Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Blame county officials for clouds of suspicion

    After reading Leonora Farber’s letter to the editor, “U.S. Attorney Must Step In, Clear County Officials’ Names,” (Sentinel, Oct. 21), I have to respond. It is not the job of the U.S. Attorney to clear anyone’s name. That office’s job is to investigate crimes and prosecute criminals. Our county officials are to blame for the…

  • South River tradition marked 25th anniversary

    October 2004 was the 25th anniversary of the Frost on the Pumpkin Race held in South River. The race was run on Oct. 31. Twenty-five years ago, two 18-year-old graduates of South River High School, Dr. Kathi Hoffman Knight and Jim Balogh, created this event from start to finish. They made all the arrangements, got…

  • Plenty of choices to make with arrival of Nov. 2

    Tired of the campaign rhetoric, the bombardment of political commercials, and the endless rows of election signs along the road? Good news: In five days, all of that goes away (albeit slowly in terms of the signs). In the meantime, there are a couple big decisions to ponder, and they don’t begin and end with…

  • Obituaries

    Michael Bekulewicz Mr. Bekulewicz, 94, of East Brunswick, formerly of South River, died Oct. 19 in Care One, East Brunswick. His wife, Hilda Morrow Bekulewicz, died in April. Surviving are four brothers-in-law, Edward, Fred, William and Richard Morrow; and six sisters-in-law, Frances Schultz, Madeline Swing, Dorothy Gombus, Jean Borwegen, Laverne Mazer and Phyllis Mertz. Services…

  • Young inmates provided cautionary tales for students

    On Tuesday, Oct. 5, an excellent program, Project PRIDE, was presented to students at Joyce Kilmer School in Milltown. Project PRIDE (Promoting Responsibility In Drug Education) is run by the Office of Educational Services in the state Department of Corrections. Director Michael Ritter was the moderator for a panel of four young inmates, two male…

  • Voters can thank rescue squad with LOSAP

    The residents of East Brunswick have a unique opportunity Nov. 2 to support their rescue squad. By voting yes on Public Question No. 1, Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) for the Rescue Squad, we can offer these dedicated volunteers the same sort of pension-like program our volunteer firefighters receive. My husband has been an…

  • Government officials circumvent flu shot lines

    My husband has juvenile diabetes. My 12-year-old son has asthma. My mother-in-law is 82 years old and has survived cancer twice. All of them have been unable to get a flu shot anywhere. Thank goodness that Vice President Dick Cheney and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and his staff received their flu shots. I can…

  • Neary team provides vision, plan, initiatives

    Mayor Bill Neary and his team should be commended for their dedicated efforts over the years to preserve open space and reconstruct East Brunswick’s road and sidewalk infrastructure. We have seen a steady stream of intelligent open space acquisitions executed in recent years, which will help stabilize our tax rates for years to come while…