Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • for the record

    for the record Eliot Goldman, chairman of East Brunswick’s Environmental Commission, did not speak in favor of an application to build the 56-home Tamarack Hollow development during the April 30 Planning Board meeting, as was incorrectly printed in last week’s edition of the Sentinel. Goldman told the board that his commission found the application to…

  • Thompson Park should be cherished and protected, not taken away

    I am appealing to Mayor Richard Pucci and the Board of Education and our Freeholders and our citizens to reconsider their plans for taking our Thompson Park away from the people. I agree that a school needs to be built for the benefit of our students — but not in the park. Once our park…

  • Service to community is chief priority for Assemblywoman Friscia

    I, too, feel the need to write about Assemblywoman Arline Friscia. I had gotten to know Arline when I started volunteering for the American Red Cross. I began doing emergency services for the organization, responding to devastating fires and floods in the community and helping those unfortunate people put their lives back together. When I…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries BENJAMIN L. BENDER SR., 72, of South River died May 7 in Warren Hospital, Warren. Surviving are his wife, Marlene Mae Lecorchick Bender; two sons, Benny L. Bender Jr. of South River and Steven Bender of East Brunswick; two daughters, Sharon Kupsch and Brenda Bender, both of South River; a sister, Marian Pullen of…

  • South River residents, businesses and alumni showed generosity

    Last May we decided to raise money for a baseball scoreboard in memory of Mike Zur, whom we had lost in April in a bicycle accident. The Board of Education came back with four other names for us to consider: Christopher Dincuff, who was killed in the World Trade Center on 9/11; Andy Ivan, who…

  • Our View

    Counties ready for a fight Our View Counties ready for a fight The battle lines appear to have been drawn in an issue that affects every resident of the state. In recent weeks, news articles and opinion pieces have appeared in some of the region’s daily newspapers that mention the idea some people have to…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnArvo PrimaGovernor Your Turn Guest Column Arvo Prima Governor’s development proposals ‘short-sighted’ Guest Column Arvo Prima Governor’s development proposals ‘short-sighted’ I have read with interest your editorials and guest articles supporting the governor’s "smart growth" and "anti-sprawl" proposals. Unfortunately, the governor’s proposal is both simplistic and shortsighted. Even more troubling is that it will…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries SELMA POPICK BLUMENTHAL, 75, of Monroe died April 28 at home. Surviving are her husband, Arthur; two daughters, Nancy Engel of Monroe and Donna Benson of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a brother, Gerald Popick of Allentown, Pa.; and two grandchildren. Services were held at Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels, East Brunswick. Interment was in Floral Park Cemetery,…

  • Alliance urges awareness of osteoporosis

    Alliance urges awareness of osteoporosis May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month. The National Osteoporosis Foundation and Bayshore Health Alliance are underscoring the link between height loss and vertebral fractures by asking Americans an important question, "Are you losing height?," and advising them to talk to a health care provider about being evaluated for…