Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

It is my pleasure to offer this letter of support to the candidacy of Dr. Susan Karp for the East Brunswick Board of Education. I have known Sue for many years as a colleague at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where she has been both a valued faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics and…

On April 15, Spotswood will elect members of the Board of Education. School board elections are usually marked by low voter turnout and general apathy. Somewhere after the election, the citizens of Spotswood will vote down the school budget (a town tradition). This year, there is an excellent reason to get out and vote on…

I would like to send a thank you out to Frank Kardashian, current president of the Spotswood Board of Education, for all his hard work and dedication to the children of Spotswood and the community as well. I, for one, will be sorry to see this gentleman leave the board. He is without a doubt…

Obituaries RICHARD JOSEPH COMER, 79, of East Brunswick died March 20 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Lillian Bennett Comer; two daughters, Janice Miller of East Brunswick and Albert Greene of Latham, N.Y.; a brother, Daniel Comer of Ormond Beach, Fla.; and six grandchildren. Services were held at St.…

America finding itselfin a most difficult fight Our View America finding itself in a most difficult fight America finding itself in a most difficult fight The brutal reality of war struck home in the last seven days as the United States and its allies launched Operation Iraqi Freedom. The first weekend of the war brought…

for the record The East Brunswick School District has trimmed its budget for 2003-04 by reducing or eliminating funds for several programs. An article about those cuts that was featured in the March 20 edition of the Sentinel incorrectly indicated that the district’s adult and community education program and field trips were being eliminated. However,…

Where has common sense and simple reasoning gone in East Brunswick? Six-acre zoning was put into effect to protect our land from overdevelopment. Now, a developer comes to town with this "great" proposal. He has four pieces of property, totaling 209 acres, in different sections of East Brunswick, but he wants to build 56 houses…

Re-elect Sirr; continue quality education in East Brunswick I have been privileged to know Patrick J. Sirr for the past 14 years in his roles as resident, parent and dedicated trustee of the East Brunswick Board of Education. Mr. Sirr is a competent and highly capable individual who has contributed greatly to the success of…

Property taxes. Property taxes. Property taxes. I heard those words quite often during the fall political campaign, and they still resonate among the residents of East Brunswick today. Three months into my term of office, I understand the impact of those words even more than when property taxes just affected my own personal finances. New…