• For Pete’s sake, just say ‘Cheese!’

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Last week I made an announcement that all but brought my family to its knees. “I know what I want for my birthday,” I said with purpose. With some family members having forgotten a birthday or two in the past, this proclamation caused some to swallow hard, others to…

  • Some sports idols are worthy of adulation

    GREG BEAN My friends would agree that I’m not what you’d call a sports nut, but I’ve become a serious fan of certain sports figures over the years, anyway. Some of my idol worship has clearly been misplaced. I idolized Mickey Mantle while listening toYankees games late at night on my crystal radio with the…

  • Strategic plan to target pancreatic cancer is needed

    I would like to offer a thank you to the Somerset Patriots for helping make the New Jersey Affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s (www.pancan.org) Pancreatic CancerAwareness Day on July 17 a resounding success. With their support, we were able to alert the public about the staggering circumstances that those with pancreatic cancer and…

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    Letters to the editor may be mailed to the Edison Metuchen Sentinel, P.O. Box 5001, Freehold, NJ 07728. They also may be sent via email to [email protected]. Letters should be limited to 250 words; Your Turn guest columns to 750 words. All submissions may be edited for length, libel, content and grammar, and are subject…

  • Twp., country should take back public areas

    A s I stated recently in an open letter to Edison Mayor Antonia Ricigliano, the condition of Papaianni Park Lake and Roosevelt Park Lake are deplorable. During recent walks with my son around the path of each lake, I saw used condoms, marijuana dime bags, assorted litter (including a television in the lake) and worst…

  • Open broad search for school superintendent

    With the retirement of Superintendent Terri Sinatra in January 2012, the Metuchen Board of Education now has the important task of selecting a new leader who can move our district to the next level of success. Although many superintendents will be retiring throughout New Jersey, and their vacancies will need to be filled, Metuchen is…

  • Neve Shalom to hold candlelight service

    Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will hold a candlelight service Erev Tisha B’av at 8 p.m. Aug. 8, followed by a D’var Torah by Rabbi Zelizer and chanting of the Book of Lamentations. Tisha B’av services will be held 6:45 a.m. Aug. 9; the Torah will be read. All are welcome. For more information,…

  • National Night Out on Center Street Aug. 2

    National Night Out 2011 will take place 6:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 2 on Center Street between Middlesex Avenue and New Street, Metuchen. This family event will include food, tattoos, face painting, music, sidewalk painting, free photos with the police, fire department and first aid squads, and more. The 28th annual National Night Out will celebrate family…

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