Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Competition

    SCOTT PILLING staff Rob Padovano, of Colonia High School, takes part in the high school marketing club competition called DECA, held at Middlesex County College in Edison last week.

  • ‘Naked cop’ should not be reinstated

    Edison Police Officer Ioannis Mpletsakis has a reason to strut this week. He was, for all intents and purposes, exonerated by a state Superior Court judge after a very shameful and revealing episode during the summer of 2005. Mpletsakis was involved in an accident while driving his BMW on Route 27 in June 2005. It…

  • MetroPark renovations should address safety

    Regarding the news that Metropark Station will be getting a $30 million renovation (“MetroPark to get a $30 million makeover, Jan. 4), I hope that NJ Transit will take this opportunity to address the problem of the extremely wide gap between the platform and arriving trains. It is a ridiculous safety hazard that has been…

  • Ford’s Navy record one of his many accomplishments

    The passing of President Gerald R. Ford brought back many memories of life during his tenure. He was the consummate gentleman. He never lost his cool under some of the worst times in American history. He never belittled any of the nastiest, narrow-minded people in government or the media. Raising children in that era was…

  • 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,…

  • 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 clarify…

  • Residents deserve straight info on consolidation from officials

    It is with increasing alarm that I read about the continuing efforts to force consolidation of schools and services on residents of New Jersey. The alleged purpose of consolidation is property tax relief. Please provide examples, from New Jersey or elsewhere, demonstrating that consolidation will result in cost savings. Additionally, please provide whatever detailed studies…

  • State workers should not accept pension raise

    Recently officials of the teachers’ and state workers’ unions have said that it is illegal for the Legislature to make any changes to workers’ benefits. It must be done in collective bargaining at the bargaining table when contracts are renegotiated. Therefore, I suggest the 9 percent pension increase given to them by the Legislature several…

  • Thomas M. Kucharski

    Mr. Kucharski, of Edison, formerly of East Brunswick and Old Bridge, died Dec. 4, 2006, in New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home, Edison. Prior to his retirement in 1987, he was employed as a machine operator at Peter J. Switzer, a division of Kimberly-Clark, Spotswood, where he worked for 30 years. Surviving are two sisters, Pearl…