Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Budget, board members on Board of Ed. ballot

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Voters will soon choose from a long list of Board of Education candidates and vote on a budget that calls for a 7-cent hike in the school tax rate. The $173,021,949 school budget calls for $151,317,673 to be raised by taxation. Last…

  • Credit card offers: Pay now and keep on paying

    Coda Greg Bean Coda By today’s standards, my grandmother had some pretty strange ideas about money. For one thing, as a survivor of the stock market crash and bank failures of the Great Depression, she refused to keep her money in a bank during a Republican presidential administration. She blamed the Republicans for everything bad…

  • AHA volunteer says CPR, AEDs are lifesavers

    I’m like many of you. I’m a New Jersey resident and a father, I’m involved in my community, and I go to work every day. And like many of you, I never gave too much thought to the importance of CPR [cardiopulmonary resuscitation] and automated external defibrillators (AEDs) — that is, until I died June…

  • Housing advocate bemoans red tape

    It is expensive to live in New Jersey, especially when it comes to housing. Anyone who has checked into renting even a modest apartment in almost any community in this state is likely astonished at the cost. New Jersey is the third most expensive state for rental housing, and the most expensive rental market for…

  • Council candidates in ‘lockstep’ with Spadoro

    Several days ago, Jun Choi made an announcement that he is running for mayor of Edison Township. The press was notified, political ads appeared in some papers, and letters were sent to all Democratic committee people in the township. I called Jun and told him I took exception to his statement that no Democrat was…

  • Resident sings praises of Edison High School production

    On Saturday afternoon, March 5, I, along with many other Edison senior citizens, experienced an excellent treat at Edison High School — pre-theater refreshments followed by an outstanding production of “Crazy for You.” I can’t say enough about this stunning performance. The leads — Omar Maskati and Jackie Nuzzo — displayed remarkable talent, as did…

  • Obituaries

    Thomas B. Daley Sr. Mr. Daley, 88, of Old Bridge, died March 27 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. During the 1960s, he was the owner of Daley’s Diner, Edison. Prior to his retirement in 1980, he was employed by Kimberly Clark, Spotswood. His wife, Dorothy H. Daley, died in 1990. Surviving are…

  • Schiavo case underscores importance of living wills

    Greg Bean Coda It’s now just over 20 years since my father lost his battle with cancer. He died on Father’s Day 1984. His illness was the only demon he ever faced that he could not conquer by sheer force of will, but he did not accept that going in. Days after he was diagnosed,…