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‘Rescuing the River’ screening March 22
Afree showing of “Rescuing the River” will be held March 22 at the Raritan Bay YMCA Theater, 357 New Brunswick Ave., Perth Amboy. “Rescuing the River” is an hour-long documentary narrated by actor Avery Brooks that traces the history of the lower Raritan as an industrial corridor and looks at both the legacy of contamination…
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Volunteers who CARE get a space of their own
Charity organization provides resources to families in need in Edison area BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer CARE President Dora Ramos, Vice President Walter Santiago and Middlesex County Sheriff Millie Scott celebrate during the Feb. 23 grand opening of CARE’s office. EDISON — For Dora Ramos, it all began with a nice gesture from a school…
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Free program on Alzheimer’s disease
The JFK Adult Medical Day Program, along with the Greater New Jersey Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, will host a free educational seminar on Alzheimer’s disease 6 p.m. March 14 at the JFK Adult Medical Day Program, 3 Progress St., Suite 103, Edison. The seminar will focus on the latest research as well as treatment…
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Metuchen sees series of motor vehicle burglaries in one day
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — A rash of motor vehicle burglaries and thefts were reported on March 9. Police were detailed to a parking lot on New Street around 1:41 p.m. on a report that the passenger window of a motor vehicle was shattered. The owner told police that she parked her vehicle…
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Learn to knit socks at Edison library
The Edison Township Public Library, 340 PlainfieldAve., will host the following knitting classes: • Monday Night Knitters, 7 p.m. March 26. Bring what you are working on; help will be available for those with problems. The group meets on the fourth Monday of every month. Registration is not necessary. • Knitting Socks from the Toe…
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On the road with five 17-year-old boys
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH As a mother of four boys, I thought I had experienced darn near everything this side of the sandbox. Our kids have thrown rocks, run with scissors, and been known to go outside without a sweater on chilly days. Darn near makes you shudder to think. Our outings were…
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Tax cheats: you’ll know ’em by the fancy cars they drive
CODA GREG BEAN I t took me a long time to understand why the Republican presidential candidates — and others in that party — are dead set on protecting the 1 percent of rich people they’re so worried about from having to pay a fair percentage of income tax, but now I get it. I…
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Income tax vs. property tax to fund schools
I would like to respond to Wayne L. Misner’s letter in the March 7, 2012, issue of the Sentinel, “School Taxes Should Be Based on Income.” This is an idea I myself have thought about, although on a somewhat larger scale, but realize the difficulties in implementing it, which Mr. Misner (inadvertently) points out in…
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School budget gives new meaning to repurposing
You know, I don’t have a problem when politicians take the facts and place them in the light most favorable to themselves, but this Edison Board of Education spins things so much, they make themselves dizzy. Touting their $212.1 million school budget for 2012-13 as the best-ever school budget to come to downtown Edison in…
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