Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion
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Letters
Union prez: Mayor moving in right direction As the president of Local 1197 of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), I just wanted to voice my support for Mayor Jun Choi. I know that the mayor and my union can work together. As a gesture of good faith, Mayor Choi invited me to meet…
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Obituaries
Robert E. Murphy Mr. Murphy, 58, of Freehold, died Jan. 2 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Queens, N.Y., he had resided in Elmont, N.Y., before moving to Freehold 18 years ago. He was employed as vice president of risk management for Chase Home Finance, Iselin section of Woodbridge, for the past 25…
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Letters
Messenger was shot, but what about the message? I was in attendance at the Edison Township Council special meeting that was held Jan. 4. The crowd at the meeting was so large that it was standing room only. Councilman Peter J. Barnes III was given the floor to make a passionate speech criticizing personal attacks…
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Bad Santa
Mayor George A. Spadoro’s last month in office was a busy one. The three-term, lame-duck mayor spent much of December doling out last-minute Christmas and holiday gifts in the way of promotions for police officers and firefighters. Public safety is a good thing. Rewarding public safety employees makes good sense. Employees who are well paid…
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Obituaries
Maureen E. Murphy-Handerhan Mrs. Murphy-Handerhan, 43, of Tarrytown, N.Y., died Dec. 11 at the Mary Anne Pavilion at JFK Medical Center, Edison. Born in New Brunswick, she had resided in Metuchen for 25 years, and in New York City for 18 years before moving to Tarrytown last May. She was a 1977 graduate of St.…
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Letters
New mayor discusses his vision for Edison Today is a day of new beginnings. And as we begin a new year, we also begin a new day in Edison Township. Today we begin a new era of recommitting ourselves to do what government was meant to do to serve all of you. A better tomorrow…
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Letters
Political correctness carried too far during holidays Here in America we have become so unnaturally obsessed with trying not to offend one another that we have lost the ability to understand each other. This unfortunate epidemic is apparent in the letter from Mr. Richard Green III, which was printed in the Dec. 21 Sentinel. While…
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A botched farewell to the chief
In most towns, when a longtime police chief or police officer decides to retire, officials give them the courtesy of announcing their own departure. That’s usually followed by a statement that the chief will use up sick days or time accrued and will step down several weeks or months in the future. Then come the…
