Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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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…
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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…
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New superintendent to arrive before start of school year
Staff Writer By lauren kushner MONROE — The next superintendent of schools will arrive in Monroe by Sept. 1. Dr. Ralph Ferrie, who has resigned as superintendent in the Absecon school district in Atlantic County to take the position in Monroe, said Monday that he has worked out an agreement in Absecon in order to…
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Brain tumor support group offers help
The New Brunswick-Area Brain Tumor Support Group is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Department of Community Education. The group meets at 7 p.m. every second Monday of the month at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick. The goal of the support group is to provide an…
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Retirement communities can be a boon to property taxes
Retirement communities can be a boon to property taxes Planned retirement communities may bring more housing units to a municipality, but they also can lower property tax rates — or at least help keep those rates stable. Elected officials often see the construction of such communities as a boon, and rightfully so. Although the hundreds…
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Guest Column Borden Applegate Connection with nature is important
Guest Column Borden Applegate Connection with nature is important When I was growing up in Jackson Mills, deer and rabbits outnumbered the human inhabitants. Ours was a world of fun which only was occasionally interrupted by having to pick peppers or corn at one of the local farms. Behind our house was a lake. It…
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Relay for Life raised more than $60,000
On behalf of this year’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life committee, I would like to thank the residents of Middlesex County for their generosity and support. Approximately 400 people and 33 teams participated in this year’s event at The Club at Woodbridge, raising more than $60,000 for lifesaving American Cancer Society research, education, advocacy…
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Unnecessary school tax increases hurt many in East Brunswick
It’s difficult to make any sense of the statements made by members of the East Brunswick Board of Education during the last budget election regarding why they reduced class sizes. For many months we have been told that East Brunswick possessed a Blue Ribbon school system. That means the school system was excellent and the…
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Using income tax to fund schools seems to be reliable choice
As a result of the Township Council’s vote to pass the school budget, East Brunswick has seen overwhelming concern about how New Jersey funds education. Examining the alternatives, we are left with two realistic choices. One, which was mentioned in a recent letter to the editor in the Sentinel ("State Legislators Must Change Method of…
