Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Tractor-trailers are danger to lives, bridges and tunnels

    More warehouses, more tractor-trailers, more danger on local roads, but federal safety regulations dating back to 1990 haven’t been implemented yet. Despite the heightened worries about terrorism, almost anyone who’s 21, reads English and can shift gears is able (within a few weeks) to get behind the wheel of a 40-ton tanker hauling gasoline or…

  • Guest Column

    Barbara BuonoState senator says bullying is our problem Barbara Buono State senator says bullying is our problem All of us are familiar with bullying. During our formative years, most people who went to school have either perpetrated it, witnessed it, or have been victimized by it. Reminiscing about those school years from a distance may…

  • 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. GENEVIEVE C. ZUKOWSKI BORYSEWICZ, 76, of South River died July 11 in Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. Prior to her retirement in 1993, she was…

  • Governor’s order shameful

    Just one day after a new public access law took effect, Gov. James McGreevey placed it under fire. McGreevey signed Executive Order 21 which, according to some, may significantly reduce the availability of information that had just come into the light of public scrutiny. The governor said that he did this in order to protect…

  • Center won’t change behaviors of those who don’t want to change

    I was watching an especially animated Town Council meeting on television on June 24 where one of the topics of the public portion was a proposal to the East Brunswick Council for the construction of a place for teen-agers to go. This appeared to be a very important issue as a number of teens showed…

  • Timing of traffic lights on Route 18 in E.B. can’t be changed

    Timing of traffic lights on Route 18 in E.B. can’t be changed This is in response to a letter I read last week that proposed a two-step solution to ease the traffic on Route 18 and Tices Lane in East Brunswick. To begin, I’d like to note that Route 18 is owned and operated by…

  • Helmetta historian grateful for newspaper’s coverage

    I appreciate the coverage of the Helme mansion’s demolition and the opportunity to speak to the reporter who was recently given this assignment. It was an excellent article. However, I do want to add one little detail in that the estimate of about $350,000 to restore the home was given to us back in 1994,…

  • Guest Column Allan Kaufman Issues of reservations, round times not addressed

    Guest Column Allan Kaufman Issues of reservations, round times not addressed I was pleased to see that Anthony Wilcenski, president of Castle Golf Management, the company that runs the Tamarack Golf Course, took the time to respond (in a column appearing June 20) to my letter that appeared May 31 in Greater Media Newspapers. I…

  • 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. CHARLES La MASTER, 78, of Sayreville died July 9 at Kindred Health Care, Tampa, Fla. Born in Summit, he resided in Sayreville prior to moving to Lake…