Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Help seniors keep homes; change education funding

    Help seniors keep homes; change education funding The East Brunswick mayor, William Neary, gave his state of the town address at the Jan. 27 Township Council meeting. He noted that he was proud of the open space program designed to slow down congestion and to reduce population growth in the schools. I have little confidence…

  • Take a closer look at plans for new primary school

    I have some concerns over the new primary school we are proposing to build in South River. First, I have a child in the elementary school and know that the elementary/middle school is overcrowded. Offices and classrooms have been shifted and merged to create additional classrooms, and still the child-to-teacher ratio is much too high.…

  • S.R.-E.B. Rotary Club wants to hear from community

    The South River-East Brunswick Rotary is committed to serving the needs of the local area community. Over the years we have been involved in many activities that support our community. We are now seeking input from local residents and businesses as to what they feel are needs that are not being addressed within the community.…

  • Hundreds expected to attend state summit on ed. funding

    Hundreds expected to attend state summit on ed. funding Focus of event at EBHS will be the funding of public education in N.J. By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — In an attempt to influence state legislators on the need for school funding reform, school districts from throughout the state will be represented at…

  • Obituaries

    CHARLOTTE LOLA BLAU, 82, of East Brunswick died Jan. 30 in Care One, East Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Joel C. Blau; and two brothers, Morris and Bernard Thebner, both of Florida. Services were held at Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels, East Brunswick. Interment was in Beth El Cemetery, Washington Township. WING HO CHIN, 54, of…

  • Our View

    Summit will be useful forum on needed changes in N.J. School taxes, long the core cost in property tax bills in New Jersey and also the component most prone to increases, rose so drastically in so many local communities as a result of last April’s aid freeze that we can barely stand the thought of…

  • GEORGE C. TERRANOVA JR., 86, of Monroe, formerly of Jamesburg and East Brunswick, died Jan. 15 in Castle Senior Living at Forsgate, Monroe. Prior to his retirement in 1979, he was employed for 38 years as a maintenance foreman at Peter J. Schweitzer Inc., Spotswood. He was predeceased by his wife, Margaret Gavula Terranova. Surviving…

  • Our View

    A surprised school boardhad no choice but to say no A surprised school board had no choice but to say no East Brunswick High School would have been the perfect place for MTV to shoot its True Life: I’m a High School Senior documentary series. If what the cable network officials wanted was an average…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnDiane ThompsonBreed-specific legislation will not work Guest Column Diane Thompson Breed-specific legislation will not work I would like to express my opposition regarding the bill A2906 — sponsored by Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-Salem, Cumberland, Gloucester) — which provides a municipality with the option of introducing breed-specific legislation. This bill proposes the imposition of onerous,…