Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion
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Bernhard Rosenberg Guest Column
Do not ignore lessons of the Holocaust, rabbi says As the winds of Europe carried the stench of burning flesh, where was the world’s conscience? The ovens of Auschwitz no longer burn, yet several burning questions about the Holocaust or World War II still remain. Who was responsible for the death of six million Jews…
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Starving people in Darfur need more help
Having been born before 1945, my memories of the Holocaust were that it was not discovered until the end of the war. Historians have proven that to be very wrong. How many Christian groups chose to not look at what was actually happening in Europe at the time? How many feigned surprise when pictures of…
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Court’s ruling on buffers will help protect New Jersey’s water
The link between clean drinking water and preserved open space is direct and proven. The lands next to our streams, rivers, lakes and reservoirs filter rainwater as it makes its way into our water systems. So in a densely populated state like New Jersey, it was a great relief when the Appellate Division of the…
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Obituaries
Theresa Krushinski Mrs. Krushinski, 73, of Freehold, died April 25 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Plains, Pa., she had lived in Woodbridge, Lincroft and Red Bank before moving to Freehold 16 years ago. Mrs. Krushinski was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church, Freehold Township. She…
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Students showcase work in new magazine
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer What are you doing this Friday?If you like poetry and supporting youth, the Edison Arts Society wants to see you at 7 p.m. at Java’s Brewin’ coffee house at 545 Middlesex Ave. in Metuchen. Teens from six area high schools will be reading works appearing in…
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Coda Greg B Residents need more info about evacuation Two weeks ago, I wrote about the lack of an evacuation plan in Monmouth County and the state in case of emergency – at least a plan that anyone knows about. And toward the end of that column, I said that even if such plans exist,…
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Joseph Petrucelli
Guest Column Local ‘bean counter’ has finance questions At a time when Edison tax bills are skyrocketing every year, with no end in sight, Mayor Choi announcing budget deficits one day and millions in ‘savings’ the next, and a recently defeated school budget, I am happy that residents are finally beginning to engage in a…
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Mayor has a bone to pick with the Sentinel
While the Sentinel may try to claim that your reporter fully vetted its article on the DCA report, I beg to differ with you. Your reporter sat in my office talking on my telephone to a state representative responsible for the preparation of the report, and was told that she had a draft copy and…
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Voters who said no to budget should volunteer
For those of you who voted yes in Tuesday’s School Election to pass the budget, kudos to each and every one of you who took a positive action toward improving the education of the children in our community! We may have been defeated, but it just shows that there are people who are willing to…
