Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Trusts Monroe voters to make informed decision

    I feel compelled to react to the misguided editorial ("Board Should Consider Alternative Location") that appeared in your newspaper on Nov. 20. I will not waste your readers’ time by responding point-by-point to the misrepresentations, factual inaccuracies, innuendoes and misleading statements made in the editorial regarding the Dec. 9 bond referendum. Let me just say…

  • Your Turn

    Ralph P. FerrieGuest ColumnMonroe schools chief replies to comments in recent editorial Your Turn Ralph P. Ferrie Guest Column Monroe schools chief replies to comments in recent editorial Ralph P. Ferrie Guest Column Monroe schools chief replies to comments in recent editorial After reading the editorial in your Nov. 20 issue, I felt compelled to…

  • Thanks and gratitude go out to Daisy supporters

    The Daisy Association extends a heartfelt thank you to East Brunswick Mayor William Neary, members of the Township Council, local businesses and the hundreds of people who participated in the first Mayor’s Walk benefiting the Daisy Association. As parents and friends of disabled children and young adults, we are always so comforted to see the…

  • Obituaries

    Paul Kodak Obituaries Paul Kodak Mr. Kodak, 83, of Old Bridge died Nov. 10 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was predeceased by his wife, Elaine Kodak, and by a daughter, Heidi. Surviving are a son, Jack of Old Bridge; a brother, Irving of Palm Beach, Fla.; and a sister, Libby of…

  • Time to clear the air

    So far this year, Gov. James McGreevey has signed more than 140 bills into law. Among those bills were laws to improve highway safety, raise benefits for government employees who retire, repeal the position of state poet laureate, and require shower rails in "certain senior citizen rental units." As amazing as it might seem in…

  • Park cannot be the only option for high school site

    There are many concerned parents who support a new high school in Monroe but are against putting it in a county park. In fact, I am surprised more people from neighboring towns in Middlesex County haven’t spoken out about this proposal. Monroe boasts about all its open space, yet it can’t find a feasible location…

  • Schools need space for quality education

    Anyone who follows education understands how critical it is for students to learn in as small a class size as possible. The world is much more complex than it was a generation ago when we had 35 and 40 children in a room. Computers, other types of technologies and the required state testing are issues…

  • Concerned citizens must vote yes Dec. 9

    Concerned citizens must vote yes Dec. 9 I just received my issue of the Monroe Township Board of Education’s School Story newsletter. Having read the Frequently Asked Questions section, I think they have left out one question: Why in the world would anyone vote against this bond referendum? I strongly urge Monroe residents who are…

  • Visit to school would change ‘no’ vote to ‘yes’

    This letter is a response to Victoria Bloodgood, the author of a recent letter to the editor ("Doesn’t Want To Be Made To Pay for New School," Sentinel, Nov. 6) regarding Monroe’s proposed school referendum on Dec. 9. In response to your letter, I say, "How dare you?" What right do you have to condemn…