Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion
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Edison resident says wards would have ended business as usual
Whoa! That was close. Another 40 votes for wards in Edison and our taxes would have gone up $12,000 to pay for two more council members. It must have been hard for Edison Mayor George Spadoro and the local Democratic Party to remain neutral while the people contemplated raising taxes on their own. It’s no…
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Miss Merry Christmas needs a new name
Miss Merry Christmas needs a new name J. Aden Lewis METUCHEN MUSINGS Before I share my main concern about this year’s Metuchen Winter Festival Parade, let me celebrate the parade’s highlights. As always, the crowd was festive. The weather was perfect. There was soup and pretzels and cotton candy. Our Metuchen firefighters, especially one good-natured fellow…
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School board finances ‘clean’
METUCHEN — The Board of Education received a "clean" audit for the 2002-2003 fiscal year. According to school officials, this marks the fifth year in a row that the board’s audit has been free of problems, which means there were no comments or corrective actions to be taken. At last week’s school board meeting, officials…
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Obituaries
David Thaler Obituaries David Thaler Mr. Thaler, 63, of Naples, Fla., died Nov. 15. Born in Belleville, Thaler grew up there, then resided in Marlboro and Freehold Township. He was a former publisher of Greater Media Newspapers, which publishes the Sentinel, and a former vice president of the printing and publishing division of Greater Media…
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Long-lost ring found and returned after 25 years
I had just sat down with a cup of tea when the phone rang. A very nice young man began asking me questions about things I had done while I was in high school, assuring me that this was not a crank call, but that all this had a purpose. Being a trusting person, I…
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Holiday helping hand needed
Holiday helping hand needed With Thanksgiving upon us and December’s holidays just around the corner, this year’s holiday season is about to enter full swing. During this time of year, when many are busy running from party to party, enjoying meals with family and friends and shopping for gifts, there are many less fortunate members…
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Metuchen Musings
J. Aden Lewis Metuchen Musings J. Aden Lewis The lottery: A tax on the stupid or a smart way to fund worthwhile programs? The lottery," boomed my freshman year Economics 101 professor, "is a tax on the stupid." This speech only added to the years of anti-lottery propaganda from my father, who lumped the lottery…
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Obituaries
Demetrios Zacharatos Obituaries Demetrios Zacharatos Mr. Zacharatos, 86, of Edison died Nov. 6 in Woodlands Terrace Nursing Home, Hernando, Fla. Prior to his retirement in 1980, he was a self-employed painter. Surviving are his wife, Bessie Poulos Zacharatos; a son, Basilis Zacharatos of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick; three daughters, Stavroula Zacharias of…
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Salvation Army asks for help during holiday season
At this time of year, most people focus their thoughts on the upcoming holiday season. Stores are stocked with winter merchandise, decorated trees are on display, and lists are made so no one is forgotten. Yet there will be many people without a gift, warm clothes or even food on the table. And there are…
