Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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580 graduating seniors say goodbye to EBHS Class of 2000 ceremony
580 graduating seniors say goodbye to EBHS Class of 2000 ceremony Steven Brauer will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday By melissa kress Staff Writer Dana Cohen EAST BRUNSWICK — On Friday, approximately 580 graduating seniors will stand together one last time and throw their caps into the air as East Brunswick High School…
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Church grateful to postal workers for donation to local food pantry
The Social Concerns Com-mittee of St. Bernadette’s Church, Parlin section of Old Bridge, would like to take this opportunity to thank Postmaster Mike Caruso and the letter carriers of the Parlin post office on Washington Road for donating the proceeds of their recent "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive to our pantry for local distribution to…
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Teacher inspired students to leave their mark at E.B. High School
I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Bill Marsh, an art instructor at East Brunswick High School. Mr. Marsh, in cooperation with the Middlesex County Arts and Education Council and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, was able to have well-known sculptor Don Kennell work with his art students in Sculpture Project 2000. The…
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Jolene’s Law should protect all students
Jolene’s Law should protect all students In April one Sayreville family experienced a devastating loss when Jolene Devlin, 15, died from injuries she received when she was struck by a car while crossing Main Street to reach her bus stop. However, instead of drowning in their grief, her family has been actively pushing for the…
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Bus for trip should have had seat belts
My first-grade daughter recently went on her class trip to Jenkin-son’s in Point Pleasant. After I talked to her about her trip, she told me she was scared on the bus because there were no seat belts on it. Why is this? It’s a law that anyone riding in an automobile must wear a seat…
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Obituaries
SHIRLEY A. MERRITT GREENBURY, 69, of East Brunswick died May 31 in Cranbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Monroe. Her husband, James, died in 1994. Surviving are a daughter, Phyllis Greenbury of Edison; three sons, John of East Brunswick, Frank of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick and Steven of Edison; three sisters, Wetona Carter…
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Two more principals ready to leave E.B. school district
EAST BRUNSWICK — The Board of Education recently announced that Frost School Principal Elaine Herman and Irwin School Principal Susan Preston will resign from their positions at the close of this school year. These announcements mark the third and fourth principal vacancies to plague the school district this year, leaving three openings up for grabs.…
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Councilman’s idea gave South River voters the right to choose
As a Democratic member of the former South River Municipal Ad Hoc Committee, I was very disappointed by Leo Surak’s comment in the May 24 issue of the Sentinel ("Borough Council Candidate’s Ideas Are Not in Tune With Voters," Letters to the Editor) regarding the new building and the ideas of Councilman James Jones "and…
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Residents gave generously to food drive On behalf of the letter carriers of the James-burg/Monroe Township Post Office, we would like to thank all who donated food for the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive which was held on Saturday, May 13. Thanks to your generosity, the local food banks are full and can…
