Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • School board hires new business administrator

    School board hires new business administrator SOUTH RIVER — District officials have chosen a new business administrator for the second time in two years. The Board of Education hired Kenneth Kokoszka as the new business administrator last month. Kokoszka will replace Dayton Faunce. The board began searching for a new business administrator after Faunce announced…

  • Approvals should have limits to change with the times

    Approvals should have limits to change with the times IIn 1986 the members of the Old Bridge Planning Board approved a general development plan submitted by the Brunetti Organization. The approval gave the green light to a development with 1,734 residential units, including single-family homes, townhomes and apartments, a golf course and commercial buildings. However,…

  • Residents: Stand up and be counted in anti-MOM fight Randall Kirkpatrick

    Residents: Stand up and be counted in anti-MOM fight Randall Kirkpatrick So, let me get this straight: Because there are so many great high-paying jobs in this prosperous, traffic-choked Route 1 corridor, the best thing we can do is "attach" Monmouth and Ocean County residents with that prosperity? And the bright idea is to (from…

  • Local residents rate thanks for success of Relay for Life

    As director for this year’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life, I would like to thank the residents of Middlesex County for their generosity and support. Fifteen teams participated in this year’s event at The Club, Woodbridge, raising more than $40,000 for the American Cancer Society’s research, education, advocacy and service programs in Middlesex County.…

  • Unfailing dedication made East Brunswick Project Graduation a hit

    In a time when our busy lives make it difficult to volunteer, I want to publicly thank an outstanding group of individuals who participated with tireless enthusiasm for a packed eight months to fulfill our goal of East Brunswick High School Project Graduation 2000. My sincere appreciation goes to all of the parents, faculty, staff…

  • School board seeks relief from tax hike

    SOUTH RIVER — Last year’s hot summer has forced the borough to propose an 18-cent electricity tax rate hike, but the Board of Education is asking to be exempt from that increase. According to Superintendent of Schools John Ambrogi, the board is asking for the break because it was not aware that the borough would…

  • Thirty-seven student dancers earn honors

    Thirty-seven students from the Dance Zone, Marlboro, competed at the I Love Dance Eastern Regional Championship, held recently at the Harrisburg Hilton Hotel, Harrisburg, Pa. Christina Illisije and Christina Kosakowski, last year’s national champions, again earned first place. Miranda Agostini and Christina Illisije each received Sweetheart of the Competition awards. Instructor Kathleen Abitable received special…

  • Congrats!

    Congrats! Bridget Bailey receives her diploma from Board of Education President Susan Cohen during Monroe Township High School’s graduation ceremony on Thursday.

  • President’s Address

    Class President Jamie Kerstetter addresses her fellow graduates at Monroe Township High School’s graduation ceremony Thursday.