Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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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…
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Campaign experiment winds up FACE down
We had high hopes for the Fair and Clean Elections (FACE) Pilot Project, but as the experiment came to a close last week, there was no way of looking at it as anything but a bust. Under FACE, Assembly candidates from District 13, in Middlesex and Monmouth counties, and District 6 in Camden County were…
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Qualifying for the Mother of the Year Award
Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch It hit me just last week that I may never qualify for the Mother of the Year Award. I’m also out of the running for Cook of the Century and A Wife to Die For. Since those nice folks at “Desperate Housewives” haven’t called and requested my presence for…
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Obituaries
Anne Hencosky O’Neill Mrs. O’Neill, 85, of East Brunswick, formerly of Edison, died Sept. 18 in Care One, East Brunswick. She was a member of the Edison Democratic Committee. Her husband, Eugene O’Neill, died in 2000. Surviving are a daughter, Marie O’Neill Beyer of East Brunswick; a son, Steven Paul O’Neill of Staten Island, N.Y.;…
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Name-calling unnecessary in county freeholder race
It’s not easy being a Republican candidate for a Middlesex County office. At least that appears to be the case for a slate of GOP candidates who last week tried to file an ethics complaint against the Democratic incumbents. Not only did freeholder candidates Andrew Tidd and Jay Boxwell Jr. and county clerk hopeful Joe…
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Obituaries
Frank S. Raciti Sr. Mr. Raciti, 76, of North Brunswick, died Sept. 14 at home. Born in New Brunswick, he had been a resident of North Brunswick for the past 50 years. Mr. Raciti was a purchasing agent at the Middlesex County Purchasing Department, retiring in 1997. Prior to that, he was a sales manager…
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Letters
Comparison to Ford Ave. project is ludicrous In the Sept. 9 issue of the Sentinel, there was a letter to the editor (“Milltown Must Learn From Impact of Hurricane Katrina”) that compared the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to the Milltown Ford Avenue redevelopment plan. I had to read the letter over several times to try…
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Student redistricting possible down the road
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE –– With plans in the works to build two more schools in town, officials have begun discussing the possibility of student redistricting. “It may be a couple of years down the road, but I think it’s not too early to at least keep it in…
