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‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ coming to film fest
The Summer International Film Festival at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center, will continue on Aug. 2 with 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. screenings of “Mao’s Last Dancer,” a 2009 film from Australia. The movie, rated PG, tells the true story of Chinese ballet dancer Li Cunxin who defects to the United States.…
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Greek carnival set for Aug. 3-7 at church
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church will sponsor its Carnival by the Bay 5-10 p.m. Aug. 3, 4 and 5, and 2-10 p.m. Aug. 6 and 7 on the church grounds, Sadowski Parkway andWisteria Street, PerthAmboy, on the waterfront. Event highlights will include rides, games and authentic Greek cuisine such as gyros, souvlaki and loukoumades (Greek…
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S. River council again goes against electric rate cut
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — For the second consecutive meeting, Democratic Councilman Matthew Vaughn motioned July 25 to lower the borough’s electric rates by 10 percent. And for the second time, the council voted against the move. The motion went down in a vote of 3-2, with Vaughn and fellow Democratic Councilman…
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Free summer concerts coming to two parks
The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders’ free summer concert series will continue with upcoming performances in county parks. All concerts are free of charge and open to the public. The schedule is as follows: July 31, 6-7:30 p.m. — The Great American Rootin’, Tootin’, High Falutin’, Puttin’ on the Ritz Novelty Band, Warren…
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Firehouse won’t be on November election ballot
Mayor calls on Milltown residents, officials to come together on issue BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — There will be no public question regarding the proposed firehouse on this November’s election ballot. And that comes as a disappointment to some residents who came to the July 25 Borough Council meeting to express their desire…
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First, it’s your soda, then they’ll come for the bacon
CODA GREG BEAN Everybody has their own idea of what the fire pit down below might look like, and what we have to look forward to if we don’t mind our p’s and q’s while we’re on this mortal plane. In my imagined Hades, only the very bad go to the worst levels, and those…
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Follow traffic rules, avoid paying fines
I n these hard economic times, no one can afford to pay traffic fines for minor or large traffic violations on the roads in New Jersey. Our traffic police are actively involved in issuing tickets for any kind of traffic violation, big or small. To avoid tickets, I urge all motorists to follow complete traffic…
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N.J. taxpayers are the ones being cheated
Way to go, Governor Christie! I’ve been reading the worn-out statement that the cuts in the budget are cheating the poor, most vulnerable, etc. Here’s the gist of an article that recently appeared in the news. You decide who is being cheated. A member of the administration of a child care center in Newark was…
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Promoting oil drilling is irresponsible, selfish
The minute I read the rebuttal letter from Tony Paskitti regarding increasing oil drilling (“Massive Drilling Effort Would Benefit U.S.,” Sentinel, Letters to the Editor, July 7), I ran to my keyboard to respond. While the figures presented sound wonderful, the realities of the “Black Gold Rush” are far different. The “Drill, baby, drill” mentality…
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