Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Hooters is on its way to E.B., like it or not

    If there is a single community issue that seems to have touched a nerve in East Brunswick in recent months, it’s the prospect of a Hooters restaurant coming to town. This is an issue that has angered some people while making others, namely township officials, feel a bit uncomfortable. And no doubt, there are other…

  • Council cautioned not to make rash decision

    Student tells council steep cuts in school tab will have an impact BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Realizing a school budget cut may be inevitable, supporters are urging the Township Council to keep it small. The Township Council on Monday heard from a number of people, including parents…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Milltown resident Carol Jegou, among the residents opposed to aspects of the Ford Avenue Redevelopment Plan, takes part in a demonstration Tuesday at Borough Hall.

  • Board anticipating cut in school tax increase

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Board of Education appears to be resigned to the fact that there will be a cut in the defeated school budget. Board President Michael Baker said last week that he realizes Township Council members are planning to order a cut in the…

  • A valuable backyard civics lesson

    Your Turn Guest Column Bob Shamy Your Turn Guest Column Democracy. It’s a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. The basic tenet of democracy is often forgotten as the game of politics is played out, from town hall to the statehouse to the halls of Congress. And when people like…

  • Arbor Day celebration

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Joyce Kilmer School Principal Linda Madison hands out pine tree saplings to students at the conclusion of an Arbor Day program April 29 at the Milltown school.

  • Monmouth Junction train line makes the most sense

    Your Turn Guest Column Ted Narozanick Your Turn Guest Column Monmouth County officials have recently received a preliminary briefing from NJ Transit regarding ridership projections for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Monmouth-Ocean Middlesex (MOM) commuter rail line. The DEIS looks at three passenger rail options beginning in Lakehurst. Two options would…

  • Two high school bands connect through music

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — The old cliché that music brings people together seems to be alive and well in Spotswood. And it’s also bringing family members together. The concert band from Appleby School traveled to Flemington, Hunterdon County, recently as part of a “band exchange” between Robert Hunter…

  • Obituaries

    Leona H. Klemick Gatlin Mrs. Gatlin, 69, of Milltown, died May 5 in King Manor Care Center, Neptune. Her husband, John W. Gatlin, died in 1998. Surviving are three daughters, Brenda Boud of Neptune, Carol Hanlon of Hopatcong and Joanne Gatlin of Long Beach, Calif.; two sons, John W. Gatlin Jr. of The Woodlands, Texas,…