Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Election results a bit baffling in Helmetta

    Election results a bit baffling in Helmetta One would think that news of a 77-cent decrease in the tax rate would be music to Helmetta residents’ ears. After all, this is a town that has had to absorb enormous tax increases in recent years. Not too many months ago, it seemed that with the current…

  • School ready for 50th and all things ’50s

    Bowne-Munro, oncejust Bowne, will holdcelebration Saturday BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer School ready for 50th and all things ’50s Bowne-Munro, once just Bowne, will hold celebration Saturday BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Its population and traffic congestion might suggest otherwise, but it wasn’t long ago that the township was known as a "farm…

  • Rues Lane jughandle in E.B. is dangerous, inadequate

    Rues Lane jughandle in E.B. is dangerous, inadequate This is an open letter of appeal to the mayor of East Brunswick. It is getting to be beyond a very serious situation at the Rues Lane jughandle that currently exists in front of the Olive Garden restaurant on Route 18. If 18-wheelers are going to be…

  • Obituaries

    Janette Bachmann Obituaries Janette Bachmann Ms. Bachmann, 39, of Old Bridge, formerly of South River and Spotswood, died April 2 at home. She was predeceased by her parents, Flora and Edward Bachmann. Surviving are three children, Carmino Dorio, April Dorio and Matthew Bachmann; a sister, Joann Edwards of Old Bridge; two brothers, Raymond Bachmann of…

  • Property taxes may kill future for youth

    Martha BennettGuest Column Martha Bennett Guest Column I am writing in support of Bob Ahlers’ view that the state must find a new method to fund schools (Sentinel, Letters to the Editor, April 1). In addition, include the need to restrict local tax funding in support of special-interest group projects, which would be best addressed…

  • Who will be accountable for residents’ lost mail?

    Who will be accountable for residents’ lost mail? We are writing this letter as a warning to other residents of East Brunswick who are planning on stopping their mail at the post office when they go on vacation. On March 11, we stopped our mail because we went on vacation. On the two completed yellow…

  • Votes have real impact on taxes and programs

    Votes have real impact on taxes and programs It’s time once again for the annual school board elections, the only chance New Jersey residents get to vote on something that brings them a direct, and substantial, tax impact. Voting on the school budget is also important because it funds the education of local children, and…

  • For the Record

    For the Record Three seats will be available on the East Brunswick Board of Education in the April 20 election. Four candidates, Holly Howard, Scott Luxenberg, Pritpal Singh Phanda and Stacy Bravman, are seeking the seats presently held by Howard, Luxenberg and Jodi Doud, who is not seeking re-election.