Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • District schools looking toward future change

    Staff Writer By nicole c. vaccaro SPOTSWOOD — In September, the Board of Education hired an outside service, the Helfgott Group, to conduct a feasibility study of the district’s four schools. The purpose of this study was for the board to identify those areas in need of improvement within the school system. Helfgott completed the…

  • Graduates on parade in Tuesday’s ceremony

    Staff Writer By takesha pettus SOUTH RIVER — The first graduating class of the new millennium at South River High School will don their caps and gowns for their commencement ceremony to be held Tuesday. The graduation will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Denney Stadium. There is no guest speaker scheduled for the ceremony. Kathryn…

  • Now is the perfect time for change in South River

    The South River Police Department saw the official changing of the guard when Wesley Bomba was sworn in as the new police chief last Wednesday night. The official act brings to a close the dilemma plaguing the Borough Council’s since former Police Chief Francis X. Eib announced his retirement plans last year. At that time,…

  • In defense of ‘extreme’ backyard wrestling

    I am vice president of the Extreme Wrestling Federa-tion (EWF), a backyard wrestling federation based in Sayreville. We were featured in the June 1 issue of this newspaper. I feel that the article that ran, "Sayreville Youths Take Sport to the Extreme," was not only biased and one-sided but filled with misinformation as well. I…

  • Don’t Fall!

    Don’t Fall!

  • Obituaries

    MARY JANE SCARPA, 81, of East Brunswick died June 6 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Joseph R. Scarpa, died in 1969. Surviving are a daughter, Laura Scarpa of East Brunswick; three granddaughters; and two great-grandchildren. Services were arranged by Crabiel Home for Funerals, Milltown, with a memorial Mass at St.…

  • Candidate enjoyed race, supports victors

    I would like to thank all the people of East Brunswick for making the past campaign a wonderful experience. It was my first journey into seeking public office, and it will certainly not be my last. Over the past few months I had the pleasure of meeting East Brunswick residents from many neighborhoods, and I…

  • Jamesburg Volunteer Fire Department deserves thanks, donations

    I would like to thank the Jamesburg Volunteer Fire Company for a very enjoyable Saturday. On June 3 the company celebrated its 100th anniversary. The event included a parade that left many of us watching sunburned and not realizing it, refreshments, entertainment by the Coasters (from my generation), and numerous amusements for the children of…