Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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State should act on zones
Sayreville is part of a fast-growing number of New Jersey towns looking to create what have been dubbed “pedophile-free zones.” The measure bars certain convicted sex offenders from living near areas that children regularly use. The state is considering legislation aimed for the same purpose, and it is important for many reasons that the Legislature…
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Redevelopment plan sure to cost taxpayers
Joseph Schmidt Guest Column This letter is in reference to the Milltown Ford Avenue redevelopment project, which features a large increase in proposed per-acre units from five to 15 and was approved by the agency and the Borough Council in spite of the lack of necessary information. The original plan adopted in 2002 specified a…
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Goal is to raise competence of rehabilitators
Your Turn Tim Steinbeiser Guest Column In response to a letter to the editor from Melissa Jacobs (“Support Needed to Preserve Wildlife Rehabilitators”) that appeared in the May 12 issue of the Sentinel, the New Jersey Association of Wildlife Rehabilitators (NJAWR) offers the following information. Ms. Jacobs stated: “Until recently, many volunteers cared for distressed…
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Professional advice you can take as the gospel
Coda Greg Bean I never thought I’d come to the point in my life where I had any foolproof professional wisdom for my kids, at least any they’d listen to. But recently I had a conversation with one of my sons that made me realize there are a few things I’m fairly wise about, after…
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Letters
No public accountability if state roads are privatized With regard to Assemblyman John Wisniewski’s “Your Turn” guest column (“Privatizing Road Won’t Benefit Taxpayers,” Sentinel, July 8), I agree with his assessment of the proposed privatization of one or more of the state’s toll roads. My wife, Betty, and I have seen a similar proposal for…
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Obituaries
Joanna Gierla Chmiel Mrs. Chmiel, 63, of East Brunswick, died July 18 in Scranton, Pa. Surviving are her husband, Francis Chmiel; four daughters, Eleanor Schaff and Deborah Chmiel, both of East Brunswick, Karen McKinney of Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Janice Pfuhl of Long Island, N.Y.; a brother, Walter Gierla of Mountainside; and six grandchildren. A Mass…
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School roof project now an emergency
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The recent storm that flooded much of the borough has taken a toll on the Appleby School. The heavy rains of July 17 came through an aging roof that school officials have sought to replace in recent years but could not due to budget…
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States rushing to curb eminent domain abuse
Coda Greg Bean Perhaps no U.S. Supreme Court ruling in recent memory — outside Roe v. Wade or the one that gave George W. Bush his first presidency — has generated the national anger of the court’s recent decision on eminent domain. The 5-4 ruling said that the city fathers in New London, Conn., had…
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