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. CAROL RITTERSON BRIZAK, 54, of Burlington, formerly of East Brunswick and Monroe, died Aug. 20 in Helmetta. Prior to her retirement three weeks ago, she was a…

  • Debt of gratitude owed for privately funded memorial

    Debt of gratitude owed for privately funded memorial How often does one walk away from a town meeting with a better outlook on the world? In council chambers where arguments can get ugly, and where politics sometimes seems to take precedence over the community’s general welfare, these meetings can be downright disenchanting. But in East…

  • Fully funded program will aid autistic kids

    Thanks to the closing of a New Jersey state budget gap, more than 12,700 children under the age of 3 with autism and other developmental disabilities will receive much-needed therapy and instruction. The Early Childhood Intervention Program provides intervention for children with disabilities who need help learning to walk, crawl, speak and learn. Instead of…

  • Solution to property tax dilemma lies in state, federal hands

    The Sentinel’s recent expression of concern for the school tax plight of Helmetta homeowners ("Community Must Mobilize Efforts Toward Tax Relief," Our View, Aug. 8) is both warranted and welcome. I would encourage your staff’s continuing attention to a situation that is, as you put it, clearly "unacceptable." I am disturbed, however, by three aspects…

  • 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. RITA E. SANNWALDT, 67, of Milltown died Aug. 4 at home. She was a secretary for the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, for…

  • Age-restricted housing is the only answer for Helmetta

    The discussions between the town of Helmetta and Matrix Development are a real travesty. Meetings and more meetings, and the town remains totally clueless. It is all very simple — age restricted, no children. There is absolutely no way to control education costs. We are held hostage by Spotswood. Look, you can never trust developers.…

  • Writer warns: Don’t leave pets in cars during hot weather

    Never leave your pet unattended in a parked car for any period of time. If you see an animal in a car exhibiting any signs of heat stress, call your local animal care-and-control agency or police department immediately. On a warm day, the temperature in a parked car can reach 120 degrees or higher in…

  • Community must mobilize efforts toward tax relief

    Community must mobilize efforts toward tax relief The property taxes residents of Helmetta are paying have risen to unacceptable levels. In fact, they are a hardship that needs to be addressed. The only questions — and it seems nobody really has answers that are both viable and universally acceptable — are what should be done…

  • Car wash will benefit

    SWMHS marching band The Sayreville War Memorial High School Band Parents Association will sponsor a car wash from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 10 in the high school parking lot, Washington Road. All proceeds will benefit the school marching unit. Hospital auxiliary plans socks, keepsakes sale The Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge…