Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Development project not so ‘golden’ after all

    Your Turn Dan Brown Guest Column The financial stability of our township should not be in the hands of a developer. This was the message Councilwoman Christie Calvano, myself, and many others repeatedly tried to convey to the mayor and the East Brunswick Township Council during the last two years regarding the Golden Triangle project.…

  • It’s down and dirty in the 13th District

    Coda Greg Bean Just remember, you read it here first. Since we broke the story over two weeks ago, the tale of James Devine, the Union County political dirty-trickster and newspaper publisher, has been getting a great deal of attention at the state level. Devine got caught producing a phony Internet Web site to rock…

  • Obituaries

    Ann Connelly Semenza Mrs. Semenza, 89, of Monroe Township, died May 30 at home. She was predeceased by a daughter, Elizabeth Augustine, in 1983; a brother, Richard Connelly Jr.; and three sisters, Geraldine Kelly, Mary Hines and Rita Tricarico. Mrs. Semenza is survived by her husband of 67 years, Joseph Semenza; a daughter, Margaret “Peggy”…

  • Rhodes reflects fondly on career in Spotswood

    Schoenly principal retiring in Aug. after 29 years in district BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Julie Rhodes takes a moment yesterday to read with John Reyes and Alyssa Colon, both 7, at Spotswood’s Schoenly School. SPOTSWOOD — The district will lose a longtime administrator known for her dedication…

  • Letters

    E.B. resident defends position on proposed Hooters I am disappointed in the Sentinel’s coverage of the Hooters restaurant coming to East Brunswick by representing my argument against the restaurant as rather one-dimensional. You chose to print only my “saucier” comments, while omitting other points I made at the Township Council meetings, such as the inevitable…

  • Borough’s many gains still come with a loss

    Helmetta officials have made a move that will bring a wide range of unprecedented and permanent changes to their town. The plans for the snuff mill site now being set in motion will see the buildings that were tied to the founding of the community torn down to make way for a mixed-use development largely…

  • Your Turn

    Resident finds Hooters inoffensive, empowering Ryan Jones The recent discussions on the possibility of a Hooters restaurant opening up on Route 18 in East Brunswick have concerned me. Lucretia Lipper’s recent letter to the editor (“Restaurant’s Name Is Demeaning to Women,” Sentinel, May 19) seems to miss the real issue at stake. It was particularly…

  • A new entry in the book of lame excuses

    Greg Bean I remember the time my cousin, Danny, ate three cans of pork and beans warmed Boy Scout-style over an open fire. The afternoon was a lot of fun, but when we came back to grandma’s farmhouse that evening, Danny was — not to put too fine a point on it — starting to…