Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Resident applauds councilman’s efforts in Edison community

    One hot, summer night in July, I tuned into the special meeting [on the local cable station] called by the Edison Township Council and was appalled by the viciousness of one woman’s attack on Councilman Charles Tomaro. The attack was very ugly and unnecessary. Councilman Tomaro is a dedicated public servant who works tirelessly with…

  • National heritage area needed in New Jersey

    Recently, acting Gov. Richard Codey signed Executive Order No. 48, which is aimed at assisting the passage of the federal bill pending in the House of Representatives, HR 87. This bill, sponsored by Reps. Rodney Frelinghuysen and Rush Holt, and co-sponsored by all of our other representatives, would establish a National Heritage Area in New…

  • Tapes a reminder on bravery of EMS responders

    New York City’s recent release of more 9/11 tapes hopefully makes the public aware of what we in the emergency medical services community already knew: EMS responders — volunteers included — played a much more vital role in the day’s events than reported until now. The overall feeling is that the day’s EMS efforts and…

  • Service men and women should have enough to eat

    My son is serving in Iraq as a member of the Connecticut National Guard. Recently, he e-mailed me to say that many of the troops’ schedules allow them to make only one of their dining facility’s scheduled mealtimes. Even worse, KBR (the branch of Halliburton that runs the dining facility) rationed food up until recently,…

  • Obituaries

    Lillian “Lil” Bebel Sergeant Mrs. Sergeant, 73, of Edison, died Aug. 12 at home after a long illness. Born in Morea, Pa., she had resided in Bayonne before moving to Edison 50 years ago. Prior to retiring in 1991, she was the office manager and receptionist for Dr. Tara Kanetkar in Edison. Twenty years ago,…

  • Towns have no business in the newspaper trade

    Coda Greg Bean So, East Brunswick has gone into the newspaper business — without asking a single taxpayer whether that’s a business they want to be in. Generally, I’ve been a supporter of Mayor William Neary and his administration. They’ve done a lot of good work in my home community and there’s a lot to…

  • Letters

    A sense of loss came over me as I drove to work this morning — “progress” can be a shock. The infamous Route 18 “needed” widening. How might the fallen trees see this prospect if they had voices? I wondered how the next generation would see this state as day by day another nature disaster…

  • Warehouseville, N.J.: Watch out for trucks

    Coda Greg Bean I don’t know for certain where the members of the South Brunswick Planning Board live, but I would be surprised beyond belief to find that any of them live near the once-pristine farmland and rural neighborhoods close to New Jersey Turnpike Exit 8A. The bulk of South Brunswick’s voters don’t live near…