Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • St. Joseph receives national recognition

    BY KATHY CHENG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHENGStaff Writer METUCHEN — St. Joseph High School has once again made the Acton Institute’s list of the year’s top 50 Catholic high schools nationwide. “We are very pleased to be a repeat honoree,” said Principal Lawrence Walsh. “In a Mass held [recently], I reminded our students and…

  • Parents want schools to send more ‘opt out’ info home

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer METUCHEN –– Some parents here don’t want the school district to send the names of their sons and daughters to military recruiters. By the start of the school year, 18 more parents told school officials they want to “opt out” of the practice, according to Joellen…

  • Dragon days

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Amanda Leung from the Chinese Community Center of New Jersey youth group, enjoys the festivities at the second annual Chinese Mid-Autumn celebration in Edison last weekend.

  • Letters

    Residents urged to approve school bond ref. As all Edison Township residents know, our public schools are quite overcrowded. Due to the high quality of education our schools have to offer, it has made, and will continue to make Edison a desirable place for families with children to move to. However, we have limited resources…

  • Obituaries

    Marie J. McGuire Purcell Mrs. Purcell, 80, of Manalapan, died Sept. 11 at Jackson Health Care Center, Jackson. Born in Jersey City, she had resided there until moving to Manalapan seven years ago. Before her retirement, Mrs. Purcell was a telephone operator for Verizon, Jersey City, for more than 30 years. She was predeceased by…

  • St. Joe’s receives national recognition

    BY KATHY CHENG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHENGStaff Writer METUCHEN — St. Joseph High School has once again made the Acton Institute’s list of the year’s top 50 Catholic high schools nationwide. “We are very pleased to be a repeat honoree,” said Principal Lawrence Walsh. “In a Mass held Friday, I reminded our students and…

  • Obituaries

    Albert S. Hunt Jr. Mr. Hunt, 69, of Keyport, died Sept. 11 at Jersey Shore University Hospital, Neptune. Born in Perth Amboy, he resided there before moving to Keyport 22 years ago. Mr. Hunt was vice president at Universal Filters, Asbury Park, for eight years. Prior to that, he was employed at Refilco Filters, Perth…