Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • 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. STEFANIA GOLEBIEWSKA, 66, of Jamesburg died Nov. 11 in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold. Surviving are her husband, Jozef; a daughter, Grace Matera of East Brunswick; a son,…

  • Family expresses thanks for story on WWII veteran

    Our family would like to express its sincere thanks for the heartwarming story and photo of our father, Nathan Striesfeld, receiving his all-but-forgotten World War II medals from U.S. Congressman Rush Holt and for the story’s description of our father’s war experiences for posterity ("Vet Shot Down in Plane Gets Eight Overdue Medals," Sentinel, Nov.…

  • Stroke conference will offer survivors valuable information

    I’m a New Jersey stroke survivor. I suffered a serious stroke at the age of 48, and I’m one of the close to 4.6 million stroke survivors alive today in this country. Did you know that stroke is New Jersey’s No. 3 killer? On Saturday, Nov. 16, the American Stroke Association, a division of the…

  • Baffled by voters’ decision to return Democrats to power

    It is extremely difficult for me to understand how and why some people vote. Voting is a privilege of which everyone should take advantage. Not only should we vote, we should do so to reflect a purpose. The East Brunswick voters in this last election chose to return the Democratic organization to power. Why? Didn’t…

  • Why would board choose

    to go further into debt? Undoubtedly, members of the East Brunswick Board of Education want to make the township’s schools a better place to learn. They have the interests of their children and the community’s children at heart. But they are running a district in hard economic times, and the voting residents they serve have…

  • 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. JOHN A. BLANGIARDO, 81, of Monroe died Nov. 7 at home. His wife, Florence Galardi Blangiardo, died in 1995. Surviving are two sons, Dr. John W. Blangiardo…

  • Monroe would benefit from stadium, lights

    On Monday, Oct. 21, we spent a wonderful evening with many Monroe and Jamesburg parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, friends and fans of the Monroe boys and girls varsity soccer teams as they battled the North Brunswick Raiders for the win. It was under the lights, a cool and crisp fall evening, a full moon as…

  • 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. JAMES S. BLACK, 88, of the Parlin section of Sayreville died Nov. 2 in Manor by the Sea Health Care Center, Ocean Grove. His wife, Ellen Black,…

  • Don’t put children at risk; turn away radiology group in East Bruns. We have been living in our home in East Brunswick for 17 years. We moved here because East Brunswick had many things to offer, including excellent schools, a library and close proximity to New York. The home we purchased was in a new…