Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Candidate brings passion for Milltown
Chris Grotkopf is running for Borough Council in Milltown. I have known him for many years and would like to take the time to tell others about him. Chris is a soft-spoken man with a deep passion for the borough of Milltown. He was a volunteer fireman and is currently secretary for the engine company.…
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Mayor, council provided swift aid after flooding
This a copy of a letter I recently sent to Mayor Nancy Martin and the Helmetta Borough Council. I have been a resident of the borough since 1968, and I’ve never been as impressed with anything or anyone as I was with all of you and the handling of the flood on John Street. You…
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Calvano says one thing, then does another
The “bait-and-switch” routines of Christi Calvano are certainly disheartening. She says one thing and then proceeds to do another. Her deficits, including her lack of leadership, make her fall short of her high ambition to be the mayor of East Brunswick. Recently she voted against providing additional senior housing, yet that promise was a cornerstone…
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Two boys, 13, charged after shots fired at lake
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Police arrested and charged two 13-year-old boys after one of them fired gunshots into Farrington Lake. The two boys, both township residents, found two guns at one of their grandparents’ homes and allegedly took the guns to a party on North Drive. One…
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Obituaries
Pacina Massaro DeRose Mrs. DeRose, 71, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 11 in St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Ross C. DeRose; a son, Ross A. DeRose of the Somerset section of Franklin; a sister, Elizabeth Ippolito of East Brunswick; and many nieces and nephews. A Mass is planned for 10:15…
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Here’s one to fast-track
Maybe it was just a matter of time, but news that someone … anyone … was going to do something about the Meyer’s Shopping Center couldn’t have arrived soon enough. For years, there’s been only rumors about the future of this Route 18 mall, while residents, officials and local merchants could only hope it would…
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Adult housing, for a price
More planned retirement communities in Monroe? One might be tempted to say that the senior communities already make up enough of the township’s landscape and population. But think about the alternative: more single-family developments and more schoolchildren. Residents are already facing future tax increases to pay for a new high school and other improvements. Another…
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Seeking support for pay-to-play reform, ethics in E.B.
In a frustrating attempt to regulate the 2004 election and increase their chances of victory in November, the East Brunswick Democrats are fighting to deprioritize local pay-to-play legislation on our town agenda. This election year is a critical time to regulate such activities. Pending state legislation is expected to ban pay-to-play, a process whereby companies…
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Deadbeat dads steal future
A thief lurks amongst us. His weapons are stealth, immorality and a penchant for covering his tracks. He is a thief, as culpable as any other, perhaps worse because his victims are his children. He steals from them anyway. Unswerving in his defiance of numerous court orders to support them, he takes from them what…
