Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Letters

    Use humane methods to control feral cats Oct. 16 is Feral Cat Day. A feral cat is a homeless domestic animal with a strong fear of humans. Ferals exist due to the public’s failure to adopt, spay/neuter, and due to its reluctance to make a lifetime commitment to cats in its care. Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is…

  • Inequities in school system are cause for concern

    Your Turn Susan L. Wilder Guest Column Susan L. Wilder Guest Column I am writing concerning the recent controversy in East Brunswick concerning pregame prayer. I am here as a Christian and a concerned parent of a child in the East Brunswick public school system. I have no bias toward any group of individuals, for…

  • All three proposed railroad routes are losers

    Your Turn Richard Wieland Guest Column The recent letter to the editor from Brian and Barbara Buckley of Freehold about the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) railroad (“Matawan MOM Spur Would Mean Loss of Trail,” Sentinel, Sept. 22) didn’t let the facts get in the way of their “not-in-my-back yard” reasoning. NJ Transit’s 2005 Draft Environmental Impact…

  • Let’s hope his cell mate is another GoodFella

    Coda Greg Bean I don’t know whether to file this one under “A Cautionary Tale” or “Where Are They Now?” If you’re a movie or fiction buff, you certainly remember the 1990 movie “GoodFellas” based on the novel by Nicholas Pileggi, and you likely remember Henry Hill, the mob informer played by Ray Liotta. You…

  • Obituaries

    Earl H. Christ Mr. Christ, of Monroe, formerly of Milltown and Clearwater, Fla., died Sept. 27 at home. A schoolteacher and administrator, he retired in 1978 as a principal with the Burlington elementary school system. He was the previous owner of the Jane Logan Shop, Milltown, and served on the Milltown Board of Education. Surviving…

  • User fees help make up funds cut from budget

    Board purchases library books, earmarks money for playground BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — User fees instituted by the Board of Education this year have enabled the purchase of $7,000 worth of library books. Charged to groups that use district facilities, the fees caused a stir when they were first…

  • Appleby changes help conditions on Vliet St.

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The expanded Appleby School parking lot is complete, along with a new “wrap-around” area for parents to avoid Vliet Street while dropping off students. Board of Education President Alan Bartlett said the expansion and associated wrap-around, finished in time for the first day of…

  • Letters

    Candidate has novel idea on taming property-tax gorilla We’ve all heard the expression “A monkey on my back.” Well, that monkey has grown into a gorilla. That gorilla is my property tax, and it’s a burden that is unreasonable. I’m willing to do my share for the community, but I want it to be a…