Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Useless contract proposal wasted taxpayers’ money

    I was astonished to read that no one is to receive the three-year contract to provide service at the township’s park-and-ride lots, under a state Superior Court decision rendered on Feb. 8. The township, for some strange reason, had previously voted to award the contract to Academy bus company. Suburban Transit Corp. asked for an…

  • Worried about leadership that cannot make a decision

    I attended a Borough Council meeting on Feb. 13 and left with my head whirling, along with many others who were in the audience. The council had one of the simpler tasks to perform. It was to vote on a resolution that would allow the Planning Board to begin a study on the snuff mill…

  • E.B. resident frightened and angered by behavior of police officers

    This is a copy of a letter I recently sent to the Spotswood police station. Residents of the area need help, and I am hoping this will at least bring some attention to the situation. I am writing this letter because I was too upset to talk at the police station. I just went through…

  • Extends gratitude for concern, condolences

    This letter is to our dear neighbors in East Brunswick, Boy Scout Troop No. 61 and all the teachers and friends in Lawrence Brook Elementary School, East Brunswick. Our family lost our 9-year-old Thomas this past Christmas Eve, and his mom, Young Lee, suffered injury in the accident which occurred at about 7 p.m. at…

  • Spring food drive in schools

    will run Feb. 25 to March 8 Students at 131 public and private schools in Middlesex County will be collecting canned goods and other nonperishable food items during the seventh annual spring food drive organized by the Middlesex County Food Organization and Outreach Distribution Services (MCFOODS). The two-week effort will run from Feb. 25 through…

  • 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. EVA VANDERBUSH DAKU, 81, of East Brunswick died Feb. 12 at home. Her husband, John "Al" Daku, died in 1990. Surviving are two sons, Gary of East…