Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Holidays were enhanced for needy due to sustained spirit of giving
Once again we are grateful to all of the people who donated to our program, Adopt-A-Family. This year, 28 families with a total of 101 children in our community had a better holiday because people were still willing to give. We were concerned that donations this year would not be the same, but much to…
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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. EMILY CHILLEMI BENNON, 87, of East Brunswick died Jan. 12 in Park Place Center, South Brunswick. Her husband, Gerald "Jack" Bennon, died in 1983. Surviving are a…
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Councilman doing lots of complaining, no explaining
Councilman Tom Reid has some explaining to do. He seems to be doing a lot of complaining to the press, and that’s about all he ever does. I am 75 years old and have been a Helmetta resident for my entire life. My husband worked 50 years in the Helmetta snuff mill. I’ve seen Borough…
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Guest Column Tom Clark School field is community’s
Guest Column Tom Clark School field is community’s When is a community really a community? According to Webster’s New College Dictionary, a community is: 1) groups of people residing in the same locality and under the same form of government; and 2) common ownership or participation. The meaning of community has great importance to many…
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Wants answers on East Brunswick police training facility
Is the East Brunswick police training facility a "boondoggle" about which concerned taxpayers should ask questions? I, for one, have many questions which I feel should be answered by the administration. Why did the administration build the facility? Its original answer at a public meeting in 1999 was, "Unless East Brunswick has the facility, the…
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E.B. High School teen leader calls for elimination of intolerance
As I counted down the last few seconds of 2001 this New Year’s Eve, I couldn’t help but remember the tragic events of Sept. 11 that have plagued our nation for the past four months. As all of my friends were cheering, I was thinking of ways that this tragedy could have been prevented. However,…
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Hooray for the public!
Hooray for the public! The state has finally passed the Open Public Records Act, which will give the public greater access to public records. The act overhauls New Jersey’s "Right to Know" law, something the New Jersey Press Association and others have been pushing for for many years. Under the old law, only records that…
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Helmetta finance chairman is in for a rude awakening
Wasn’t it nice of Councilman Ed Romano to take away the pay of our elected officials? The money was such a small amount compared to the amount of work most of our elected officials do. It’s not about the money — it was Councilman Romano’s and Councilman Lou Adornati’s campaign promise. What Romano took away…
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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. CARL CHUPKA, 61, of South River died Jan. 2 in St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1980, he was a photographer for…
