Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • We’re not ‘koi’ about admitting our mistakes

    Bloopers Adele Young We like to end each year by looking back at the collection of typos and usage errors that came across the copy desk and almost made it into print in one of our 12 weekly publications during the year. X-rated One word that newspapers use hundreds of times in each issue is…

  • Why are tuitions so high?

    Your Turn Michael P. Riccards Guest Column Michael P. Riccards Guest Column As a college president at three different institutions, the question I got most frequently from parents and students was: “Why is tuition continuing to rise?” The latest study of The College Board indicates that once again tuition has risen in good years as…

  • State gives Metuchen H.S. wellness center a boost

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer KATHY CHANG New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey’s chief of staff, Peter Cammarano, and Sen. Barbara Buono listen as board President Ronald Grayzel speaks to an audience of YMCA members, students and faculty at the press conference at Metuchen High School. Cammarano and Buono announced a $250,000…

  • Just a few requests before taking office

    Coda Greg Bean You’ve got to give Jun Choi, Edison’s mayor-elect, credit for having chutzpah. Newcomer Choi used a guy in a chicken suit to oust Democratic Mayor George Spadoro in the primary, and he won the general election against independent William Stephens by a very small margin. And what was Choi’s first order of…

  • Law hampers districts during budget time

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN — State legislation that limits the amount of surplus a school district can have on hand has left towns like Metuchen with little money to work with. “With the S-1701 legislation, school districts can’t increase over 2 1/2 percent or the consumer price index [CPI],”…

  • Obituaries

    Ann R. Pytel Mrs. Pytel, 77, of Middletown, died Dec. 18 at home. Born in Perth Amboy, she had resided in the Iselin section of Woodbridge before moving to Middletown 22 years ago. Mrs. Pytel was a homemaker. She was a communicant of St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church, Keansburg. She was predeceased by her husband,…

  • Letters

    One letter to the editor, two different versions As of late, it has become increasingly clear that The Home News Tribune may not be giving the public the whole story with regards to the Letters to the Editor section. It is quite evident that there has been some selective editing of certain letters that were…