Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Letters

    Contract should be rebid to avoid appearance of The following is a letter I recently sent to Peter Harvey, New Jersey attorney general; to date, no answer has been received. I wanted to know if a contract let out by a municipality is required to be rebid if drastic changes have been made in the…

  • Obituaries

    John Alden Buck Sr. Mr. Buck, 77, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick and Spotswood, died Jan. 3 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He founded Buck Bros., a highway construction company located in Edison, then East Brunswick and Monroe, in 1950. Surviving are seven children, Christine “Tina” Klitsch Shannon, Maureen “Lesley” Buck-Stone,…

  • Enlisting N.J. citizens in the fight for reform

    Your Turn Carole Balmer Guest Column As a new governor prepares to take office, New Jersey has begun to make progress in combating the political corruption that wastes tax dollars, distorts our politics and hurts our state’s image. New Jersey now has significant pay-to-play protections on the state level — protections that reduce the link…

  • Time to move forward in Monroe

    Your Turn Joe Montanti Guest Column Joe Montanti Guest Column On Thursday Jan. 5, the bipartisan State House Commission voted unanimously to approve the diversion of 35 acres of Thompson Park land for 152 acres of Monroe Township municipal property and $1.2 million. The commission took its role seriously, reading and absorbing the report submitted…

  • Letters

    Milltown race should have been decided in runoff election Bob and Dina Belloff Guest Column Bob and Dina Belloff Guest Column On Election Day in November, the citizens of Milltown went to the polls to choose two officials to represent them on the Borough Council for the next three years. All elections are important, but…

  • Obituaries

    Ralph “Sonny” Soriero Mr. Soriero, 81, of Spotswood, died Dec. 12 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was born in Jersey City, and resided in North Arlington and Jersey City before moving to Spotswood 47 years ago. He was predeceased by a brother, Philip Soriero. He is survived by his wife, Justine…

  • Results show significance of each ballot that is cast

    Every vote counts. The phrase has been uttered countless times, and even though it is true, it’s usually not just one person’s vote that makes the difference in an election. But in November, that was the case in one Middlesex County town, and nearly in others as well. The race for a seat on the…

  • For the Record

    The photograph of former Milltown Councilwoman Patty Murray that appeared on page 3 of the Dec. 29 issue of the Sentinel was taken by John Sopchak, of Peerless Photography, Milltown. Credit for the photo was inadvertently omitted when the issue was published.