Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • E.B. board taps former teacher for vacant spot

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK –– She’s new to the board, but no stranger to education. Meredith Shaw, the mother of three children who are products of the East Brunswick school district, was named to a vacant seat on the Board of Education Aug. 18, assuming the new role…

  • Officials enthusiastic about new school year

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer JAMESBURG –– Thanks to two grants, the borough will begin the year with two new school programs in place. One program, partially funded by the state Department of Transportation, is called Safe Route to School, and will examine the walking routes that students use to get…

  • The wheels of justice keep creaking along

    Coda Greg Bean Well, it doesn’t look like they’re going to take my advice on former East Brunswick Councilman Richard Walling. Regular readers may remember that a while back, shortly after Walling was charged with stealing more than $40,000 from the nonprofit Friends of Monmouth Battlefield, I suggested it might be nice to consider some…

  • Milltown mulls 15-year cable franchise contract

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — Residents will have their chance next month to raise any concerns about their current, and likely future, cable service provider. The committee that handles cable-related issues, including franchise negotiations, has recently come to terms with the current provider, Cablevision, on a 15-year municipal franchise…

  • Letters

    Proposed cable legislation falls short in several important areas With all due respect to Robert K. Johnson (“Bill Aims to Improve Cable Services,” Your Turn guest column, Sentinel, Aug. 18), as a 15-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, I resent the implication that I have been misled or influenced by cable operators. I’ll also note…

  • Obituaries

    Alberta Logan DeGraw Mrs. DeGraw, 72, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 17 at her son’s East Brunswick home. She was an accounting assistant at Nisonoff and Quadrel, South River, for 36 years, retiring in 2004. Surviving are her husband, Alvin; two sons, Dennis DeGraw and Kevin DeGraw, both of East Brunswick; a sister, Dorothy Feldner…

  • Letters, we get letters

    The opinion pages of the Sentinel are intended to be a forum for citizens to express their opinions on issues of importance in the community. The letters to the editor are a way for citizens to make their concerns known to the public at large and to the elected and appointed officials who are responsible…