Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • More students, trailers increase Monroe budget

    New staff positions included in tentative plan for 2006-07 BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Monroe MONROE – As student enrollment continues to rise, school taxes are expected to increase as well under a proposed budget for the 2006-07 school year. School Business Administrator Wayne Holliday declined to release a tax rate…

  • Seniors will feel the sting of tax increases

    Coda Greg Bean In my neighborhood of East Bruns-wick, there are several elderly women and men struggling to get by. Most of these wonderful people have lived in the community for most of their adult lives. They raised their families there in modest houses. And after the kids moved away and their partners died, they…

  • In the Service

    Mark D. Gicherman, formerly of Monroe, recently was promoted to staff sergeant with the U.S. Army, active duty. He is stationed at Fort Drum, N.Y., as part of the 10th Mountain Division. A 10-year Army veteran, Gicherman has served at Fort Hood, Texas, Giessen Army Depot, Germany, and Fort Drum. He has been deployed to…

  • EBHS takes on DePaul in ‘New Jersey Challenge’

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Following its first-round victory in the premiere season of “The New Jersey Challenge,” the East Brunswick High School academic team will return to the airwaves this weekend. The team can be seen competing against DePaul Catholic High School, of Wayne, at 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on News 12 New…

  • Retired teacher honored for going above the call

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD – The borough has formally recognized longtime graphic arts teacher Richard Kuzminczuk upon his retirement. In addition to teaching a variety of courses at Spotswood High School, Kuzminczuk has provided the borough and school district with many valuable free services over the years, according to…

  • Bon Jovi pays surprise visit to his old school

    Students chat with Sayreville class of ’80 grad-turned-rock-star BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Sayreville War Memorial High School Principal James Brown presents Jon Bon Jovi with his very own Bombers jersey last week when the singer, along with a crew from ABC’s 20/20, paid a visit to the school. SAYREVILLE –…

  • A solid ‘no go’ to licenses for illegals

    State representatives should reject a proposal put forth by Assembly-man Joseph Vas (D-Middlesex) that would, if signed into law, permit illegal aliens to drive legally in New Jersey. The bill would allow illegal aliens and other people who cannot comply with the state Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) six-point rule to drive in New Jersey and…

  • There’s a word for that, and the word is …

    Coda Greg Bean My son was looking for some important paperwork recently when my aging brain went into full-tilt freeze mode. It not only temporarily erased one word I was looking for in my memory bank, it erased two. “Where did you say the papers were?” he asked. “They’re out there in the thing under…

  • Board leaders will run unopposed in Spotswood

    Bartlett, O’Brien say challenges lie ahead for school board BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Alan Bartlett SPOTSWOOD – With two seats available on the Board of Education, and only two candidates running, the outcome of the April 18 election may be a foregone conclusion. But it’s what happens afterward that counts,…