Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Volunteer says let experts run Edison Animal Shelter

    Well, business as usual in Edison Township. According to a recent article, Mayor Spadoro has announced, along with the Associated Humane Society, that the humane society is coming in to do an evaluation of the Edison Animal Shelter. Sounds all well and good, but we are paying the humane society $4,150 for said evaluation. I…

  • Day recalls sacrifices on beaches of France

    Day recalls sacrifices on beaches of France Having just completed the Memorial Day holiday — an especially poignant remembrance given the fact that America finds itself at war in Iraq and Afghanistan today — we turn our attention to Sunday, June 6. On that day, Americans will mark the 60th anniversary of the Allied invasion…

  • Metuchen Musings

    Playing the numbers game Metuchen Musings Playing the numbers game John Aden Lewis As Mark Twain once said, "There are lies, damn lies and statistics." Yet, as a baseball junkie, I’ve always been addicted to statistics and box scores, so when I discovered the "neighborhood" box scores on Yahoo.com (follow the Real Estate link) and…

  • Obituaries

    W. Richard Mosulak Obituaries W. Richard Mosulak Mr. Mosulak, 76, of Old Bridge died May 22 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He retired in 1986 from the Ford Motor Co., Edison, where he worked for more than 30 years. He later was employed by South Brunswick Security Co., retiring in 2002 after…

  • Groups appreciate support for drives

    On behalf of the Metuchen-Edison Area Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the United Caribbean American Network of New Jersey, we would like to thank all who participated in our recent "Haitian Relief" food and clothes drive. A special thanks to the Edison Job Corps Academy, Rabbi Eliot…

  • Gas prices are sucking us dry

    Gas prices are sucking us dry Gasoline prices continue to climb to unbelievable heights as the holiday weekend approaches. The Memorial Day weekend is the traditional kickoff of the summer season, a time when beachgoers inch their cars down crowded highways to overtake the Jersey Shore. It is also a time when gasoline prices begin…

  • Metuchen Musings

    Cheerleaders bring bragging rights to borough Metuchen Musings Cheerleaders bring bragging rights to borough John Aden Lewis Congratulations to the Metuchen High School cheerleaders. This past weekend, our cheerleaders, who were voted by the National Cheer Conference as 2004-2005 National Up-and-Coming Team of the Year, represented our town at the 2004 National Cheerleading Con-ference in…

  • Your Turn

    Honor those who sacrificed their lives on Memorial Day Your Turn Honor those who sacrificed their lives on Memorial Day America rose to greatness through the efforts of our veterans. Their service saw us through two world wars and conflicts in Korea and Vietnam. Today, our service men and women are fighting against aggression in…

  • Resident: ‘Orphan’ bridge should be repaired very soon

    The article about the Bridge Street "railroad bridge" in the May 12 edition of the Sentinel solidified my feeling that Mayor Edmund O’Brien is, at times, unconcerned about the safety of citizens. The bridge may be considered an "orphan" bridge by the borough administration, however, actual information about the bridge is well documented and on…