Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion
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Vaccine a question of health, not morality
In considering whether to make a vaccine that immunizes girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) mandatory, lawmakers should decide solely on its merits for protecting the public health. Instead, the issue seems to have been partially obscured by some flimsy arguments about parents’ rights. The bill, currently pending before the Assembly, would require girls entering seventh…
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Students get message on effects of global warming
Gore’s messenger talks to students about human effects on environment BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Tina Weishaus, who is one of former Vice President Al Gore’s 850 messengers delivering his “traveling global warming show,” talks about the effects of global warming to sixth- and seventh-grade students at the…
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Taxpayers’ largest investment at stake
Another slap in the face for Edison taxpayers! Seems hard to believe it took the Spadoro council five years to come up with a plan to rob residents of their largest investment – their home’s future value and equity – all in the name of good government and reform. The fact is, it’s just political…
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Resident battles for public animal shelter
I have been fighting for a public animal shelter to be built in Woodbridge for the past four years and yes, it is a fight. I feel there are two different issues at hand, No. 1 being that the township has promised to build a public animal shelter and No. 2 being the partnership the…
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Thank You
Thank you , for your recent story that focused on the new “Health Club Sales Tax” [Local YMCAs may benefit from legislation, Nov. 15] and the attempt by the Department of Treasury to apply it to the YMCA and to our work at Woodbridge Community Center. In the interest of clarity, I would want to…
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Third time was a charm for N.J. license renewal
The most frustrating experience I’ve had recently is trying to renew my driver’s license – all because New Jersey has an influx of immigrants who have entered our borders illegally. So instead of [the state] fixing this unlawful practice, we the residents must be penalized. I have been driving for over 50 years with a…
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State should not sell off toll roads
When the Garden State Parkway was first opened the toll was 25 cents. Today the toll is now 35 cents. The round trip toll on the Hudson River crossings were originally $1. Today that same toll is now $6. If the state of New Jersey sells a toll road to the Australian buyers, the Australians…
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Township on right track with open space
It was a delight to read about Mayor Choi and the council’s work to preserve 22 acres of open space. From what I read and hear about locally, some developers aren’t too pleased with Mayor Choi administration’s firm policy to fundamentally reshape how planning and redevelopment takes place in our community. Under the mayor’s leadership,…
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Obituaries
Ellen M. Cahill Swier Mrs. Swier, 74, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 24, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are her husband, George J. Swier; two sons, George M. of Matawan and Thomas J. of Greensboro, N.C.; a daughter, Maureen E. of Brentwood, Tenn.; two brothers, Joseph Cahill of Edison and…
