Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Creed is the latest installment of the extremely successful Rocky series of films. While Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is back for this film, the focus is on Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), the son of the late Apollo Creed. Adonis never knew his father — Apollo died before he was born…

Boy Scout Troop 66 of Edison helped out The Hands of Hope with more than 2,000 pounds of food and more than 300 turkeys on Nov. 21. Metuchen High School served as the host to a Health and Wellness Fair that was sponsored by the PTO. PTO President Audrey Hausser said, “Health mindfulness is critical…

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People are talking about the renaming of buildings at Princeton University that bear the name of Woodrow Wilson, the desire by some individuals to erase and rewrite history in order to whitewash our past. In this instance, describing the need by these people to remove a person’s name from a building because of a perceived…

METUCHEN — For more than 40 years, the Saint Joseph High School community has provided Thanksgiving food baskets for thousands in need throughout New Jersey as a part of its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. This year’s food drive raised more than $20,000, surpassing this year’s goal of $15,000, to purchase Thanksgiving baskets and turkeys for…

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — Seventh-grade students at Avenel Middle School may have given Mayor John E. McCormac a run for his money during the presentation of their mock mayoral campaigns. “I’m glad the election was two weeks ago,” McCormac told the students after their campaign presentations on Nov. 20. McCormac, who has…

EDISON — The Wardlaw-Hartridge (W-H) School has announced its “Imagine” capital campaign for the construction of a new Performing Arts Center. Other campaign facility projects, which have been completed in this campaign, include the construction of two new turf fields for soccer and lacrosse, STEM labs for Lower and Middle School classes and the renovation…

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — A fifth-grade student fabricated a story about being approached by a stranger after dismissal from James Madison Intermediate School last week, according to police. The incident occurred on Nov. 17, according to Police Sgt. Robert Dudash. When police detectives examined security camera footage from outside the school on…

A dinner and program given on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America, Patriots’ Path Council, will be held at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 1, at the Pines Manor, 2085 State Route 27, Edison. The event will raise funds to support the scouting program in Middlesex County, with focus on STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and…