Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Letters

    Upset by audience comments at council meeting After watching the Milltown Borough Council meeting on March 15, I was appalled at the audience comments that were directed at the council. Most had to do with the vote on the vacant seat for which John Collins was nominated. There were several people with very opinionated comments,…

  • Obituaries

    Warren W. Gaal Mr. Gaal, 70, of North Brunswick, died March 27 at home. Born in New York City, he resided in Queens, N.Y., before moving to North Brunswick 41 years ago. Mr. Gaal was a structural designer at Allied Resources, Marlton, working in Bensalem, Pa., the past 10 years. He served with the U.S.…

  • Construction begins on $106.1M project

    Elementary, middle school overcrowding to be addressed BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer + 14 new classrooms + new plumbing, electrical and heating systems + new and safer pickup and drop-off areas + extra gymnasium/all-purpose room A years-in-the-making plan to bring additions to East Brunswick schools and ease elementary and middle school…

  • Public hearing set for $122M school budget

    E.B. officials say 2006-07 budget funds necessities, little else BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The last five years have presented an unwelcome challenge for the Board of Education. While enrollment went up by more than the capacity of its largest elementary school, state funding remained completely flat. For…

  • School tab includes tax hike, position cuts

    Spotswood board does away with auto class, instructional aides BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – The tax rate would go up 10 cents under a 2006-07 school budget adopted Tuesday night by the Board of Education. The increase means the owner of a home assessed at the borough average of…

  • Stardom

    SCOTT PILLING staff Applegarth Middle School student Jeremy Grossman, as the Prince of Dauntless, and Olivia Restive, as Princess Winnifred, work on a scene from “Once Upon a Mattress” during a dress rehearsal Monday. The show will be performed at 7 o’clock tonight and tomorrow at Monroe Township High School’s Marasco Performing Arts Center, Perrineville…

  • Three incumbents face challenge in BOE race

    Three full terms and one two-year seat up for grabs in E.B. BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer East Brunswick EAST BRUNSWICK – The field of five candidates seeking four seats on the Board of Education offers a combination of experience and change. While board President Michael Baker has decided against seeking…

  • Acting out

    SCOTT PILLING staff Jeremy Grossman rehearses Monday for “Once Upon a Mattress.” He and other Applegarth Middle School students will present the show at 7 p.m. today and tomorrow at Monroe Township High School’s Marasco Performing Arts Center, Perrineville Road.

  • Acting the part

    SCOTT PILLING staff Applegarth Middle School’s Jeffrey Intravatola, as Sir Henry, and Renee LaPlante, as Lady Larkin, rehearse a scene from “Once Upon a Mattress.” The show will run tonight and tomorrow at the Marasco Performing Arts Center at Monroe Township High School.