Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • End parkway tolls before more millions are wasted

    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…

  • 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…

  • Open letter to Edison’s Township Council president

    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…

  • Superintendent pleased with school report cards

    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…

  • Still waiting for pool promised 30 years ago

    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…

  • Obituaries

    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…

  • Resident praises Sen. Buono’s efforts to resolve issue

    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…

  • 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…

  • Reader takes issue with mayor’s annual speech

    Here we go again. Same old tired rhetoric from Edison Mayor George Spadoro in what can only be described as an off-the-shelf speech. It’s the same insight you’ll get from any of his campaign brochures for as far back as you care to look. You can do it from memory. Taxes, open space, public safety…