The response to my essay on Alexander Hamilton’s New Jersey exploits was very gratifying.
Letters to the Editor
By ANNA BRAUN, PHD., EAST BRUNSWICK
April 24, 2024
Dear Editor, My name is Dr. Anna Braun. I have a unique perspective on the East Brunswick instrumental music program, having been a part of it for fifty years. I started playing viola in Frost Elementary School, and continued at Hammarskjold JHS and EBHS. I was hired to teach in East Brunswick ...
Dear Editor, The position of assistant superintendent, Dr. Louis Figueroa, is being eliminated. This will be announced during Thursday's board meeting. Dr. Figueroa has been an asset to the school district and town for numerous years. He ensures that all individuals are supported and the ...
Dear Editor: The Green Good Guardians (GGG) team extends our heartfelt thanks to the altruistic members of our East Brunswick community who have generously donated their partially used notebooks. We are overwhelmed by the generosity of our community members. Each notebook donated is a testament ...
Dear Editor, Hello! My name is Dan Granadeiro, a Life Scout from BSA Troop 501, located in East Brunswick. A requirement I am trying to complete for a merit badge is to email a local news outlet on my opinion on a topic. I wanted to express my concerns about the Rt. 18 Drainage and Pavement ...
Dear Editor, In sustainability, the East Brunswick Racquet Club is right on the ball! The club is continuing its support of sustainability for 3 years by championing the recycling of thousands of tennis balls, innumerable aluminum tops from tennis ball cans, and hundreds of used sneakers.
Dear Editor, I wanted to let you know that Steve Ostertag is a candidate for fire commissioner for East Brunswick Fire District 2, and he has my complete endorsement. Steve has been a firefighter for 30+ years, with having been a former captain at the Newark Fire Department, and still devotes ...
Dear Editor, Business skills you can learn from a cookie-selling Girl Scout. The annual Girl Scout cookie sale began on January 11th. Here are some business skills you can learn from a cookie-selling Girl Scout. You will begin to see cookie booths all over the area as more than 60 local ...
To the Editor: With hostilities in the Middle East entering a fifth week, anxiety, tension, and fear continues to affect many of us here in East Brunswick. This is most pronounced in the Muslim and Jewish communities as many folks have deep ties to the region in conflict. Many of our ...
To the Editor, In light of the two recent cases of rabies within East Brunswick, we would like to use the Rabies Advisory put out by Middlesex County as an opportunity to educate the public on the importance of Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR). According to Alley Cats Allies, the leading national ...
Dear East Brunswick Community, On Monday night I attended a vigil for the State of Israel at the East Brunswick Jewish Center sponsored by the Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey. I think it is important to write to you and tell you about this event because it was sad, uplifting and ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Congratulations to newly elected East Brunswick Regional Chamber of Commerce 2023-2024 Executive Board Officers and Board of Directors sworn in 9/20/23 at the General Assembly meeting held at the EB Community Arts Center! Thank YOU, Mayor Brad Cohen, Robert Zuckerman, Joe ...
Dear Editor: When I was Mayor of Chatham Township I made a concerted effort to increase the awareness of mental illness and suicide prevention. My interest in doing so stemmed from my early days on the Township Committee when I learned of a young father in town who died by suicide. Over the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Hello! This is Stacie Afonso, and I am just sharing a huge thank you to the East Brunswick PBA #145 and #145A for supporting the East Brunswick High School Cheerleaders at their car wash this weekend. They not only brought many vehicles to wash, but they also made a ...
The League of Women Voters of Monmouth County (LWVMonmouth) celebrates August 26 as Women’s Equality Day. In 2022, we declared this day to be Women’s (In)Equality Day. The Supreme Court rollbacks of reproductive freedom and the failure of Congress to pass voting rights legislation or add the Equal ...
The League of Women Voters of Monmouth County (LWVMonmouth) celebrates August 26 as Women’s Equality Day. In 2022, we declared this day to be Women’s (In)Equality Day. The Supreme Court rollbacks of reproductive freedom and the failure of Congress to pass voting rights legislation or add the Equal ...
Good afternoon, Kelsi from the GoFundMe Communications Team here. I am reaching out in light of the tragic death of 14-year-old Bryan Barbosa, who was struck and killed by a van on Friday while riding his bike. Below is a link to the verified GoFundMe fundraiser created to honor his memory and ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Dear Editor, My name is Rafaela Sepulveda, and I am a Girl Scout Cadette from Troop #81163 in East Brunswick, New Jersey. I am also completing my Girl Scout Silver Award. Here is the description of my project: The root cause of my project is that immigrant children ...
We must address the fact that our higher education system is in trouble. For generations, colleges and universities were ascending escalators that drove social mobility. Now, they have become an obstacle. American society and politics are split between those with and without degrees; K-12 ...
Dear Friends, I would like to use this opportunity to raise awareness of a heart-wrenching situation. A very loving beautiful family in our community Kaila and Raymond Boulware-Sykes have had some trials, but their faith remains strong. Kaila and Raymond are true humanitarians. Their good deeds ...
Dear Friends, As we near the end of another eventful year, we wish you all warm blessings and good health. Now is also a good time to reflect on what was certainly a productive year for the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project (LSP), and to humbly ask for your generous support to help us continue ...
As a cancer breast cancer survivor and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network volunteer. I’m calling on Congress to get its work done this year and pass a series of must-do items to help cancer patients, including creating a pathway for coverage of new technology to improve cancer early ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ Dear Editor: The East Brunswick Clergy Council would like to express our dismay at the act of antisemitism in the form of a threat made against Jewish houses of worship. Being committed to communication and collaboration across faith traditions we believe that an act of ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Dear East Brunswick Community, Thank you to everyone that supported my campaign, posted and spoke kind words, and of course voted for me. I will not let you down and will continue to do my best to protect the children of East Brunswick and everyone in the school ...
Dear Editor, Congratulations to Caitlin Kehoe, EdM, BCBA, Supervisor of Daisy Programs and Camp, eastbrunswick.org, for her outstanding contribution bringing opportunities for children and adults with disabilities and EB COMMUNITY in this innovative inauguration launching of LOVE SERVING ...
This November, two experienced and dedicated candidates are up for re-election for the East Brunswick Board of Education: LIWU HONG (Line 4) and HEATHER GUAS (Line 5) As community leaders and as parents with children in the East Brunswick Public Schools, Liwu Hong and Heather Guas understand ...
After watching a recent East Brunswick Board of Education meeting, I find it necessary to voice my concerns due to comments made regarding the terms cisgender, intersex, non-binary, and transgender. The very fact that one of our own Board of Ed members admitted that he doesn’t know what some of ...
As a lifelong resident of South Plainfield, I know how important our recreation and school sports programs are to the children in our community. I can tell you first hand, our senator Patrick Diegnan shares the same sentiments. In early January, while serving as the South Plainfield Board of ...
Dear Editor, On April 1st our community suffered the loss of a beautiful person, Kathryn Dean. I was fortunate enough to go to high school with Kat and get to know her personally over the years. She was a 2002 graduate of South Plainfield High School and an amazing wife and mother of three.
In 2019, Governor Murphy signed into law legislation mandating LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum in our public schools. It was my first year working as a school psychologist in the Piscataway school district. My GSA club celebrated the news and students spoke about what it would mean to finally be seen ...
The statistics about guns deaths in the US are outrageous. We all know and are appalled by our inability as a nation to protect ourselves from this scourge. I don’t want to repeat what every American and every person around the world wonders- Why can America not reduce the thousands of gun ...
