Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Youngster recognizes true heroes in national tragedy

    I am an eighth-grade student at Our Lady of Victories School in Sayreville. I play Little League baseball, Leprechaun football and basketball. I have always thought the world revolved around the athletes who play these games — Mike Piazza, Payton Manning and Michael Jordan. To me, they were the ultimate heroes. During the last few…

  • America must rally after day of disaster

    America must rally after day of disaster On a day of an unprecedented national disaster — when outside forces apparently conspired to launch a devastating attack on United States soil — those Americans who were not victims stood still in the wake of the devastation and havoc that had been left behind. Fear, confusion and…

  • Guest Column Richard Wieland Traffic problems abound near 8A

    Guest Column Richard Wieland Traffic problems abound near 8A The Middlesex County Engineer’s office is seeking solutions to traffic congestion in the area of Cranbury-South River Road (Route 535) and Forsgate Drive (Route 32), near N.J. Turnpike Interchange 8A. So are Monroe, Jamesburg, South Brunswick and Cranbury municipal officials, as well as the N.J. Turnpike…

  • Media should keep the public informed on all the issues

    I am writing this letter on Aug. 31, four days after the latest East Brunswick Township Council meeting. Now that’s what I call a newspaper. The council meeting goes to 1 a.m., and you mention one issue from the meeting, albeit important — a psychiatric home in a residential area. What about all the people…

  • Pride in Milltown Day scheduled for Oct. 20

    Pride in Milltown Day scheduled for Oct. 20 The fourth annual Pride in Milltown Day will be held on Oct. 20 in Borough Park, JFK Boulevard and Violet Terrace, next to the community pool. Rain date is Oct. 21. The event, sponsored by the Milltown Revitalization Committee, is designed to promote community spirit and awareness…

  • Women’s center sets cancer prevention talk

    The Center for Women at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division, will sponsor a free, educational cancer prevention program at 7 p.m. on Sept. 19 in the hospital’s Medical Arts Building, off Ferry Road, between routes 9 and 18. Guest speaker Susan Goodin, director of pharmacy at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New…

  • East Brunswick mayor is misinformed about group home mandate

    Is the mayor of East Brunswick telling the truth to residents regarding the group home planned for the Pine Ridge section of the town? At the Aug. 27 Township Council meeting, the mayor vehemently stated that he was phoned by hysterical residents who were against the group home coming into their neighborhood. He also waved…

  • The PTA deserves continuing support from its community

    The start of a new school year is an appropriate time to remind everyone of the contributions of the PTA throughout the school district. The PTA has saved the taxpayers of East Brunswick hundreds of thousands of dollars by purchasing equipment, programs and supplies that are used in the schools each year. For example, we…

  • The PTA deserves continuing support from its community

    The start of a new school year is an appropriate time to remind everyone of the contributions of the PTA throughout the school district. The PTA has saved the taxpayers of East Brunswick hundreds of thousands of dollars by purchasing equipment, programs and supplies that are used in the schools each year. For example, we…