Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries Frank Tartanella Sr. Mr. Tartanella, 84, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 29 at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, New Brunswick. Born in Newark, he resided in Irvington prior to moving to East Brunswick 42 years ago. He was the retired proprietor of the Country Fresh Deli, Milltown, for several years. He served with…

  • Sprawl has far-reaching effects on quality of drinking water

    Michele ByersGuest Column Michele Byers Guest Column You’ve probably heard the claim that sprawl will ultimately spell doom for clean drinking water, a resolve we generally take for granted in this state. You may be one of the many New Jerseyans who is alarmed by steady downtrends in our state’s drinking-water quality. If you’re not…

  • Story ‘makes hay’ of house construction

    Reading with interest your story in the Aug. 12 issue on straw-bale house construction. I was startled to see "straw is the byproduct farmers get when they harvest hay." Straw is the byproduct of threshed grains such as wheat, rye and oats. Hay is the grasses planted, dried and stored for animals’ winter food and…

  • Residents urged to register to vote

    The election Nov. 2 will be one of the most important in the nation’s history — every eligible voter should participate. To be eligible to vote in New Jersey one must be: a United States citizen 18 years old or more by election date, and resident at present address for at least 30 days. Persons…

  • Obituaries

    Yun Liu Obituaries Yun Liu Mrs. Liu, 91, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, died Aug. 16 at University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in China, she relocated to the United States in 1967. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Rutgers Community Christian Church, Somerset. She was predeceased by her…

  • Obituaries

    Ruth E. Palm Findon Obituaries Ruth E. Palm Findon Mrs. Findon, 88, of Naperville, Ill., formerly of Milltown, died Aug. 11 in Manor Care Center Services, Naperville. She and her late husband, Fred J. Findon, formerly owned and operated Findon’s Restaurant and Tavern, Milltown. Her husband, Fred, died in 1963. Surviving are a daughter, the…

  • One race worth

    following in the fall In the height of summer, with the mercury peaking, one thermometer unfortunately hasn’t budged. North Brunswick’s Lou Ann Benson will likely join thousands of runners at the Oct. 3 New Jersey Shore Half Marathon, held in Sandy Hook. Benson is not running to crack the five-minute mile or attain other personal…

  • McGreevey has made N.J. a ’laughingstock’

    McGreevey has made N.J. a ’laughingstock’ I have followed the somewhat erratic career of James E. McGreevey for many years. I have seen some strange events manipulated by him. I have observed many of his political blunders, which I will not recite here. We all know of his misguided appointments, his tours to foreign lands…