Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Debra L. Drust Estelle Mrs. Estelle, 47, of Easton, Pa., formerly of Old Bridge, died June 14 in Easton Hospital. Prior to her retirement in 1998, she was employed as an administrative assistant in human resources with Revlon, Edison, where she worked for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Michael Estelle; her parents, Leonard and…

  • Eminent domain ruling twists 5th Amendment

    Coda Greg Bean The year is 2035, and the town fathers in East Brunswick have just taken 17 single-family homes because the Wawa Corp. wants to build a new mega-convenience store near the mall on Hillsdale Road. The homeowners have fought it as far as they can, but the courts hold that eminent domain is…

  • Letters

    Kudos to Edison Township, Middlesex County and the state of New Jersey for their work on the proposed multifaceted reconstruction of the Plainfield/New Dover/Oak Tree roads intersection. The long-awaited plans for the redesign of this dangerous intersection were met with great enthusiasm by both officials and area residents alike at the groundbreaking ceremony June 1.…

  • Many J.P. Stevens H.S. band members play on

    The John P. Stevens High School band program, under the direction of Andy DeNicola and John Zazzali, has announced the names of its 15 students who were selected through audition to the 2005 New Jersey All-State Band. They are: Rebecca Wang, flute; Briana Tarby, oboe; Jennifer Choi, clarinet; Stephanie Tsai, Kristie Kuo and David Cheng,…

  • Big Brother’s eyes won’t be on bookstore purchases

    Coda Greg Bean As a full-time newspaperman and part-time novelist, I’ve had to find the answers to some fairly esoteric questions over the last 30 years. Among the more arcane: • How far will a slug from a .44-caliber Magnum revolver penetrate into the engine block of a Crown Victoria sedan? • What are the…

  • Pride and joy

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Proud families of J.P. Stevens graduates Jennylyn Abanlog and Jennifer Huang cheer on the class of 2005 as they try to get a snapshot of their children at the graduation ceremony last week at Rutgers athletic center.

  • Letters

    Democrats turned state into The people of New Jersey pay the highest property taxes in the nation. The people of New Jersey pay the highest auto insurance rates in the nation. In the year 2004 alone, the people of New Jersey had a gay governor, a lame duck governor and an acting governor. And now…

  • School board honors teachers and students

    BY JAY BODAS Staff Writer BY JAY BODASStaff Writer METUCHEN – Most people would jump at the chance to retire in a year. Not Ellen Goldstein. Goldstein, a guidance counselor at the Edgar Middle School, isn’t going anywhere soon. “I started my career as a teacher, but my dream was always to become a counselor,”…