Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • Salvation Army thanks con­tributors to red kettle cam­paign

    I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the people who so generously contributed to our red kettle campaign during the holidays. Although we didn’t meet our financial goal, we were able to help more than 200,000 people with food and children’s toys. Thank you. Your generous support all year long allows us to help…

  • Family finds hope while battling disease

    Maddie HunterGuest Column Maddie Hunter Guest Column Yesterday, a news release came across the listserv mail group that I read religiously. The headline: "Origin of Multiple Myeloma Found in Rare Stem Cell" (Blood Online; November 2003). At first I approached the text with mild curiosity, and my usual dose of skepticism. How many times have…

  • Mary T. Durski

    Mary T. Durski Ms. Durski, 78, of Parlin died Dec. 22 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. Born in South Amboy, she had lived there until moving to Parlin 10 years ago. Before retiring in 1999, Ms. Durski was a seamstress at Metuchen Sports Center for 10 years. Prior to that, she was a…

  • When school is out, sci­ence lessons turn fun

    BY MATT AUERBACHStaff Writer BY MATT AUERBACH Staff Writer Tyler Pauli, 8, Edison, controls his robot in a tug-of-war battle with another robot. A group of seven scientific engineers gathered in a small room in the acting Metuchen Borough Hall last week to trade ideas and stories and test their imaginations in a highly creative…

  • Metuchen Musings

    Elected officials in Trenton should should stop stalling and take on ethics reform Metuchen Musings Elected officials in Trenton should should stop stalling and take on ethics reform J. Aden Lewis Though few expected it would happen, the New Jersey Legislature recently announced a significant breakthrough on ethics reform. According to a newly adopted rule,…

  • Middlesex County College president will step down

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer EDISON — The president of Middlesex County College recently announced his decision to step down. John Bakum, the fifth president of the college, has worked for Middlesex County College for the past 36 years. "His contributions to Middlesex County College and to higher education in the…

  • Obituaries

    Angela Pasek Radzawich Obituaries Angela Pasek Radzawich Mrs. Radzawich, 80, of East Brunswick died Dec. 17 at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Plymouth, Pa., she resided in Edison prior to moving to East Brunswick three years ago. She was a school van driver for Edison Township Board of Education, retiring in 1988.…

  • Chamber of Commerce congratu­lates Edison Arts Society

    Congratulations to the Edison Arts Society for another wonderful concert performed at the Allegro Theater in Middlesex County College. Although the weather on Saturday, Dec. 13 was nasty, once you saw the students from J.P. Stevens (choir master Diane Wions) and Edison High (choir master Kenneth Brown) so beautifully dressed in their holiday finery, the…

  • Edison rabbi says celebrate holiday on its proper date

    I greatly enjoy reading the Sentinel. In your last issue you covered the Edison Township candle lighting for Hanukkah. This year I did not attend because the event occurred the night before the holiday started. Unlike the Christmas season, there is no "pre" Hanukkah season. While I congratulate the participants in the event, I hope…