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for the record •••
The date for the Pedals for Progress bicycle, cleat and sewing machine collection is Saturday, June 2; the date was incorrect in the article “So. Bruns. helps make progress in ThirdWorld countries” in the May 24 edition of the Sentinel. Also, the total collected since 1999 has been $18,842, not $8,842 as reported.
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Writer calls for protection of clean energy funding
The summer driving season is upon us, and people in New Jersey. Oil prices are expected to rise, increasing the financial burden on drivers in an already tough economy. In addition, pollution levels are rising as increased carbon emissions augment the likelihood of drastic climate change and trigger 1 million asthma attacks each year. For…
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We know too little about our wars and our warriors
CODA GREG BEAN As I write this a few days before Memorial Day 2012, it strikes me that we have to start doing a better job of keeping up with our men and women in uniform, and knowing what dangers they’re facing every day in our name. Let’s start with a quiz: How many United…
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Kingston Greenways’ Trails Day on June 2
Kingston Greenways Association will hold a Trails Day work session 2 p.m. June 2. The meeting place is the Cook Area parking lot at the junction of Ridge Road, Heathcote Road and Division Street in Kingston The Trails Day efforts will focus on the boardwalk in the Cook Natural Area. The main task will be…
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SBHS principal resigning to take state position
Tim Matheney will transfer to Department of Education BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — After eight years as principal of South Brunswick High School, Timothy Matheney is leaving the school district to take a state Department of Education position. His last day is June 30. Matheney’s new role as director of education evaluations requires…
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Butterfly house open on Saturdays
Rutgers Master Gardeners of Middlesex County invites the public to visit its Butterfly House at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Hours are every Saturday in June, July and August from 10 a.m. to noon. Expanded in 2011, the house is filled with plants that feed and shelter…
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S.B. schools take part in ‘Jeans for Troops’ event
SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The South Brunswick school district has raised more than $2,000 for veterans. More than 300 companies, schools and government agencies participated in the “Jeans for Troops” drive May 24 to raise money for the G.I. Go Fund, an organization started in South Brunswick that helps military veterans returning home. South Brunswick participants…
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Patients, technology, environment are focus of new high-tech hospital
The University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro opened May 22 The University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro opened May 22. PHOTOS COURTESY OF RICHARD TITUS PHOTOGRAPHICS A technologically advanced, patient-centered, environmentally friendly hospital has opened in Middlesex County. The University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (UMCPP) opened its doors May 22. Over…
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