Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion
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Hospitals’ future hinges on government support
In the past year, the plight of New Jersey hospitals has finally become a front-burner issue. For the first time in recent memory, there has been a cohesive and aggressive effort among state and federal lawmakers to help shore up the financial outlook of our medical care institutions, which are true community resources. This support…
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Oil spill highlights need to protect more habitat
The recent news of the 400,000 gallon oil spill into the Delaware River is a wake-up call to us all. We must do better to protect our wildlife and water quality. Since the spill, more than 70 miles of the Delaware River in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware have been polluted, and countless birds and…
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Agency offers lesson plans on gambling awareness
The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey Inc. received a major setback when New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner William Librera pulled a 2004 revision to the Core Curriculum Content Standards, which would have required education in health and physical education classes to include addressing gambling in school curriculum. The council has participated in…
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Obituaries
Dorothy (Holmes) Holler Mrs. Holler, 80, of Leisure Village, Manchester, Ocean County, died Dec. 15 at Ocean Medical Center, Brick. Born in South River, she had resided in Edison before moving to Manchester eight years ago. She was predeceased in 1992 by her husband, Joseph Holler. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Sherry…
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No excuse for an unnecessary death
Fords resident Wendy Raisch looked everywhere for her tiny kitten, Pinky, after she noticed the animal was missing from her back yard on Aug. 4 Raisch and her fiancé even circulated fliers around town asking for help in finding the kitten. By the time she tracked the kitten down at the Edison Animal Shelter, it…
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Some have lost sight of true Christmas spirit
Earlier in the year, the Hollywood elite lost their battle against newcomer movie producer Mel Gibson. Then on Election Day, the mass media loss their battle against President George W. Bush. And now, even during the Christmas season, an anti-Christian faction is attacking the very foundation of our great country. It is ironic that Christians…
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Resident objects to new, costly process of leaf removal
The government’s strangely timed announcement on the eve of Thanksgiving about new legislation to curtail our streets’ leaf pollution beginning in October 2005 will have a devastating effect on property owners. Many who are just getting by in budgeting their inflation-depleted salaries, plus those on fixed incomes, will have a whopper of a monetary burden…
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Parents urged to involve children during holidays
No matter their holiday tradition, parents work hard to make memories for their children. Children however, just want to be included and involved in the hustle and bustle of the season — baking, decorating, shopping and wrapping gifts. Including children in these activities often seems like it creates more problems than it solves. But with…
