Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Adjust traffic lights on Rt. 18 stretch; don’t spend money needlessly

    Adjust traffic lights on Rt. 18 stretch; don’t spend money needlessly I read with some amusement and much disgust the article on the proposed improvements to the traffic flow along Route 18 around Tices Lane ("Plan Would Ease Tie-ups at Route 18, Tices Lane," Sentinel, June 20). As someone who commuted to New York by…

  • Thanks go to local residents for supporting Relay for Life

    On behalf of this year’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life committee, I would like to thank the residents of Middlesex County for their generosity and support. More than 300 people participated in the Relay for Life event at The Club in Woodbridge this year, raising nearly $50,000 for the American Cancer Society’s programs of…

  • 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. JENNIE PRICE of Milltown died June 6 at her daughter’s home in Linwood. Surviving are her husband, John Price; a daughter, Jeannette Giemza of Linwood; a son,…

  • Nature center, open space – better than 180 apartments

    Nature center, open space – better than 180 apartments Allowing a nature center to be among the future uses on the Washington Avenue property in Milltown that was recently acquired by Middlesex County is a good idea and something that residents, as well as local and county officials, should be able to support. This makes…

  • N.J. using tobacco settlement funds well

    A recent report by the national Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids criticizing states that do not use funds from the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) with the tobacco industry for their intended purpose — to reduce the enormous economic and health burdens placed on the states as a result of tobacco use — has attracted widespread media…

  • Spotswood Library deserves support of public and officials

    I spent 40 years as a trustee of the Spotswood Public Library and more than 30 years as the president of the library board of trustees. Since I no longer reside in Spotswood, I do not have the opportunity to visit as often as I would like. I recently did visit the library and was…

  • 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 HARTOBEY SR., 71, of South River and Arizona died May 31 at home. Surviving are a son, Charles Hartobey of South River; a daughter, Donna Zereconski…

  • First aid squads in critical condition

    First aid squads in critical condition New Jersey is at a crossroads. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the state’s volunteer emergency response system is pushing its limits, and our communities must grapple with the possibility that the time of such exclusively volunteer efforts is passing. For many reasons, that is unfortunate. For decades, communities…

  • Sports arena to be built at expense of N.J.’s schoolchildren

    Sports arena to be built at expense of N.J.’s schoolchildren I think it’s very sad, and it makes me furious, that Gov. James McGreevey feels sports are more important than children. On the one hand, he freezes aid to schools, stating there isn’t enough money. Yet on the other hand, he knows there is plenty…