Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Refutes attack on family’s lack of civic contributions

    Once again, I am amazed how an elected Borough Councilman, specifically Andrew Tancredi, can personalize fictional television characters, attack my family’s lack of civic contributions, and within the same few paragraphs refer to himself and his personal accomplishments 21 times with the words I, me and my (Sentinel, Letters to the Editor, Feb. 28). He…

  • Friends of the Library co-sponsored talk

    As one of the people who planned the Paul Robeson talk at the East Brunswick Public Library, I was very pleased to see that the Sentinel included a lengthy article about this lecture in its Feb. 28 edition. Unfortunately, you only correctly credited one of the two organization sponsors. It was not the library that…

  • 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. CARMEN A. VINCI, 77, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge died Feb. 28 in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to his retirement, he was employed…

  • Helmetta resident fills in his ‘blank piece of paper’

    This letter is in response to the letter to the editor from Helmetta Borough Coun-cilman Andrew Tancredi ("Serious Issue Required Con-cern of Helmetta Councilman") that appeared in the Feb. 28 issue of the Sentinel. Mr. Tancredi, being lost in your own self-admiration has possibly caused you to err on the side on caution. Let me…

  • Driver’s actions created situation with policeman

    After reading the letter to the editor from Cindy Muniz about her experience with the Spotswood police ("E.B. Resident Frightened and Angered by Behavior of Police," Sentinel, Feb. 21), I’m left puzzled as to why she feels the way she does, considering it was her actions that created the entire event she wants us to…

  • Calls for cut in tax rate on older homes

    This is a copy of a letter I recently sent to East Brunswick Mayor William Neary. I am writing to you after reading an article in the Sentinel concerning your State of the Township address ("Mayor Sheds Light on Goals, Gains in Annual Address," Feb. 7). It mentions your disappointment that your 30-year-old house is…

  • Spotswood police officer did exactly the right thing

    This a reply to the letter from Cindy Muniz ("E.B. Resident Frightened and Angered by Behavior of Police"), in the Feb. 21 Sentinel with regard to the Spotswood police "scaring" her and her daughter while she was being pulled over for speeding during rush hour. It’s unfortunate that there are people on our roads like…

  • Are former office holders

    qualified for plum posts? I noticed over the years how many politicians, after leaving office, for one reason or another end up appointed to a government job. I’ve been told that many office seekers are not primarily interested in serving the public, but rather they are more interested in securing a method of ensuring their…

  • Proposed change may not be beneficial for Helmetta

    We attended the recent meeting in Helmetta, held by Matrix Development Corp., regarding the acquisition of the old Helme snuff mill. We also applauded when the comment was made that maybe our little "Mayberry town" doesn’t want "them," meaning the kind of renters Matrix is hoping to attract by building 294 apartments here. This also…