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Mardi Gras at St. Matthew on March 5
St. Matthew theApostle Church, 81 Seymour Ave., Edison, will host Mardi Gras 2011 Family Covered Dish Saturday on March 5 from 6 to 10 p.m. Bring a drink and a dish to share. The cost is $6 for adults; no charge for children. There will be a contest with prizes for the family with the…
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Volunteers sought for local PGA event
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — It will be the experience of a lifetime. That is what officials from the YMCA serving Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy are saying about volunteering at the Barclays 2011 Tournament, which will take place Aug. 23-28 at the Plainfield Country Club on Woodland Avenue in Edison. Helene…
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Acting out
Fourth-grader Emily Daniewicz portrays Small Alice during a dress rehearsal for “Alice in Wonderland” at James Monroe Elementary School in Edison Jan. 28. ERIC SUCAR staff
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One more lost opportunity to avoid looking foolish
CODA GREG BEAN I wonder if anybody at the New Jersey Education Association took a look at what was happening in Wisconsin last week and said, “Man, as much as we don’t like Chris Christie, things could get a whole lot worse around here.” Last week, the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison looked a lot…
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Asks officials to focus on pothole repair
Winter still 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 townships to please send out their pothole repair crews immediately to repair our roads and bridges.…
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Firings should have been mayor’s last resort
I am appalled that Edison Mayor Toni Ricigliano opted for layoffs as a first step to save money, rather than as a last resort. I think it was a terrible decision to fire 10 public works employees — one third of a department that provides necessary services to our town. Mayor Ricigliano’s rationale for these…
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Christie is targeting union, not teachers
I am amazed at the empty rhetoric that was coming out of our local representatives at the public forum held at Edison High School recently (“Educators, Students Air Frustrations on Aid Cuts,” Sentinel, Feb. 2). Sen. Barbara Buono (D-18th District), the state Senate majority leader, said, “It’s become in vogue to demonize public education.” Then…
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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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