• Sheila Webb O’Halloran

    Mrs. O’Halloran, 87, of North Brunswick, died Aug. 9, 2009, at home. She as a retail security manager at M. Epstein Inc., Morristown, for more than 20 years, retiring in 1988. She was predeceased by her husband, John O’Halloran. She is survived by six sons and daughters-in-law, David and Debra of Milltown; Jim and Carol…

  • Taxing soda not appropriate solution to health care reform

    ‘Sin taxes” seem to be the wave of the future to be used for balancing budgets or paying for new programs — from Congress to local mayors, many politicians are considering a variety of these taxes without thinking about the impact the tax may have on their constituents. For example, as Congress debates health care…

  • August is Children’s Vision and Learning Month

    I’m writing to commend Gov. Jon Corzine for recently declaring August Children’s Vision and Learning Month in New Jersey. The goal of this observance is to help educate parents and teachers about the critical link between vision and learning. As parents prepare students for the coming school year with new clothes and supplies — as…

  • Wolverines seeking golfers and sponsors

    The Monroe Wolverines will sponsor its third annual Golf Outing beginning at 1 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Concordia Golf Club, Monroe. Check-in will be at noon. Hot dogs, chips and soda will be served. A buffet dinner, including prime rib and lobster, will follow at the Cambridge Inn, Summerhill Road, Spotswood. Prizes will be…

  • Urges residents to attend board meeting

    Ihave been pleased to see continuing coverage in the Sentinel of the East Brunswick Planning Board’s consideration of an application for residential development on the Foerter Farm on Riva Avenue. The excellent letter to the editor from Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership Advocacy Chairman Michael Shakarjian (“Foerter Farm Should Be Protected From Development”) in the Aug.…

  • Groups file suit over pollution in Raritan

    Mayor calls litigation ‘grossly unfair and very shameful’ BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Local environment activists announced last week that they have filed a federal lawsuit against 11 entities, alleging they contributed to the pollution of the Raritan River via the former National Lead site.The EdisonWetlandsAssociation (EWA), the NY/NJ Baykeeper and Raritan Riverkeeper…

  • O’Sullivan a ‘diamond in the rough’ at EBHS

    Linebacker/tight end looks for winning season BY JIMMY ALLINDER Staff Writer When you meet Tim O’Sullivan, you are immediately impressed by his soft-spoken, almost gentle demeanor. When he answers a question, he does so with measured, well-thought-out words. JEFF GRANIT staff Tim O’Sullivan, co-captain of the East Brunswick High School football team, plays inside linebacker…

  • You can use a chainsaw to correct rude behavior

    Coda • GREG BEAN We live in a state where we are regularly witness to, or victims of, rude behavior. And most of us not only tolerate it, we enable it. You know the kind of situation I’m talking about. You’re at the boarding counter at the airport when you’re told your flight to Cleveland…

  • Word on the Street

    What do you think is the greatest unsolved mystery of all? The greatest unsolved mystery is what genius came up with shrink-wrap and why did he or she think that this was the way to seal packages? The greatest unsolved mystery of all was the building of the pyramids in Egypt. People have theorized that…

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