Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Pets require appropriate care during winter months

    I am are writing to express my concern regarding the proper care of pets during these frigid, bitter cold winter days and nights. Where is our compassion and intelligence with regard to our pets, both dogs and cats, when the thermometer dips toward zero? Here are some guidelines from a veterinary hospital. Shorthaired animals should…

  • Christmas decorations express spiritual message

    I am an Orthodox Jew, and I have something to say to the Christian community in the United States — thank you. I think the Christmas lights on your lawns, homes and businesses are beautiful. I think Christmas music is wonderful, and a creche on a lawn or public property expresses the beauty of your…

  • Courts should be more fair to dads

    Dawn P erhacs Guest Column This is in response to Myra Danon’s “Your Turn” guest column, “Deadbeat Dads Steal Future.” Has anyone ever thought about the dads who struggle every day against uneven odds to be the best parent possible? Has anyone considered that every other weekend and a few hours once week in the…

  • Obituaries

    Suzanne Coyne Van Pelt Mrs. Van Pelt, 56, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 8 at Summerhill Nursing Home, Old Bridge. Born in Nyack, N.Y., she resided in Old Bridge for 50 years. She was an administrative assistant at Coty Marine, Perth Amboy. She was predeceased by her parents, Elizabeth and William Coyne; and a brother,…

  • Land would be overrun with wildlife

    This is in response to Florinne Abramowitz’s letter to the editor, “No Place for Deer, Bear Hunts in a Compassionate World,” that appeared in the Dec. 2 issue of the Sentinel. If it wasn’t for man, the thinking animal and hunter, who by the way pays dearly in hunting fees to help the wildlife commission…

  • Playing numbers games

    Officials in East Brunswick have taken steps to ensure that township residents do not see an increase in their municipal taxes this year. And that will likely come as a relief to most people, whose property tax bills have already been pumped up enough year after year due to the school tax component. While we…

  • EBHS Bears football team grateful to supporters

    We would like to send special thanks to all the supporters of the East Brunswick High School (EBHS) Bears. On Sunday, Dec. 5, at Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway, the East Brunswick High School football team won 17-14 over Jackson in the Central Jersey Group IV state championship game. We would like to congratulate the coaches and…

  • Family extends gratitude for care, support, concern

    We have had a most gratifying and humbling experience during the worst of times for us, thanks to the article by Sue M. Morgan, “Family Seeks Support for Teen With Cancer,” that appeared in the Sept. 23 issue of the Sentinel. Having so many people reach out in response, not just financially but with involvement,…