• Ex-sheriff’s investigator latest to be charged in bribery scheme

    Spicuzzo and a sheriff’s officer were arrested in March A former Middlesex County sheriff’s investigator was arrested July 7 on charges that he assisted former Sheriff Joseph C. Spicuzzo in collecting a bribe from a person seeking a job in the sheriff’s office. Darrin P. DiBiasi, 43, of Monmouth Junction, surrendered to detectives of the…

  • Hebrew-speakers club to meet July 24

    The next meeting of the Chug Ivrit club for intermediate-advanced Hebrew speakers will take place 11 a.m. July 24 at a private home in Edison. Chug Ivrit is sponsored by the Raritan Valley Chapter of Hadassah. Meetings are free of charge and open to the public. Men and women are invited. Membership in Hadassah is…

  • Learn, play bridge at the JCC this summer

    The Jewish Community Center, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, is offering bridge classes for players at all levels. Bridge for Beginners is a six-week course that will be offered 7-9 p.m. on Thursdays, July 14, 21, 28, Aug. 4, 11 and 18. Instructor Gil Hollander will teach participants how to evaluate, bid and play a…

  • Sometimes, those pundits are only stating the obvious

    CODA GREG BEAN There was a long think piece in The New York Times on July 3 that tried to explain why — in the face of the total meltdown of civility and cooperation between Republicans and Democrats in Washington — some new governors around the country are starting such devastating and divisive political wars,…

  • Gov.’s veto disappoints adoption community

    The governor thinks that by conditionally vetoing S799, which would have given adult adoptees access to their original birth certificate, he is addressing the needs of the adoption community. But he is not. First, adopted persons never consented to having their own original birth certificates sealed against them. No other New Jersey citizens are barred…

  • 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. I just want to say that many social programs are very worthwhile. However, with the state in a fiscal crisis, we must be very prudent as to how and on whom…

  • We have all benefited from unions, writer says

    In reply to Mr. Bruce Papkin’s letter [“Sentinel,” June 22], I would like to clarify who really is at fault for the pension and benefits being underfunded. A lot of mistakes have been made, but to say it was because of “union thugs” is terribly wrong. Union workers are not thugs, just people who joined…

  • ‘Journeys’ photo exhibit to open July 17

    The Metuchen Cultural Arts Commission will play host to the opening of “Journeys,” an exhibit of photographs by New Jersey artists Lauren Curtis and Mark Harris in Metuchen’s Gallery @ the Rotunda. The opening will be held 4-7 p.m. July 17 at Metuchen Borough Hall, 500 Main St. Full-time visual artist and New Jersey resident…

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