Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Letters

    Citizens Convention to address problematic issues urged In recent months, there has been much conversation throughout the state with regards to a N.J. Citizens Convention. The proposal for this convention is so the citizens of New Jersey can balance fiscal policy, tax policy, and as most know, specifically to address and tackle the major property…

  • Obituaries

    Antoinette DeBartolo Mrs. DeBartolo, 80, of Milltown, formerly of North Brunswick, died Feb. 8 in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Robert, died in 2003. Surviving are three sons, John F. of Neptune, Robert C. of Morristown and Thomas J. of the Toms River section of Dover; a sister, Lorraine Darwish of North…

  • Choi can’t win

    Edison Township Council-man Peter J. Barnes III must think residents in his town just fell off the communal turnip truck. Barnes would have them believe that an ordinance he presented to the Township Council recently had nothing to do with Mayor Jun Choi’s recent firings of five employees. The ordinance, which the council voted to…

  • If you want good spin, it’s gonna cost you

    Coda Greg Bean Sometimes, I think I’m in the wrong end of the publishing business — the wrong end being the end where people aren’t lining up to give me vast amounts of money to say nice things about them. According to a recent article posted on Adweek.com, the Bush administration and other federal agencies…

  • Valentine nuptials

    Clockwise from top left — Edison Mayor Jun Choi marries Lanny Wolfe and Debbi Tauriello during their Valentine’s Day wedding ceremony held in council chambers at the Edison Township Municipal Complex. Lanny Wolfe kisses his new bride. Newlyweds pose for a new family photo with their children Chris Wolfe (l), Michael and Nicole Tauriello following…

  • BOE hopes to award high school bids in May

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — The Board of Education expects the bids for the second phase of the Metuchen High School’s referendum project to go out in May. “We are in the process of reviewing the project,” said board member George Trapp. The board is in a bind right…

  • Obituaries

    Thomas Daniels Mr. Daniels, 76, of East Brunswick, formerly of Edison, died Jan. 31 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a deacon, elder and ordained lay pastor at Trinity Presbyterian Church, East Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Carla Daniels; three sons, Jeff of Nazareth, Pa., Mark of East Windsor and Gary…

  • Let the sun shine in

    It was little more than a year ago that Edison Planning Board member Michele Miceli told residents to “come back here on Christmas Eve” if they wanted to talk about the dreaded Wal-Mart big-box-store application. Board Chairman Henry Cackowski refused to reopen the public hearing on the application. And when the audience got a little…

  • Letters

    This spring, go native By now, you’re probably anticipating spring and making landscaping and gardening plans. Whether you’re a passionate gardener or just want to dress up your yard a little, native plants are for you. Native plants are simply those that naturally occur in this area. Native plants are naturally adapted to our climate…