Category: Sentinel-EDM Opinion

  • 18th district assemblyman thanks voters for support

    18th district assemblyman thanks voters for support I want to thank the residents of the 18th District for re-electing me to the New Jersey Assembly last Tuesday. It has been an honor to serve East Brunswick, Edison, Helmetta, Metuchen, South Plainfield, South River and Spotswood for the last two years and I am humbled by…

  • Obituaries

    Daniel E. DeCicco Obituaries Daniel E. DeCicco Mr. DeCicco, 77, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge died Oct. 27 at his home. Born in Newark, he resided in Colonia for the past 48 years. Mr. DeCicco was employed as a manager with Tri County Heating, North Brunswick, for 20 years before retiring in 1991, and…

  • Edison cares about its residents, especially seniors

    I was a bit dismayed and actually disturbed to read Helen Reed’s recent letter to the editor that erroneously claimed Edison’s senior shopper shuttle was being phased out. While political dialogue is always a good thing, using scare tactics and deceit to frighten seniors is unforgivable. During my tenure as mayor, Edison has invested hundreds…

  • Message clouded by method of protest

    New Jersey has an affordable housing crunch. Many may even go so far as to call it a crisis. When members of the New Jersey chapter of the national advocacy group ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) decided to take on the state’s affordable housing problem, they chose an admirable fight. However, their…

  • Guest column

    J. Aden LewisMetuchenMusingsForget tax reform Guest column J. Aden Lewis Metuchen Musings Forget tax reform — Trenton needs to take on bad trick-or-treating habits J. Aden Lewis Metuchen Musings Forget tax reform — Trenton needs to take on bad trick-or-treating habits Before the Halloween evening started, I hadn’t yet heard back from Trenton. I was…

  • Rutgers scientist gets $3.7M grant to study autism

    Rutgers scientist gets $3.7M grant to study autism The New Jersey Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community (COSAC) is pleased to have learned that Linda Brzustowicz, a Rutgers University scientist, will be working with 150 families in our state to study the genetics of families affected by autism. The $3.7 million funding…

  • Get out and vote Nov. 4

    Get out and vote Nov. 4 Get out and vote Nov. 4 Political candidates are making their last push to sway voters in these final days before the Nov. 4 general election. The annual election provides citizens of this country something many others do not have, — the power to elect our leaders. Although some…

  • Guest Column

    J. Aden LewisMetuchenMusingsMetuchen man offers solutions to mispronunciation of brainy borough Guest Column J. Aden Lewis Metuchen Musings Metuchen man offers solutions to mispronunciation of brainy borough’s name J. Aden Lewis Metuchen Musings Metuchen man offers solutions to mispronunciation of brainy borough’s name One problem with being a resident of Metuchen is that scores of…

  • Edison resident: Don’t cancel se­nior shoppers’ shuttle

    As a senior citizen in Edison, I was appalled to learn that the Spadoro administration is cancelling the senior shoppers’ shuttle for residents from the Village Court Senior Apartments. Many people depend upon that shuttle to get to and from the supermarket on a regular basis. They have no other means of getting their groceries.…