Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Keep an eye on REAP

    Rebate. Like the sound of that word? So do government officials — from President Bush on down. The income tax rebate we are receiving from the federal government this summer isn’t the only rebate coming our way. The state gives one of its own called REAP (Regional Efficiency Aid Program). The program, created in 1999,…

  • Guest Column John I.

    Guest Column John I. Rigolizzo Jr. Tools exist to ease suburban sprawl As we head toward the November elections, suburban sprawl has already staked a claim as a front-burner issue. Homeowners worry about it. Elected officials, from the municipal level all the way up to the Statehouse, debate how to stop it. Farmers have mixed…

  • Keep property tax hike in mind during next election in East Brunswick

    As the property owners of East Brunswick open their estimated real estate tax bill reflecting the school budget increase, let us be reminded of how the mayor and Township Council disregarded the result of the recent election. The mayor further insulted the voters with his remark about it taking "10 minutes to get to the…

  • New business turns eyesore into something township can be proud of

    Cartec Motors has come up with one of the truly beautiful properties on Route 18 in East Brunswick. The company has proved what a little imagination and know-how could accomplish. An eyesore was made into something the township can be proud of. I know there was some negative feedback about a used car lot in…

  • Congress should be liable for toxic cleanups

    Congress must pay to clean up the Superfund sites. Congress allowed the Superfund tax to expire in 1995, thereby leaving us with a large debt. It is its responsibility, and its alone, to rectify its mistake. Why should the big oil and chemical companies reap the benefits and leave it up to the taxpayers to…

  • State to award medal for Vietnam, other military duty to residents

    The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs has announced it will issue a medal to those qualified veterans who "were on active duty in any branch of the armed services in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos or Cambodia or the contiguous waters or airspace thereof on or after Dec. 31, 1960 and on or before…

  • Experts, residents must protect East Brunswick environment

    At the July 12 meeting of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission, I had the opportunity to speak to a representative of the developer of the Smith Farm. Within days, reseeding was done; the work access road was defined and hay bales placed appropriately. Why did I have to do this? This is one of the…

  • Longtime principal receives state award, $11K in grants

    Staff Writer By vincent todaro EAST BRUNSWICK — Hammarskjold Middle School Principal Dr. JoAnn Susko has been named Principal of the Year by a number of New Jersey educational groups. Susko, who has been principal of the school since 1988, was notified in May that she is the first to be honored as the Central…

  • Options for building include a new Monroe High School Officials say all options are still on the table for future construction

    Staff Writer By brian DONAHUE Options for building include a new Monroe High School Officials say all options are still on the table for future construction MONROE — Building a new high school is one of several options that the Board of Education is expected to consider in the coming months in order to deal…