Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Two at top are headed for Harvard, Columbia
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Angela Ying and Rajiv Agarwal look on as fellow East Brunswick High School class of 2005 graduates accept their diplomas Tuesday. EAST BRUNSWICK — Finishing at the top of their class, Angela Ying and Rajiv Agarwal reflected this week on their high school…
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Letters
All three proposed rail routes would be too expensive Barry Carol Guest Column I want to offer comments regarding the proposals to build a new rail line to serve western Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties, as well as more general transportation issues affecting the state. I believe all three potential rail routes would be too…
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Letters
Fed cuts offset state I am writing concerning the affordability of housing in New Jersey.Homeowners in New Jersey have benefited from the real-estate boom, as skyrocketing home values have provided them with rising home equity. However, the flipside to this equation is that more and more families cannot find affordable housing in New Jersey, which…
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Battle brews over mill
The lines have been drawn, and the battle has apparently just begun. And the anticipated fight over the redevelopment of Helmetta’s snuff mill could be enough to delay any such project from taking shape, regardless of who emerges victorious. The borough’s choice of Kaplan Cos. as the redeveloper apparently did not sit well with the…
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For the Record
A recent blood drive held at the Frost School in East Brunswick to aid in the treatment of 11-year-old Corey Muniz, a student battling leukemia, was organized by Nina Lublin and the Frost PTA. A “Help Corey Conquer Cancer” basketball jamboree held last week was organized by Jill and Eric Veit. Information about the organizers…
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Big Brother’s eyes won’t be on bookstore purchases
Coda Greg Bean As a full-time newspaperman and part-time novelist, I’ve had to find the answers to some fairly esoteric questions over the last 30 years. Among the more arcane: • How far will a slug from a .44-caliber Magnum revolver penetrate into the engine block of a Crown Victoria sedan? • What are the…
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Obituaries
Debra L. Drust Estelle Mrs. Estelle, 47, of Easton, Pa., formerly of Old Bridge, died June 14 in Easton Hospital. Prior to her retirement in 1998, she was employed as an administrative assistant in human resources with Revlon, Edison, where she worked for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Michael Estelle; her parents, Leonard and…
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Transition time for Monroe’s class of 2005
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Simran Sran valedictorian MONROE — The high school careers of seniors Simran Sran and Yushen Qian have a lot in common. Both participated in the school’s Science Independent Study group, both played on sports teams, both moved to the township during their freshman year, both participated…
