Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Support national health-care bill

    Over 45 million Americans don’t have health insurance, and the number is growing. The Democratic candidates for next year’s Presidential election discussed their health care plans at a recent forum moderated by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Service Employees International Union (SEUI). But we don’t have to wait for a new…

  • Thanks to those who made Wellness Center a reality

    Several years ago the Metuchen Edison Woodbridge YMCA and the Metuchen Board of Education collectively created a vision for a Wellness Center to be located at Metuchen High School to serve the high school students as well as the greater community. With the incredible support of Metuchen Savings Bank, the State of New Jersey, and…

  • Scerbo, Meade, Vaticano take three seats on board

    Longtime Board of Ed member Joe Both says he will not run again BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – Ten candidates were whittled down to three Tuesday, April 17, when voters took to the polls to choose members for the township Board of Education. School board incumbent Susan Scerbo was…

  • Spring Extravaganza

    Upper left: Sharon Little teaches a class of Campbell Elementary students about the history of ancient Egypt during the school’s Spring Extravaganza in Metuchen on Friday. Parents of students swapped roles with teachers for the event. Bottom left: Parents and students walk behind a banner for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens as part of…

  • School sends letter after attempted luring

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN – Parents of Metuchen School District students received a letter last week informing them of what Metuchen police have labeled an attempt of luring case of an 11-year-old Edgar Middle School student. “All the schools were notified,” said Superintendent Theresa Sinatra. “I notified the superintendent…

  • Greg Bean

    Coda We’d all feel better if the punishment fit the crime There was a while in the last decade when, in addition to my newspaper work, I wrote mystery novels. Four of them were published by St. Martin’s Press, and are currently out of print. I gave up fiction writing when I finally had to…

  • Obituaries

    Janice Wilson Neff Mrs. Neff, 91, of Freehold Township, died March 29, 2007, at Applewood Estates, Freehold Township. Born in New Brunswick, she had resided in Metuchen and in the Rossmoor community in Monroe before moving to Freehold Township in 1991. Mrs. Neff was a graduate of Princeton Country Day School and a 1937 graduate…

  • Act locally, or warm globally

    Anytime a problem has the word ‘global’ in it, it’s easy to be frightened off. A global problem is too big for us to impact here at the local level, right? Some New Jersey leaders recognize that global warming is the product of countless local decisions. So it’s completely appropriate – and necessary – for…

  • The cure for shock jock offense is changing the station

    Imus’ remarks on the radio were more than intolerable. They were not only against these wonderful Rutgers students, but also against all women as a whole. I think the problem we have in this country today is that we are willing to tolerate anything said in the guise of “free speech.” Free speech is not…