Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. Louis S. Rinaldi Mr. Rinaldi, 69, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 9 at home. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. Before his retirement, Mr. Rinaldi was a…

  • Popular crossing guard bids goodbye to her post

    Milltown woman will miss the kids, but not the cold BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Joan Dallas stops traffic yesterday morning on one of her final shifts helping children cross the street in Milltown. MILLTOWN — Joan Dallas has watched her kids go to school every year for…

  • Letters

    Center In recent years, New Jersey has had to “import” more than 50,000 units of whole blood annually because our population does not donate enough blood to cover the needs of New Jersey hospitals. Our state faces an immediate shortage for select blood types, and this will likely be the case for the coming winter…

  • Letters

    A differing opinion on coach I’ve considered Greg Bean’s columns as the Sentinel’s finest feature: entertaining, sensible, thought-provoking. That said, I must disagree with his position regarding the Marcus Borden situation (“Borden’s Lawsuit Grounded in the First Amendment,” Sentinel, Dec. 1). Mr. Bean is not an expert on constitutional law or history, yet he makes…

  • Make price, quality criteria for contracts

    It’s been described as “legalized political bribery,” and that’s exactly what it is. But unfortunately, the practice known as pay-to-play remains alive and well in the state of New Jersey, despite years of pleading from activists, politicians and ordinary citizens that the system be reformed. Several dozen towns in New Jersey and some counties have…

  • These homeowners say they’re getting robbed

    Coda Greg Bean If you think we’re making progress eradicating organized crime, you probably ought to take a look at Long Branch, N.J., where there are plenty of people who’d argue the city fathers have turned municipally organized crime into an art form. Recently, the city took its first legal step in condemning 11 of…

  • Obituaries

    Neil Buchanan Mr. Buchanan, 56, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 11 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a mechanic with Schundler Co., Edison. Surviving are his wife, Mary Territo Buchanan; a son, Jason Buchanan; and a daughter, Cortney Buchanan. Visitation is planned for 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. on Dec. 15…