died May 24 in Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. Surviving are her parents, Theresa and Robert Creamer of East Brunswick; a daughter and son, Lisa and Michael, both at home; two sisters, Patricia…

  • Lucky strikes

    Students at JEPY Hebrew School in East Brunswick recently held a bowl-a-thon to raise money for children’s cancer research, collecting well over $1,000. Pictured is JEPY student and bowling champ Max Levine with Rabbi David Gross, director of Torah Links of Middlesex County, which sponsors the school.