Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Resident is grateful for newspaper’s election coverage

    I’ve been meaning to write to your newspaper for quite some time, but I just managed to get around to it. I’d like to thank you for your participation during the last East Brunswick Township Council election. Yours was the only newspaper that provided coverage. Your reporter, Vincent Todaro, gave a decent portrayal of what…

  • School taxes remain stable under South River budget

    School taxes remain stable under South River budget SOUTH RIVER — Homeowners will once again catch a break as they will face no increase in school taxes for the district’s tentative 2003-04 budget. The news follows a year in which residents actually saw a 1-cent tax decrease in the school tax rate, an anomaly during…

  • Budget for ’03-04 funds new teachers, trailers

    Monroe school tax ratewould climb 13 centsunder proposed budget By vincent todaroStaff Writer Budget for ’03-04 funds new teachers, trailers Monroe school tax rate would climb 13 cents under proposed budget By vincent todaro Staff Writer MONROE — Monroe taxpayers will see their school taxes increase by almost 13 cents under a tentative budget presented…

  • Our View

    Reverse 911 makes sense A proposal to implement a "reverse 911" system in Old Bridge is something that other municipal governing bodies may want to consider pursuing for their own communities. The idea of having an emergency notification system in this post-9/11 world makes sense for any municipality, especially those that are in close proximity…

  • for the record

    In a letter titled, "Why is medical building acceptable in a residential zone?," which was published in the Feb. 27 issue of the Sentinel, the name of Marty Gabe was inadvertently tagged on as one of five writers. Gabe, who was listed along with the other board members of the Colonial Oaks Village Property Owners…

  • Student urges voters to approve new school

    I am a seventh-grade student at South River Middle School. Unfortunately, I am too young to vote and that is why I am writing this letter. I am asking all the residents of South River to go out and vote yes on March 11 so that a new school can be built in South River.…

  • East Brunswick’s snow-removal efforts left some residents cold

    A letter to the editor from an East Brunswick resident appearing in a local newspaper propelled me to write as well. In that letter, the writer appeared totally disillusioned with the horrendous job the Public Works Department performed on township streets during the recent snowstorm. I am certain that the majority of East Brunswick residents…

  • Tough need to get going regarding budget cuts in East Brunswick

    The drums are starting to beat, and the clouds of doom are beginning to gather. Stronger words ("crisis" and "mediocre") are being suggested, and blame for budget cuts is being put on the state government and politicians. Members of the East Brunswick Board of Education (also known as "Never-Never Land"), you should know that in…

  • Obituaries

    CARRIE V. "NETTIE" MISKIN BURKONSTOCK, 85, of Spotswood died Feb. 10 in Care One, East Brunswick. She served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army Women’s Army Corps during World War II. Surviving are her husband, Joseph A. Burkonstock, and a nephew, Harry Trenery of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge. Arrangements were under…