Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Obituaries
Edward David Herbert Obituaries Edward David Herbert Mr. Herbert, 44, of Montgomery Township, formerly of East Brunswick, died March 11 in Old Bridge. He was predeceased by his parents, Eloise Rajek Herbert and Daniel H. Herbert. He was president of Pinnacle Materials Inc., East Brunswick, a company originally known as Herbert Sand Co. Inc., which…
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Tough calls for board
Making a decision on a controversial building application is no easy task for volunteers serving on land use boards in our communities. The members of planning and zoning boards have to weigh a complex group of mostly subjective factors before rendering his or her decision, knowing all the while that saying yes or no could…
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Your Turn
Michael R. D Your Turn Michael R. D’Agnes Guest Column New Jersey legislators must stop the bleeding Michael R. D’Agnes Guest Column New Jersey legislators must stop the bleeding Hospitals and doctors across New Jersey have seen their professional liability premiums reach unconscionable levels, driving some toward financial ruin and forcing many of our good…
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Taxpayers lose under guise of environmental protection
The following is a copy of a letter I recently sent to Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18th). I am writing you to question a law that recently took effect. To paraphrase the law, it bans the washing of fire apparatus and garbage trucks. It states that the runoff of the soapy water is now considered hazardous…
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Zoning Board must deny Dunkin’ Donuts proposal
I was quite shocked to open another newspaper recently and see an article titled "Drive-Through Foes Still Angry" regarding the recent East Brunswick Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. I was at that Zoning Board meeting, and it was clearly the board members and the "expert" witnesses (who, by the way, are paid by Bentley Realty…
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Wide differentiation seen in college pursuit
Between 35% and 71%of area grads goingto four-year colleges BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Between 35% and 71% of area grads going to four-year colleges BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer As high schools adjust to the growing importance of their role as a steppingstone to higher education, greater emphasis is being placed on college preparation. But…
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What is a DFG?
District Factor Group What is a DFG? What is a DFG? District Factor Group Index of socioeconomic status using the following: 1- Percentage of population with no high school diploma 2- Percentage with some college 3- Occupation 4- Population density 5- Income 6- Unemployment 7- Poverty Districts are ranked according to their scores and divided…
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East Brunswick, Old Bridge paying higher salaries
Report cards showdifferences in salaries,levels of experience BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer East Brunswick, Old Bridge paying higher salaries Report cards show differences in salaries, levels of experience BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer School report cards issued by the state last week show area teachers earning nearly twice as much in some area schools as in…
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Obituaries
Obituaries Michael Anthony Kovacs Jr., D.D.S. Dr. Kovacs, 78, of South River died March 3 in St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1995, he practiced general and pediatric dentistry in Old Bridge for 37 years. Surviving are his wife, Marion Schaffer Kovacs; two daughters, Sister Theresa Maria Kovacs, a member…
