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Mini-shuttles add to traffic, carry few passengers
There is no big impact since the beginning of the Middlesex County mini-shuttle on the streets of Old Bridge and Route 9. These mini-shuttles only carry one or two passengers to be dropped off at the Old Bridge Park and Ride, the NJ Transit bus stop in Old Bridge. The shuttles are just adding more…
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Urges passage of bills to ban fracking waste
Hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, involves injecting gallons of water, chemicals and sand at high pressure to open rock and release natural gas. Numerous concerns have already been raised about the impact of the fracking process itself on drinking water. Now, a new threat has come home to New Jersey. The waste from the…
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Issuance of tickets flies in the face of rule
I would like to inform everyone of the seemingly increasing number of traffic-violation tickets being handed out to drivers making a left turn going northbound on Dunhams Corner Road onto Ryders Lane in East Brunswick. The violation cited was not yielding to pedestrians in the crosswalk, even though the driver has the green left-turnarrow sign…
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South River officials mull options for Lincoln School
Proposal to reduce electric rate struck down amid debate BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Borough officials are taking a hard look at the former Lincoln School property to see if there is any way to mitigate its flood-zone status. At the July 9 Borough Council meeting, Borough Engineer Bruce Koch said he was…
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Families invited to July 28 concert
The Township of East Brunswick, Department of Recreation, Parks and Community Services, will host a Wonderful Wednesday free family concert featuring the Whiskey Girls Band 7 p.m. July 28 outdoors at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. The group, which is made up of four female musicians/singers, will offer contemporary and classic…
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Sounds of jazz trio to fill church July 29
The United Methodist Church at Milltown, 47 N. Main St., will present a concert featuring the Pravin Thompson Jazz Trio 5 p.m. July 29. The trio is made up of musicians Jon Di Fiore, Evan Levine and Pravin Thompson. Works by Parks, Potter, Ravel and others will be presented. The event is free of charge.…
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Council commits funds for new radio system
Officials have yet to chose specific system or vendor BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The Milltown Borough Council has unanimously adopted an ordinance appropriating funds for a new radio system for emergency personnel. Officials said they have to make a decision soon to comply with a Federal Communications Commission narrow-banding mandate that will…
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Jamesburg dispatchers, DPW employees ratify contracts
Dispatchers to receive 1.5 percent raises each year between 2012 and 2015 BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Borough Council members recently announced the ratification of new contracts for Department of Public Works (DPW) employees and emergency dispatchers. According to a copy of the collective bargaining agreement obtained by the Sentinel, emergency dispatchers will…
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