Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Spare time hard to find for multisport athlete

    Mary Lynn Skarzenski juggles application process, hectic schedule BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Woodbridge goalkeeper Mary Lynn Skarzenski has shown her athletic prowess not only in soccer, but in basketball as well, the sport that she hopes to play once she goes to college next fall. It’s around…

  • Supply and demand driving admissions

    In the tradition of the SAT, we ask our readers to answer this multiple-choice question: Trying to summarize your life’s story on a few sheets of paper and distinguish it from a stack of 40,000 others is: A) frightening; B) one of the most important tasks in a teen’s life; C) the act of filling…

  • Tight end sees science rather than football in his future

    Will head to Penna. for his four years of college BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Having played the game since he was 7, JFK High School senior Anthony Meluso has football down to a science. But off the gridiron, that’s exactly what this 16-year-old is obsessed with. Meluso…

  • Edison resident maintains ‘smear campaign’ sunk open space question

    I am a resident of Edison, a current member of the Edison Open Space Committee, and I supported the open space and effort to save the Edison tower referendums that appeared on our local ballots this year. Two week ago, Edison was one of the few towns in New Jersey that failed to pass an…

  • Teen has designs on art school in NYC

    Colonia senior hopes to use talents to succeed in advertising BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff When he’s not playing bass guitar, taking photographs or writing, Tim Davideit, a Colonia High School art student, can usually be found drawing. Tim hopes his skills in that medium will get him…

  • Resident urges politician to clean up handbill mess

    Recently, residents of Edison Township were disturbed at home by a computerized message sponsored by Anthony Russomanno’s organization, Neighborhoods 1st, to vote no against Edison’s open space referendums. Another tactic they used to promote their agenda was to staple brownish-colored handbills on the utility poles throughout the township. Well, it has been almost three weeks…

  • Junior year plays key role in admissions process

    Advisers: Goals should be clubs, community service and good grades BY ADAM RIBACK Correspondent BY ADAM RIBACKCorrespondent Adam R iback Marlboro H.S. junior Junior year in high school is the most important year to rack up the points for extracurricular activities, community service and acceptable grades, according to Helene Unger, an educational consultant from Manalapan.…

  • Junior year plays key role in admissions process

    Advisers: Goals should be clubs, community service and good grades BY ADAM RIBACK Correspondent BY ADAM RIBACKCorrespondent Adam R iback Marlboro H.S. junior Junior year in high school is the most important year to rack up the points for extracurricular activities, community service and acceptable grades, according to Helene Unger, an educational consultant from Manalapan.…

  • Edison resident maintains ‘smear campaign’ sunk open space question

    I am a resident of Edison, a current member of the Edison Open Space Committee, and I supported the open space and effort to save the Edison tower referendums that appeared on our local ballots this year. Two week ago, Edison was one of the few towns in New Jersey that failed to pass an…