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Cutting PILOT money breaks public trust
With New Jersey’s unprecedented budget deficit, Gov. Chris Christie is proposing unprecedented spending cuts. But cutting and possibly phasing out the Payment in Lieu of Taxes program breaks trust with the public and will discourage towns from protecting their critical open spaces and natural lands. When open space or farmland is acquired for preservation purposes…
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Practical advice for grads: once more into the breach
CODA GREG BEAN As happens every year at this time, we’ve heard a lot of graduation addresses filled with uplifting exhortations that basically come down to “be the best that you can be.” I think First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech to graduating high school students in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood was the most moving of…
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‘Rust never sleeps,’ and neither do these guys
All-dad rock band plays for good cause and love of music BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Left: Guitarist Frank Caruso (l-r), keyboardist Vito Pirrera, drummer John Lancia Jr., bassist Joe Corradino and guitarist Rich Lancia perform as the Fathers of Rock at the Immaculate Conception Carnival in Spotswood June 15. Above: Children of the…
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Sights, sounds of Civil War return to Monroe farm
‘Living History Weekend’ set for Saturday, Sunday BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — Soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, many of them not more than boys, had a special kind of courage. They were farm boys, thrust into an unfamiliar world of war, infectious illnesses and death, said Robert Bowell, vice…
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DJ Dance Party
Puneet Guptla (l-r), Lakshay Sood, 9, and Lawrence Wilson, 11, enjoy some cotton candy during the Summer Reading Club’s DJ Dance Party, held Saturday in the Sayreville Public Library parking lot. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Life-saving skills
Morgan First Aid Squad members practice life-saving skills during a recent emergency medical technician recertification training drill. Community Safety Consultants of Metuchen provided instruction. To join the squad, call 732-525-5455. DR. JORGE GONZALEZ GOMEZ
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Annual muster a window into firefighting history
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Back in the day, people sometimes had no choice but to watch their homes and barns burn. There were no motorized fire trucks. Some were drawn by horses, some by firemen. Some firefighting equipment was even sent by train to bigger fires. “In the early 1900s, there…
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Flood victims told temp. solution may be feasible
Proposed wall of pilings is hoped to stop rising waters BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — There may be some relief in store for Weber Avenue residents whose homes were flooded during a nor’easter in March. Officials told them during a June 14 Borough Council meeting that a temporary solution may be feasible to…
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A hit for charity
Clockwise from above: Carlo Alves, a seventh-grader, sends the ball on its way during a June 10 students-vs.-faculty softball game at Sayreville Middle School. The event raised money for Autism Speaks and for the school softball team. Erin Fitzsimmons, also a seventh-grader, reaches to make a catch. Seventh-grade math teacher Sarah Dovidauskas pitches. PHOTOS BY…
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