Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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County vocational schools work
Jose “Jay” Jimenez & John F. Bicsko Jr. Guest Column The Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools have been educating and training the youth of our county for almost 100 years. Graduates of our schools have designed, built, maintained and served both the structure and the people of Middlesex County. The hands of our…
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All the laws in the world won’t stop bad behavior
Greg Bean Coda Memo to members of the New Jersey Assembly: Your highly touted ban on talking on a cell phone while driving is a dismal failure, at least judging by the numbers of people I see happily flouting the law on my way to and from work every day. This morning, I actually saw…
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For them, the choice was black and white
Greg Bean Coda I remember a day in early spring, sometime in the late 1960s, when Uncle Earl showed up on our doorstep with a new vacuum cleaner. It was his first day on the job, selling Hoovers door to door, and he wanted to try out his new sales pitch on my mother, who…
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Obituaries
George Paul Arrants Mr. Arrants, 67, of Middletown, died March 8 at home. Surviving are his wife, Lorraine Rayson Arrants; two sons, George Arrants of Texas and Kenneth Arrants of Monroe; a daughter, Carolyn Fahy of Helmetta; a stepdaughter, Marilyn Ribeiro of Middletown; a sister, Georgiana McCluer of Arizona; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements…
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Spotswood school tab has 15-cent tax hike
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Taxpayers would see a 15-cent increase in the school tax rate under a budget proposed by the Board of Education. The increase to support the 2005-06 school year is a bit less than the increase sought by the board a year ago. At that…
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Quality of teachers is not measured by their salaries
I would like to respond to the article titled “Teacher Salaries Vary by Towns” that appeared in your newspaper’s recent School Report Cards 2003-04 stories. Not too long ago, there was a letter to the editor in a local newspaper written by a resident of Edison. The writer complained that teachers and the New Jersey…
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E.B. school district seeks more summer educating
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — School officials are looking at ways to get more parents interested in having their children attend its summer school program. The Board of Education was given a presentation March 3 about the summer program, which runs twice each year for three weeks at…
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Residents must write now to oppose Tamarack Hollow
As you may know, Tamarack Hollow, a proposed 56-home development in the heart of East Brunswick’s rural preservation (RP) zone, was rejected by the township Planning Board, but OK’d by the courts if certain environmental conditions were met. Developer Matzel & Mumford is now trying to get the necessary state permits and county approvals, including…
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Obituaries
George Paul Arrants Mr. Arrants, 67, of Middletown, died March 8 at home. Surviving are his wife, Lorraine Rayson Arrants; two sons, George Arrants of Texas and Kenneth Arrants of Monroe; a daughter, Carolyn Fahy of Helmetta; a stepdaughter, Marilyn Ribeiro of Middletown; a sister, Georgiana McCluer of Arizona; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements…
