Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Resident strongly objects to a neighborhood Wal-Mart

    Patrice Swarbrick Guest Column I am the crisis counselor at Edison High School and a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey. I am writing this letter as both a private citizen and a representative of the Edison community. I am passionately opposed to Wal-Mart’s presence in our town. There are so many reasons not…

  • MOM rail line a good public policy for central New Jersey

    Joseph Azzolina Guest Column The possibility exists that the draft environmental impact statement for the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) rail line currently in progress might result in “no preferred alternative.” This would be a travesty to every resident affected by the traffic and congestion in the central region of New Jersey. The mere possibility of such a…

  • Obituaries

    Mary Pavlic Finn Mrs. Finn, 86, of the Avenel section of Woodbridge, died Jan. 12 at home. Born in Newark, she had resided in Avenel for the past 60 years. Until 1973, she was employed for five years by the Costa Ice Cream Co., Woodbridge. She was a communicant of St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church,…

  • Where is the Edison Tower fund money?

    Edison Mayor George A. Spadoro’s memory seems to be slipping. He says he has “no idea” how much money is left in the Edison Tower Trust Fund, a campaign he spearheaded in the late 1990s. Well, he should. He should have some speedy answers for residents who want to know what happened to the trust…

  • Resident calls for more open government

    It’s what they don’t tell us that worries me in Edison. Someone once quipped, “a democracy is where two wolves and a sheep take a majority vote on what’s for supper.” The point is democracy works best when there is an open and free exchange of ideas, and debate is encouraged. When dissenting opinion is…

  • Obituaries

    George McNeany Mr. McNeany, 87, of South Amboy, died Jan. 8 at home. Born in South Amboy, he resided in Sayreville prior to moving to South Amboy. He was employed at Hercules Power Company, Parlin, for 35 years, retiring in 1974. He served with the U.S. Army in support of Gen. George Patton during World…

  • Resident seeks adequate funding for homeland security

    Surprise! Surprise! New Jersey’s allocation of funds for homeland security has been reduced again. Now, acting Gov. Codey has taken a trip to Washington, D.C., to apply pressure to reinstate the money. Interestingly enough, he called upon two conservative Republican congressmen, Chris Smith and Scott Garrett, to assist him with the super liberal Democratic senators…

  • Official thanked for help with sidewalk

    For years there was no sidewalk that permitted residents of Edison 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, causing many pedestrians…

  • Chamber president details organization’s good works

    Your article in last week’s Sentinel needs to be addressed.For the last 15 years, the Edison Chamber of Commerce has held its “State of the Town” dinner, wherein the mayor addresses the business community and advises of his accomplishments and vision for the future. The Edison Chamber is a nonprofit organization, which is not subsidized…