Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Community, school officials focus on strategic planning

    N.J. School Boards rep. facilitating committee over next 10 months By lynn K. Barra Staff Writer MONROE — As part of its continuing effort to meet the needs of the township’s growing student population, the Board of Education recently held a public meeting where more than 100 residents attended to find out more about the…

  • 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. ROBERT BUCHANAN, 81, of Spotswood died Feb. 3 at home. His wife, Ceil De Conie Buchanan, died in 1981. Surviving are a son, Arthur Buchanan of California;…

  • Holding out hope for police training center

    Holding out hope for police training center The Police Training Facility owned by East Brunswick has been widely criticized in recent months for what it’s costing the township. But is it the "boondoggle" some have made it out to be? It cost the township close to $1 million to build, not to mention about $400,000…

  • Guest Column Selena Palmer East Brunswick officials should rethink comments

    Guest Column Selena Palmer East Brunswick officials should rethink comments I cannot tell you how surprised I am at myself, sitting down to write this opinion five minutes after I read "Options Mulled for Site of Fatal Christmas Eve Crash" in the Jan. 31 issue of the Sentinel. I was moved to sadness, anger and…

  • Inept accounting confuses and angers East Brunswick resident

    Watching the East Brunswick Township Council meeting of Jan. 28 was taxing for any responsible person attempting to learn the truth. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to explaining to the residents why the new Police Training Facility was built and also some of the economics associated with it. We all know that…

  • Retain character of Helme snuff mill, but make floors safe

    As a Spotswood resident and a former snuff mill employee, I realize the need to do something with the empty mill. Transforming it into apartments, without tearing it down, is what I feel would be best. I like the fact that the mill is long on history, and I would like to see that history…

  • 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. JEANNE P. ALESSANDRO, 51, of East Brunswick died Jan. 25 at home. Surviving are her husband, Thomas; a daughter, Amanda, and a son, Andrew; her mother, Anne…

  • Consider school board run

    It’s never too early — or too late, depending on your perspective — to start thinking about running for your local Board of Education. The deadline for filing nominating petitions is only about three weeks away — 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25. The election is Tuesday, April 16. If you haven’t thought about it, but…

  • Guest Column Ian Clark Time to revitalize county GOP

    Guest Column Ian Clark Time to revitalize county GOP The Middlesex County Republican Party organization has now proved that it can lose elections, and that it is strong enough to make conservative Republican candidates lose elections. What the organization hasn’t proved is that it is strong enough to help Republicans — any Republicans — win…