Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

It’s funny how people like to point to Wal-Mart coming to Edison as a tragedy. I have lived in Edison for many years and I think it will be a plus for the community. There are a few individuals who have chosen to use Wal-Mart as the cause of the day against the mayor. I’m…

We fought the Civil War to rid ourselves of plantation slave owners. We succeeded then, but, they have come back under different names with the blessing of this administration, the biggest being Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer, and the largest corporation and private employer in the United States, making in 2003 some $244.5…

Preliminary school budget calls for 7-cent hike in tax rate BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Residents here are looking at a 7-cent hike in the school tax rate, according to the preliminary budget introduced by the Board of Education last week. That translates into a school tax…

Mr. Shelhamer of North Brunswick died Feb. 24 at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., he resided in Edison prior to moving to North Brunswick in 1965. He was an assistant plant manager at Whittaker Chemical Company, North Brunswick, for 32 years, retiring in 1991. He served with the U.S. Army…

Mrs. Marzillier, 87, of Matawan, died March 2 at home. Born in Newark, she resided in the Colonia section of Woodbridge, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Rahway before moving to Matawan. Mrs. Marzillier was a librarian at Merck and Co., Woodbridge, where she was employed several years before retiring. She was predeceased by her husband, Harry Marzillier.…

Mrs. Gowen, 57, of Freehold Township, died Feb. 27 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Born in East Wareham, Mass., she had lived in Edison and Piscataway before moving to Freehold Township in 1971. Mrs. Gowen was a graduate of Edison High School and the Middlesex General Hospital School of X-Ray Technology, New Brunswick.…

Charles Woods Guest Column When the 109th Congress convened last month, Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) was removed as chairman of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Committee. He was not only replaced as chairman, he was removed from the committee entirely. As commander of Sayreville Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699 and as an…

First, I would like to say, that my Uncle Frank takes me with him to run his dogs. He teaches me how important it is to take good care of animals, how to feed and groom and love them, so they can share a happy and long life with their owner. I know it is…