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Aimee Mann brings trio to Metuchen’s Forum
Songwriter’s catalog includes ’80s MTV hits, Oscar nomination BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Aimee Mann will perform songs from throughout her catalog April 8 in Metuchen. SHERYL NIELDS METUCHEN — Aimee Mann has never been one to rest on the laurels of her past. In the 25 years since her MTV hit “Voices Carry” cracked…
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Washington should focus more on mental health
President Barack Obama wants Congress to enact stricter guncontrol laws in response to the horrific killings in Connecticut. But he has said nothing about altering mental-health policies. The sicko who murdered those folks was mentally ill, just like the woman who threw the Hindu man onto the subway tracks in New York City. Sorry, I…
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Television’s the medium, but what’s the message?
CODA GREG BEAN Let me set the scene: It’s a long-ago Saturday evening. Great-Grandma, Great- Grandpa, Grandma and Grandpa are coming to dinner at our house. My bride has been cooking all day. The wee bairns are bathed and tidied, their cowlicks plastered down, and they have been warned to be on their best behavior.…
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Police in schools is not the answer
A ssemblyman Patrick Diegnan is spot on with his comments about a school security ramp-up. Diegnan listened to experts. Better school architecture is what we need, and it is sinful with all the school construction that took place in our state that such security was not already there to begin with. We don’t need police…
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All NJ should share quality health care, costs
I n “Focus on quality, affordable health care for all” letter to the editor on March 9] Jennifer DeAngelis wrote that all of us should have access to affordable health care, thus making the argument “You have something I don’t have, and because I don’t, you shouldn’t either,” to one in which we should all…
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Stricter laws needed to avoid more gun violence
Each week, in response to the horror that occurred in Newtown, Conn., letters have been written into this newspaper taking positions on gun ownership and gun legislation. Some letters support stronger gun-violence legislation and others take the position that any new gun-violence legislation would take away all guns, and thereby do away with the Second…
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Edison resident supports mayor
The Edison Township Council is a joke. I was disgusted afterwatching themeeting in which the mayor defended herself against these pit bulls. Mayor, it is obvious that this council has nothing but disdain and hostility toward you. They are obstructionists who are unwilling to work with you and would like the public to believe that…
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Photo
In a photo taken on Dec. 30, 2012, a northern harrier, also known as a marsh hawk, flies off from the East Brunswick Dog Park, Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick. The northern harrier had just been hunting for small mammals, flying only a few feet off the ground above a field. The species is considered…
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It’s all yours: 50 years of Green Acres open space
New Jersey’s Green Acres Program celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. This highly successful program is the longest continuously running, state-supported open space program in the nation — a testament to the foresight of those who established it and to countless New Jersey voters who voted yes for open space preservation in the face of…
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