Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion
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Richard Daniel Kirsh Mr. Kirsh, 57, of Eatontown died Sept. 3 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a service manager for Mauro Motors, Woodbridge. Mr. Kirsh attended Monmouth University, West Long Branch, and was a Monmouth University Alumni volunteer. He had a lifelong interest in boating and sailing, and enjoyed traveling. Mr. Kirsh…
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John Novak Mr. Novak, 83, died Sept. 4 at his daughter’s home in Holmdel. He was born in Hungary and had been a longtime resident of New Jersey. Mr. Novak was an inspector for the Ford Motor Co., Edison, before his retirement. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was a…
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Councilman’s personal life doesn’t affect public job
Regarding the predicament of Edison Councilman William Kruczak: he should not be prejudged — “innocent until proven guilty.” It proves again that an individual’s private life has nothing to do with his business or professional life. So he was selected and nominated by the Democrat leaders of Edison and elected by the people of Edison.…
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Your Turn
Mayor manipulating municipal budget Here we go again. Edison Mayor George Spadoro just announced his $97 million municipal budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005. There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that he is holding the municipal tax rate at 73 cents per hundred of assessed value in…
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Your turn
Open space ‘inspires us, heals our wounds’ In advertisements by cellular phone companies, we often hear about the importance of connection, networks, and always having access to the system. What if we applied those concepts to something that we could actually touch, feel and be a physical part of — if we applied those concepts…
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Obituaries
Jeremy Craig Markman Obituaries Jeremy Craig Markman Jeremy Craig Markman, age 33, of Oceanside, Long Island, New York, died Aug. 2, 2004, at NYU Medical Center, New York City. Born in Plainfield, he lived in Fanwood and Edison before moving to Oceanside nine years ago. He was vice president and founding partner of Mentorcom Systems…
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Swift Boat ads have Bush ‘fingerprints’ on them
It is time for George Bush to follow John McCain’s lead and attack the Swift Boat Veterans ads as being "dishonest and dishonorable." George Bush can’t tell the American public that he respects John Kerry’s service in Vietnam AND stand by silently witnessing these dishonest attacks on John Kerry’s service and the men who saw…
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Mother is grateful to citizens, public servants
On Wednesday, Aug. 4, at approximately 11:30 a.m., my daughter, Jennifer Ippolito, and her friend, Michael Brown, were traveling in Jennifer’s car along Jernee Mill Road in Sayreville. Jennifer saw a large rock in the road and tried to avoid it. However, the corner of her tire hit the rock, which rolled along underneath the…
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Open space committeeman grateful for preservation
As a member of South Brunswick Township’s Open Space advisory committee, but more so as a parent interested in preserving our agricultural and natural heritage for our children, I’d like to thank the Middlesex County Farmland Preservation Program for its recent action preserving a 53-acre farm on Dey Road. This purchase is one in a…
