Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion
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James Monroe school students hit high mark
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Michele Walker, director of annual giving for The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, publicly thanks students of James Monroe Elementary School last week. The school, with only approximately 350 students, raised the most money out of 51 participating schools in the state in…
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Youth academy teaches the realities of life
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK – A “scare tactic” program seems to be helping troubled Middlesex County youths on probation. Seventy-one percent of the juveniles who graduated from the Youth Development Academy have not been arrested, or convicted of adult crimes, said Assistant County Prosecutor Caroline Meuly, the academy…
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Your Turn
Greenways group holds DOT to Rt. 1 promises We have read the May 17 story about the North Jersey Planning Authority’s resolution approving the state Department of Transportation’s (DOT) plan to widen Route 1 through Edison and Woodbridge, known as the Route 1 7L project. As an organization the Edison Greenways Group have been following…
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Greg Bean
Coda Self-service gas pumps: the horror, the horror! I got a real kick out of the collective wailing and gnashing of teeth among many of my fellow Nanny Staters when Gov. Jon Corzine recently proposed allowing us to pump our own gas as a way of reducing prices. New Jersey – which first made self-service…
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Resident applauds superintendent’s efforts
While the New Jersey State Commission of Investiga-tion’s report performed a valuable service by alerting the public to questionable practices by some school administrators, it came as no surprise to this taxpayer that no such practices were found in the Metuchen Public School District. As a former member of the Metuchen Board of Education (1999-2005)…
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Rabbi mourns loss of Sister Rose Thering
I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sister Rose Thering. I had the privilege of sitting beside her for six years during my two terms with the New Jersey Holocaust Commission in Trenton. She was a friend and ally in the fight against anti-Semitism, and was also a strong supporter of the…
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Most illegal immigrants are here to take, not to give
Prior to becoming a U.S. citizen and only eight months after my arrival in the U.S. from Ireland, I was drafted into the United States Army. Upon completion of basic training and a leadership course, I was sent on occupation duty to the 25th Signal Company in Osaka, Japan. Some years later, I became a…
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Resident grateful for Helping Hands donations for cats
As a follow-up to my recent letter to the editor (“A tale of two kitties … with a happy ending” in the May 3 issue of the Woodbridge Sentinel), I want to express my gratitude to each and every person who responded with heartwarming words of support and a donation to Helping Hands for Helpless…
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Obituaries
Susan Randazzo Mrs. Randazzo, 47, of North Brunswick, died May 28 at Saint Peter’s Medical Center, New Brunswick. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Edison, prior to moving to North Brunswick 11 years ago. She co-owned and operated with her husband John, Roberto’s Pizza and Restaurant, Metuchen, since 1981. She was a communicant of…
