Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • linch

    It only seems like $8 million ago that my husband and I admired our eldest as he rode his cheap little Hot Wheel down the walk. Vernon was so small back then, so innocent, so easy to please, and so gosh darned inexpensive. Well, pass the time and check the bank statements, Honey, cuz those…

  • S.B. residents urged to say no to LI-1 zoning

    If our elected officials in South Brunswick are sincerely attempting to slow development and keep down the number of children overwhelming our schools, why are we then reviewing a use variance to construct 16 townhouses next to the Monmouth Junction Fire Department in a light industrial (LI-1) zone? If we can’t legally keep residential development…

  • Time is right for false bomb threat crackdown

    Juveniles do all sorts of things that seem like fun at the time, but they live to realize they were stupid. Think prank calls, bullying, sneaking beers into the woods or damaging private property on Mischief Night. Although these acts violate one law or another, when the kids are caught, the tendency by authorities is…

  • Money can saved by consolidation, sharing of services

    You would think by now the mandate to reform school spending and our overall tax structure at this point would reach a state of urgency amongst our state legislators – well, apparently not. The call to a constitutional convention to revamp our tax structure continues to receive politically-driven delays. This absolutely baffles me. Much of…

  • Greg Bean

    Coda Residents need more info about evacuation Two weeks ago, I wrote about the lack of an evacuation plan in Monmouth County and the state in case of emergency – at least a plan that anyone knows about. And toward the end of that column, I said that even if such plans exist, crisis managers…

  • A thank you note to St. Augustine’s School

    My name is Emily Sullivan and I am almost 6 years old. I am in kindergarten at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Milltown. Lots of people know that my school might close after this year. One of the older students at St. Augustine’s School in Kendall Park heard this news and asked the principal…

  • Obituaries

    Joseph P. Sapia Mr. Sapia, 92, of Monroe, formerly of Helmetta, died April 18 in Cranbury Care Center, Monroe. Prior to his retirement in 1974, he was employed for approximately 17 years as a school maintenance man with the Jamesburg Board of Education. His wife, Sophie Onda Sapia, died in 1995. Surviving are a son,…

  • Kudos to council members who voted to dead-end Van Liew

    Residents of Milltown should be proud of four Borough Council members who stood up for the residents of the town against corporate America when they voted for the ordinance to dead-end Van Liew Avenue. This has been a request of residents of the area for more than 60 years. Until now it has always been…

  • Thinks Drozd should be choice in Spotswood

    The Spotswood Borough Council elections are coming up on Tuesday, May 9. There are seven candidates running for three seats. I think that one of those seats belongs to Marge Drozd. She is a lifelong resident who has been involved in our community. As coordinator of the P.L.A.Y. Committee, she led the effort to build…