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Summer camp to hold open house Sunday
Camp Middlesex, located on the Middlesex County College campus, Edison, will hold an open house 1-4 p.m. March 6 in the Technical Center. A raffle will be held for a $100 gift certificate toward camp. Campers ages 6-18 have dozens of activities to choose from, including theater, robotics, chess, magic, karate, sports, video game creation,…
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Treasures of the Jersey Shore
Allaire State Park is Wall’s treasure The Allaire Chapel at the Historic Village at Allaire Nestled away in the woods on AtlanticAvenue (Route 524) in Wall Township is Allaire State Park, home to the Historic Village at Allaire. The park is one of the major attractions in Wall Township, a gateway town to the Jersey…
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There might be an upside to a government shutdown
CODA GREG BEAN A s this is being written, it looks like there could be a federal government shutdown as early as this Friday, March 4. Even if there’s a stopgap measure passed to give our representatives and senators more time to come to a meeting of the minds, it would likely only provide the…
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S.B. municipal budget could have 8-cent increase
BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Township Manager Matthew Watkins presented preliminary budget information to the Township Council at its Feb. 22 meeting. Despite many reductions, there is expected to be an 8-cent tax increase per $100 of assessed value. The average assessed value of a home in South Brunswick is $191,200, resulting…
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for the record
The Judd Elementary School fifth-grade orchestra, under the direction of Darla Hunt, opened the North Brunswick Board of Education meeting on Feb. 16. John Adams Elementary School was incorrectly cited in last week’s issue of the Sentinel.
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Proposed death penalty bill creates different classes of victims
I n the eyes of state Sen. Robert Singer, (R-Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Mercer) your life is not as important as that of a cop. That is the bottom line of a bill that Singer is proposing (supported by Sen. Jennifer Beck) in a typical politician’s knee-jerk reaction to the murder of a (Lakewood) cop. The…
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Protect pharmaceutical assistance for elderly
Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Aged and Disabled (PAAD) and Senior Gold help low-income older adults or those with disabilities pay for their prescription medications. A year ago, grappling with a terrible deficit, Gov. Christie suggested cuts to these programs that would have increased the amount beneficiaries had to pay for their medications. This year, the…
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Asks officials to focus on pothole repair
Winter continues, and our roads and bridges are already damaged so badly that cars and trucks have to deal with potholes in almost every town in New Jersey. I urge the state Department of Transportation and all local towns to please send out their potholerepair crews immediately to repair our roads and bridges. Taj Ahmad…
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Reader is opposed to school vouchers
The latest attack on public education is the voucher bills (A-2810 and S-1872) currently before the New Jersey Assembly and Senate. These schemes must be stopped. They will divert between $360 million and more that $1 billion in tax dollars to private and religious schools at a time when the public schools are struggling after…
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