Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Project to ease conditions on crammed school street
State grant of $127Kwill allow Spotswood State grant of $127K will allow Spotswood to improve Vliet St. By vincent todaro Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — A state grant may help make the area of Vliet Street near Appleby Elementary School safer for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Mayor Barry Zagnit announced at Monday night’s Borough Council…
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Thompson Park land will not solve Monroe’s education crisis
This is a response to the letter to the editor in which Arthur Wolke attacked Park Savers ("Park Savers’ Position Is Negative, Lacking in Facts," Sentinel, July 24). I am a private, tax-paying citizen who has a child in the township’s poorly run school system. I have personally attended a Board of Education meeting in…
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Parking woes would have been worse with Academy Bus Co. I read with interest that the East Brunswick Township Council now finds it necessary to propose a rate hike for commuters using the township parking facilities ("Council Seeks Rate Hikes for Commuter Parking," Sentinel, July 31). The reason stated is the parking utility’s dwindling fund…
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Our View
County fair has birthday Our View County fair has birthday Once again, thousands of residents will descend on the Middlesex County Fairgrounds in East Brunswick next week for summer fun and frolic. The annual Middlesex County Fair turns 65 this year, and is shaping up to be as lively as ever. According to Middlesex County…
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Unsung educational heroes deserve public recognition
This is an open letter to the East Brunswick Board of Education. If my memory has not failed me, it was just about 30 years ago that a unanimous Board of Education voted 9-0 to approve a referendum to provide for the physical improvement of all East Brunswick public schools and to purchase 90 acres…
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Free Family Movie Night was a big July hit in Milltown
On Thursday, July 17, the Milltown Municipal Alliance sponsored a free Family Movie Night in Borough Park. The park was transformed into an old-fashioned "drive-in movie without the cars" while families and neighbors relaxed in lawn chairs and on blankets to enjoy Back to the Future with Michael J. Fox. The weather was perfect, and…
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Residents must question mill redevelopment plan
At the last Planning Board meeting in Helmetta, a newly revised plan for the redevelopment of the property of the former Helme snuff mill was presented to the board. The plan shows the property being split into five parcels and incorporated mixed-use and open space. It has also been suggested that the zone be enlarged…
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Many contributed to the success of Seniors Prom
On June 27 South River held its first Seniors Prom, with approximately 150 seniors present. We hope to make the prom an annual event. I would like to thank Linda Ejk, Borough Council liaison to the South River Office on Aging, who worked tirelessly to make this event a huge success. It was held at…
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Make informed choice; support school proposal
Make informed choice; support school proposal Webster’s Dictionary recognizes new words every year. One of the words this year was NIMBY (not in my back yard). I believe Monroe has many NIMBYs. While everyone agrees we need a new high school, no one wants it in his or her back yard. A lot of people…
