Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion
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Officials: High school needs significant work
District may bringvoters to polls for December referendum BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer District may bring voters to polls for December referendum BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — Sorely needed improvements to the high school may be a major part of a referendum project voters may see in December if the Board of Education has…
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School board approves administrator contracts
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Board of Education ratified contracts for four administrators last month. The contracts run from July 1, 2003, through June 30 of this year. At its Jan. 21 meeting, the contracts were approved for Ruth Ziznewski, principal of the Moss School, at a salary…
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Reader questions definition of ‘historical’
J. Aden Lewis writes in your Jan. 28 issue about houses designated as "landmarks" in Metuchen. How does this landmark business work out in practice? Sometimes like this — a neighbor of ours wanted to sell his 80-year-old father’s house because the old man was incapacitated in a nursing home and needed money. He sold…
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Your Turn
Phil HosslerGuest ColumnCertified athletic trainer says defibrillators are a necessity in facilities such as schools, health clubs Your Turn Phil Hossler Guest Column Certified athletic trainer says defibrillators are a necessity in facilities such as schools, health clubs Phil Hossler Guest Column Certified athletic trainer says defibrillators are a necessity in facilities such as schools,…
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Obituaries
Justine "Tina" Martelli Miller Obituaries Justine "Tina" Martelli Miller Mrs. Miller, 74, of South Amboy died Feb. 2 at home. Born in Perth Amboy, she resided in South Amboy the past 36 years. She was a homemaker, and a retired employee of Charles Komar and Sons, South Amboy. She was a member of St. Mary’s…
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Obituaries
Eugene C. Ciallella Obituaries Eugene C. Ciallella Mr. Ciallella, 63, of North Brunswick died Jan. 21 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Newark, he resided in Metuchen prior to moving to North Brunswick 26 years ago. He was a retired truck driver at McGaw Inc., Edison. Prior to that, he was…
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Survivor urges others ‘Go Red for Women’ Feb. 6
Survivor urges others ‘Go Red for Women’ Feb. 6 Did you know a woman is 10 times as likely to die from heart disease as from breast cancer? Cardiovascular diseases kill more than 505,000 American females every year — more than cancer, chronic lung disease, pneumonia, diabetes, accidents and AIDS combined. As an American Heart…
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Your Turn
Richard E. Weber JrGuest ColumnSaving boro Your Turn Richard E. Weber Jr Guest Column Saving boro’s character is fighting the ‘good fight’ Richard E. Weber Jr Guest Column Saving boro’s character is fighting the ‘good fight’ Thanks to columnist J. Aden Lewis for attempting to define the intangible "character" of Metuchen, which is all of…
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Metuchen Musings
J. Aden LewisJoy of Metuchen Musings J. Aden Lewis Joy of ‘bringing home the bacon’ foiled by work J. Aden Lewis Joy of ‘bringing home the bacon’ foiled by work Few people love snow like those whose lives revolve around educational institutions. Snow — wonderful. Ice — even better. Snow and ice together — well,…
