Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Official’s resignation is for all the wrong reasons

    Third-term Edison Councilman William Kruczak did the right thing by deciding to resign in the wake of his most recent drunken driving arrest. Unfortunately, the resignation came too late and for the wrong reasons. Kruczak said in a three-minute statement at the Dec. 8 Township Council meeting that he wouldn’t allow political opponents to use…

  • Resident praises Codey’s efforts to ‘clean up’ government

    Acting Gov. Codey should be commended for his apparent move to clean up the mismanagement, fraud and waste that have plagued our state and local governments over the last three years. By adding an inspector general to oversee the many wasteful spending habits of our local government officials, citizens will have a means of bringing…

  • Metuchen reader is no fan of Wal-Mart stores

    I was appalled to read that Wal-Mart is putting up yet another store in New Jersey, this one in south Edison next to Costco. When will we wake up? Is the thrill of buying a blouse for $10 justification enough to continue to feed a corporation bent on putting all other competition out of business?…

  • Mayor lauds those who helped save fountain

    On Nov. 15, the “Light Dispelling Darkness” fountain, one of the most important outdoor sculptures in Middlesex County, was rededicated in Roosevelt Park. The restoration and rededication of this fountain is a tribute to the commitment of the Middlesex County freeholders to maintain and enhance the beauty and historical aspects of our parks. Wayland Gregory,…

  • Reader objects to overpass connecting routes 1 and 130

    My neighbors and I oppose the building of a new taxpayer-funded overpass to connect Route 1 and Route 130 at Finnegans Lane in North Brunswick, as this would destroy wetlands near Farrington Lake. The primary efforts of the state and county should be made to widen Route 1 in South Brunswick and Edison from two…

  • Obituaries

    Joan C. Hermansen Mrs. Hermansen, 62, of Avenel, Woodbridge, died Nov. 16 at JFK Medical Center, Edison. Born in Woodbridge, she was a lifelong resident of Avenel and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Avenel. Prior to retiring in 2002, she was employed for eight years as an administrator for Dapper Bus…

  • Stop whining, start looking for more grants and loans

    Mr. Diamond (Open Space Committee member Bruce Diamond) should know I have always supported the open space tax fund in the past, until my husband Anthony began researching township records and made me aware of the shenanigans that have taken place over the last few years. I can understand the township’s open space committee being…

  • ‘Neighborhoods 1st’ needs to get the numbers right

    On Election Day, Nov. 2, 2004, a great injustice was suffered by the citizenry of Edison Township because of factual distortions, character assassination, and outright lies by Anthony Russomanno and his wife, Cheryl Russomanno — treasurer of a newly formed organization calling itself “Neighborhoods 1st.” The two questions on the ballot that day were very…