Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Board of ed may get break on electric rate

    SOUTH RIVER — The Borough Council will likely give the Board of Education a much needed break in its electric rates. In June, the board requested that the council exempt it from an anticipated 18-cent electricity tax rate hike. That request has remained unanswered until now. The council will likely give the board a 9-cent…

  • O.B. getting with the program

    Officials with the Middlesex County Agriculture Development Board (CADB) have recently announced that it will recommend five area farms be accepted into the state’s farmland preservation program. Those farms include 31 acres in Monroe Township and a 26-acre horse and cattle farm in East Brunswick. If the recommendation is approved by the state, these farms…

  • Schools need strong fitness programs Guest Column

    Schools need strong fitness programs Guest Column Helaine G. Levine We owe our children an in-depth education in health-promoting physical activity and health-promoting nutrition. As a practicing pediatrician in the community for the last 20 years, I counseled individual families on nutrition and fitness. As a retired physician, still dedicated to promoting health, I would…

  • Vote should have been delayed

    Since the beginning of the year, the South River Rescue Squad and the South River Borough Council have been negotiating back and forth to strike a deal which would allow the squad to become a borough department. If an agreement is reached, the squad will receive $25,000 from the borough this year instead of the…

  • Get involved in watershed proposal Bob Shinn

    Get involved in watershed proposal Bob Shinn Earlier this month, Gov. Christine Whitman and I introduced a landmark water quality protection rule that will guide development in appropriate areas and discourage sprawl that can degrade the state’s open space and surfacewater and groundwater resources. While there are some people who would like to stop all…

  • Local environmental coalition opposes bid for zoning variance

    The Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership Inc., a coalition of environmentally concerned members from watershed communities, continues to express grave concern for the health of the trout-stocked Ireland Brook and the potential for degradation of the adjacent drinking water supply if the proposed training facility for construction equipment personnel is approved in East Brunswick. The site…

  • East Brunswick residents must speak up to protect open space

    Once more, East Brunswick is facing a choice between protecting open space and development. If the quality of life and the environment really matter to residents, now is the time for them to tell their township government. Operating Engineers Local No. 825 is petitioning the East Brunswick Zoning Board of Adjustment for a variance to…

  • State Assembly members offer brochures on heat, health problems

    Now that the warm weather is upon us and schools are on summer recess, many of us will be headed outdoors in the true spirit of summer in New Jersey. This is traditionally a time when high temperatures and unbearable humidity can cause potential health risks to those who spend large amounts of time in…

  • SRHS teachers open their home to sisters John and Janice Hutchison are a host family for second year

    By takesha pettus SRHS teachers open their home to sisters John and Janice Hutchison are a host family for second year SOUTH RIVER — Two local teachers have opened their home to city children this summer. John and Janice Hutchison are no strangers to teaching youths about English and science; however, they have taken their…