Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Vehicles pose threat to health, environment Does the head of NJ Transit own stock in a diesel engine manufacturer? Why does he want to pollute our roadways by buying 1,400 diesel buses? Why does he want to send dozens of diesel trains daily chugging th
Vehicles pose threat to health, environment Does the head of NJ Transit own stock in a diesel engine manufacturer? Why does he want to pollute our roadways by buying 1,400 diesel buses? Why does he want to send dozens of diesel trains daily chugging through local towns on the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex commuter line proposal that his…
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Proceeds from fund-raisers will aid needy in the community
The members of the Kiwanis Club of East Brunswick would like to express our appreciation to the Sentinel for the excellent publicity that you gave to our fund-raising canister days and flea market. Your support helped to make both events successful. Every cent raised goes to charity and community service. You helped us to help…
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Monroe Twp. principal
Monroe Twp. principal honored for her work By nicole c. vaccaro MONROE — Carol S. Schwalje, principal of the Barclay Brook School, has been recognized as New Jersey’s Distinguished Elementary School Principal of the Year. She will join recipients from 49 other states, in addition to the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands, for…
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Splash Bash
Erik Biles, 11, tries to walk across the log while holding onto a rope at Crystal Springs Splash Bash for sixth- and seventh-graders at Crystal Springs Family Aquatic Center, East Brunswick, on Friday night. MARIE ORTIZ
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School board approves interim EBHS principal
By melissa kress School board approves interim EBHS principal EAST BRUNSWICK — As of Monday, the high school has a new leader — for now. On Thursday night the Board of Education approved Tonnes Stave as interim principal of East Brunswick High School. According to the superintendent’s report, Stave will serve for 15 days through…
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Korean War vets must not be forgotten
As the newly appointed Middlesex County veterans services coordinator and a Korean War veteran, I am pleased that Korean War veterans are now being given the recognition they have so long deserved. In honor of the valiant men and women who served in the military during the Korean War, Gov. Christine Whitman has designated the…
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Guest Column
Ed Cullen Jr. Memories of a Spotswood summer Recently I had the opportunity to attend a Little League game that my nephew, Jamie Cullen, was playing in, and it brought back some great memories of growing up in Spotswood 35 years ago. I lived in Spotswood up until I was married in 1977. Since my…
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Lunch privilege not proper
way to honor E.B. seniors For the last 13 years, seniors at East Brunswick High School have had the luxury of going out to lunch. Brown bags, lunch boxes and hot lunches became a distant, and maybe not very fond, memory once they finished finals their junior year. However, all that came to an end…
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S.R. students put their two cents in
SOUTH RIVER — Students from South River Elementary School are putting their two cents in to help protect wildlife. Students from kindergarten through fourth grade have been donating pennies to the World Wildlife Fund’s Pennies for the Planet campaign. The students began donating the money in May and, according to science teacher Rebecca Tedesco, they…
