• County Democrats seek candidates

    The Middlesex County Democratic Organization will be endorsing candidates for state Senate and Assembly at the Middlesex County Democratic Convention at the Pines Manor, Edison, at 7 p.m. April 5. Democrats living in Middlesex County who would like to be considered for state Senate or Assembly must send their résumé, letter of intent and copy…

  • Pallone announces two grants for Edison emergency services

    EDISON — The township’s emergency services will benefit from two recently awarded federal grants. The township fire and first aid squad will receive a $121,500 federal grant, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) announced. The Edison First Aid Squad No. 2 will receive the funding from the federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The fire…

  • Women’s club to hold meeting, auction

    The Metuchen-Edison Women’s Club will hold its next monthly meeting 7:30 p.m. April 6 the Heritage at Clara Barton, 1015 Amboy Ave., Edison. The program will include auctioneers Jack Barry and Michele Monaco of The Gilded Lillie, a professional auction house in Rahway. Club members are asked to bring items to be auctioned off as…

  • Short-term decision good for some, very bad for others

    CODA GREG BEAN Was anyone surprised by the news last week that the teachers’ union in South Brunswick, the South Brunswick Education Association, after “careful consideration” rejected a proposed wage freeze for the 2011-12 school year? If they had accepted the freeze, the number of full-time-position cuts in the district would have been reduced from…

  • Eliminate Edison’s futile, wasteful modern-day inquisitions

    I recently witnessed an Edison Township Council meeting referred to as a “Council as a Whole.” This ultimately was a confused attempt by the council to show disdain for the town business administrator, Mr. Dennis Gonzalez, a mayoral appointment, and approved by the same council in question. As if this was not bad enough, the…

  • Writer applauds school vouchers

    I strongly disagree with many statements made by Ms. Ann Marie Griffin-Ussak (“Reader is opposed to school vouchers,” March 3) in her letter opposing school vouchers. She labels allowing parents to choose their children’s education “schemes that must be avoided.” She worries that schools funded by vouchers and by the way the schools are not…

  • Taxpayers pay more with Fire-Rescue elimination

    Mayor Ricigliano continues to distort the facts. In the March 16 edition of the Sentinel (“Mayor Presents Budget With Stable Tax Rate), Mrs. Ricigliano continues her lie that she is saving the taxpayers money by eliminating Fire-Rescue and replacing them with a per-diem EMS crew. Under the mayor’s system, Edison taxpayers are paying more and…

  • Diocese’s Youth Day to be held April 2

    The Diocese of Metuchen Youth Day, with the theme “Manifest His Glory!,” will take place 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 2 at the St. John Neumann Pastoral Center, 146 Metlars Lane, Piscataway. The event will begin with a concert and keynote address by Tony Melendez, a Nicaraguan American guitar player, composer, singer and songwriter.…

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