Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — The state Department of Education’s school report cards for the year 2003-2004 are in, and they show some good news for borough schools, particularly the high school. Average SAT scores were up nearly 100 points during the 2003-2004 school year, from 1,018 in 2002-2003…

Edna M. Bailey Mrs. Bailey, 77, of North Brunswick, died Feb. 18 at JFK Medical Center, Edison. Born in New Brunswick, she resided in the Avenel section of Woodbridge prior to moving to North Brunswick three years ago. She was a retired bookkeeper at Avenel Hobbies, Colonia section of Woodbridge. Prior to that, she was…

This is a letter to readers to please lend your support. A very dear friend’s husband has been suffering with brain cancer for two years now. His long and noble fight has included two craniotomy surgeries and many courses of chemotherapy, thereby depleting the family’s finances. I feel the need to let you know how…

It takes a bureaucracy of more than 800 people to collect Garden State Parkway tolls. This total includes a pro-rata share of E-ZPass personnel. Imagine if each state highway had such a bureaucracy. Toll collecting is a 24/7 operation, so the costly toll-collection operation must be in place even at 3 a.m., when traffic is…

Council President Patel,It was somewhat perplexing and, quite honestly, disappointing to read your responses about the Tower Trust Fund in the Feb. 16 edition of the Sentinel. It’s perplexing because Kevin Duffy and I have met many times with you and pointed out a simple way to report the fund’s activity to the public and…

Before I bought my house in Edison in 1970, I checked the master plan and was pleased to see that a pool for the south of Edison was included. I moved here with five children, now have six. They are all married and we have grandchildren. Mayor Spadoro is now telling us that there will…

For years, there was no sidewalk that permitted Edison residents who live in the Edison Tower area to walk to the Metro Park Train Station in a safe manner. It was particularly dangerous to walk along the narrow path located on Route 27 from Cedar Lane to the Exxon Gas Station, and doing so caused…

Philip Rubinstein Mr. Rubinstein, 84, of Covered Bridge, Manalapan, died Feb. 15 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Poland, he emigrated to the United States in 1929 and grew up in Manhattan, N.Y. He had lived in Edison for 20 years and in East Brunswick for five years before moving to Covered Bridge…

Public interest not served by Planning Board, Zoning Board The fallout and protests from the Wal-Mart development at Route 27 and Vineyard Road makes me realize more and more how awful local governments are in New Jersey. Unfortunately, people focus on particular issues and fail to look at the bigger problems and demand action, which…