Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Crystal ball reveals truck industry’s grim future

    Your Sentinel staff writer, Patricia Miller, reported on the Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s “The Trucks are Coming” study. I wish the trucking industry had access to its crystal ball. I guess its predictions for the future are based on past data. Let me look into my crystal ball — by 2020, there will be no truck…

  • Location a poor spot for proposed Walgreens

    Developer Jack Morris, JSM @ St. George Avenue, LLC wants to build a Walgreens drugstore in Colonia at Chain O’Hills Road and St. Georges Avenue where Frystock Jeep now stands. That intersection suffers many traffic accidents. Chain O’Hills Road is the main outlet for hundreds of families nearby. The Woodbridge Planning Board gave approval to…

  • Russomanno not the voice of local Democratic group

    In recent months Mr. Anthony Russomanno has submitted a number of letters to the op/ed page and signed them as a Edison Democratic committeeman. As second vice chairperson of the Edison Democratic Organization, I want to make it clear that the views expressed by Mr. Russomanno do not reflect the views or opinions of our…

  • Resident has had enough of Kruczak DWI stories

    Isn’t it time for a moratorium on the Billy Kruczak story? Hardly a week has gone by without the Sentinel quoting what Mr. Kruczak said to the South Plainfield police officers. In view of the fact that Mr. Kruczak has in fact resigned from the Edison council, the story has now moved beyond a news…

  • AP enrollment exceeds N.J. average in some districts

    Not all students, however, choose to take the test BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer The School Report Cards for 2003-2004, which were recently released by the state Department of Education, show some very positive signs for several local Middlesex County districts when it comes to participation in high school Advanced Placement…

  • ASK tests for fourth grade show mixed results

    Math in particular remains a challenge for many schools BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — School officials are doing the math on the results of one academic proficiency test, and they think something isn’t quite adding up. Edison students are making the grade when it comes to the…

  • Area schools aim for improved HSPA scores

    11th-grade proficiency assessment measures math, language arts BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer As 11th- and 12th-graders throughout the state this week take the 2005 HSPA (High School Proficiency Assessment), school officials of even the highest scoring districts in Middlesex County are keeping their fingers crossed for improved scores, especially in mathematics,…

  • Teacher salaries vary by towns

    Officials: Money not necessarily only factor in quality education BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Depending on who you talk to, when it comes to teachers’ salaries in Middlesex County, either the “you get what you pay for” or “money does not mean quality” philosophy applies. In Edison, for teachers…

  • College-pursuit figures a reflection of the times

    Some schools send fewer pupils to college due to admission competition BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Furthering students’ education after high school graduation has become increasingly important, as more and more jobs have upped the stakes for educational background in the hiring process. For local high schools, providing a challenging curriculum…