Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Mother is grateful to citizens, public servants for help

    On Wednesday, Aug. 4, at approximately 11:30 a.m., my daughter, Jennifer Ippolito, and her friend, Michael Brown, were traveling in Jennifer’s car along Jernee Mill Road in Sayreville. Jennifer saw a large rock in the road and tried to avoid it. However, the corner of her tire hit the rock, which rolled along underneath the…

  • Never count out the O’Reilly factor

    Never count out the O’Reilly factor It’s not every day that someone who lives around the corner, or perhaps an old classmate or a familiar face around town becomes an international star. But then again, it wasn’t exactly a shock when Heather O’Reilly scored the winning goal during Monday’s Olympic soccer game to keep her…

  • Governor should step down now

    Gov. McGreevey has been linked to numerous unethical politicians and dealings, he has betrayed the residents of New Jersey with breaking his promise of "living within our means," increasing taxes and borrowing money to pay for his budget’s abusive increases, and now he is forced to face another set of his lies by an impending…

  • Constitution gives right to unpopular speech

    I am astonished by the recent outcry from those who feel that the views of Michael Moore’s "Fahrenheit 911" are seditious and that he should personally be admonished or as one letter writer to [a local newspaper] recently put it, "The only thing you should think about is how film director Michael Moore is allowed…

  • New traffic signal wreaks havoc on Route 9

    I want to know who thought it was a good idea to create additional mile-long traffic jams along Route 9 by placing a second traffic signal one-quarter of a mile north of the already existing traffic signal at Ferry Road in Old Bridge? This is just insanity. Due to the added traffic, the southbound Route…

  • Obituaries

    Robert Ferrara Obituaries Robert Ferrara Mr. Ferrara, 45, of Woodbridge died July 22 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway. His mother, Angela D’Innocenzi Ferrara, died in 1988. Surviving are his father, Theodore Ferrara, and stepmother, Lois Ferrara of East Brunswick; three brothers, Theodore Ferrara of Sacramento, Calif., Francis Ferrara of Bridgeton and Christopher…

  • Excitement’s in the air as school year approaches

    Excitement’s in the air as school year approaches Can August be more than half over? Yep. The new school year is just around the corner. Students already are stocking up the clothes and supplies they will need to greet another season in the classroom. Waiting for them at the door with new lessons to be…

  • Police chief helps lift veil of mystery for writers

    It was a beautiful day, July 31, when a group of 18 mystery writers and readers descended upon the Jamesburg police station at the invitation of Police Commissioner Barbara Carpenter and Police Chief David Lester. The generous offer was made to assist the members of Sisters in Crime-Central Jersey with a firsthand look at a…

  • Complex offers state-of-the-art facilities

    There have been numerous articles lately in the newspapers regarding the renovation of South River municipal buildings. As a former Borough Councilman, I chaired the ad hoc committee to research and propose a new municipal complex. Other council members researched and proposed renovation of existing buildings. Both sides were presented to the voters in a…