Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Our View
Give the gift of blood Many people find themselves in the "spirit of giving" during the holiday season. However, a story published in this week’s Sentinel shows that not many people in this area felt like giving blood. Blood donations at the New Brunswick-based New Jersey Blood Services, which supplies blood to 60 hospitals in…
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MOM line will help revitalize Jamesburg’s business district
I have written many letters to your newspaper over the years advocating the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) passenger rail line project. The MOM project is a reactivation of approximately 40 miles of existing rail right of way. The line runs through southern Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties. I am a Jamesburg resident who, along with others, supports…
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Thanks go out to supporters of recent breast cancer walk
On behalf of the American Cancer Society volunteers and staff, I would like to thank the residents of central New Jersey for their generosity and support of our annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks. More than 2,500 people participated in this year’s walks at Princeton Forrestal Village and The Club at Woodbridge, raising more…
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Obituaries
Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. RAYMOND COVERDALE, 77, of East Brunswick, formerly of Old Bridge, died Dec. 19 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. Mr. Coverdale was a supervisor with Western…
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With thSuper task ahead of boarde announcement that their chief administrator is leaving, members of the East Brunswick Board of Education have their work cut out for them in the new year. Superintendent of Schools Jamie P. Savedoff has announced that he took a job as superintendent in Lower Merion, Pa., and will likely leave…
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School nurse retires, 2,665 students later
Correspondent By bert nussbaum School nurse retires, 2,665 students later Doris Goodwin MILLTOWN — Thirty-three years of applying Band-Aids, dealing with an assortment of minor injuries and mending an occasional broken heart hasn’t dimmed her enthusiasm or her love for children. Doris Goodwin, school nurse at Joyce Kilmer School, will retire officially on Dec. 31.…
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Group deems fall beach sweeps a success
Clean Ocean Action was swept away by the dedication of the estimated 1,500 volunteers who participated in our 17th annual fall beach sweeps. We applaud the many community groups who braved the stormy weather conditions Oct. 26 to sweep the beach, contributing to a cleaner marine environment. The overwhelming success of this program is due…
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School plan removes the high price tag and meets needs of students
As a member of the Monroe Township Board of Education, I take full responsibility for the failure of the recent bond referendum. The reasons for the proposed referendum are real, are with us now, and are worsening daily. We chose a plan that addressed all of the facilities problems that we are facing and will…
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Milltown board should continue to turn down Wawa’s application
I read with interest your article about Wawa’s fight to expand its Ryders Lane parking lot (Sentinel, Dec. 5). As a local resident, I have seen the commercial building grow along Ryders Lane for more than 20 years. Wawa has been a good place to go to pick up much-needed necessities at all hours, day…
