Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • 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.

  • They’re riding a fast track to Nowhereville

    Coda Greg Bean Say you’re having lunch in almost any Monmouth County restaurant — Freehold, Tinton Falls, Marlboro, Manalapan, it doesn’t really matter — and see a couple of shady-looking guys in the parking lot passing a paper bag. Do you: • Assume it’s a pair of winos sharing a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20…

  • Spotswood super gives notice of retirement

    Longtime school official will co-chair committee to find next superintendent BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Spotswood Superintendent of Schools Anthony E. Vaz during a library dedication ceremony in September. SPOTSWOOD — Next year will be the last for Superintendent of Schools Anthony E. Vaz. Vaz announced last week that he will…

  • Program gets students involved in boro gov’t

    BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MILLTOWN — Like (great-grand) father, like (great-grand) son. That was the theme at the April 25 meeting of the Borough Council, at which eighth-graders from Joyce Kilmer School took the dais, each representing a member of the governing body. And representing council President Skarzynski was ……

  • Schools seek to evaluate students in need of aid

    The Jamesburg Public Schools Child Study Team would like to locate and evaluate residents of Jamesburg, ages 3-21, who may be disabled. Parents or guardians who suspect that their child may have a physical, mental or emotional disability that interferes with his or her ability to learn should call the Jamesburg Special Services Department at…

  • Letters

    Magical dinner-dance brought back happy memories On Tuesday evening, April 19, the Monroe Township Board of Education and Monroe Township High School invited senior residents of the township to what they called a Senior Prom. The flier spoke of a dinner-dance and recommended black tie. My wife, Lila, and I were fortunate to get a…

  • Obituaries

    William J. Lacina Mr. Lacina, 86, of East Brunswick, died April 29 in JFK Haven Hospice, Edison. Prior to his retirement in 1982, he was employed by the Ford Motor Co., Edison, where he worked for 20 years. Surviving are his wife, Florence Sokolski Lacina; seven children, William Lacina of Spotswood, George Lacina and Leonard…

  • Officer’s lawsuit came and went with a price

    A South River police officer’s lawsuit against the borough, charging that he was unfairly passed up for a promotion in favor of someone who used a bogus college degree, has been settled. The complainant officer is gone; the borough is off the hook. But the people of South River will pay for the whole ordeal.…