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EMT volunteer numbers are on the decline in New Jersey
The volunteer Emergency Medical Services (EMS) community’s financial fears are becoming reality. In December 2009, then-Gov. Jon Corzine transferred $4 million from the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Training Fund to the general fund to help offset a budget shortfall. As a result, since April 1, the fund reimburses only part of the volunteer EMT’s educational…
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Officials should serve constituents, not banks
Big banks are ruining this country by their greed. People in office should protect the real, true bluebloods of this country, and that would be the American people who have worked to make this country great. It seems that banks and all financial institutions are pushing the American people under. Crimes are going up all…
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Christie cuts decried at legislators’ meeting
Town and school officials, students and teachers speak out against state budget cuts BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Some people shouted and some people cried as they explained to state Sen. Barbara Buono and Assemblymen Patrick Diegnan and Peter Barnes III how the proposed budget cuts laid out by Gov. Chris Christie will affect them.…
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Child to Work Day Program
Ginger Mullins, daughter of geography teacher Tom Mullins, assists her dad in teaching a lesson to eighth-graders at Sayreville Middle School as part of the school’s Take Your Child to Work Day Program April 22.
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Old Bridge voters send school budget to council
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — As was the case in most Middlesex County school districts, township voters rejected the Board of Education’s 2010-11 proposed budget on April 20. Out of 6,292 residents who cast votes in the school election, 3,269 went against the tax levy that would have supported a $137 million…
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S. Amboy council to decide on school budget reduction
Residents defeat package with $149 avg. tax hike BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The South Amboy City Council will begin reviewing the school budget rejected by voters April 20 and will decide whether additional cuts should be made. “I am very disappointed for our students that the budget failed,” said Board of Education President Cindy Zammit.…
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sports shorts
St. Thomas the Apostle HAS, Old Bridge, will host its 10th annual golf classic at the Bella Vista Country Club, Marlboro, on May 10. The golfer package is $160 per person. Tee signs are $100. For registration, sponsorship opportunities or additional information, call Rich Loeffler at 732-290- 2254. The Sayreville Leprechauns Football and Cheerleading Association…
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Michael Oates
Middlesex County College second baseman Michael Oates of South Brunswick forces out Victor Tejada of Queensborough Community College in the middle of a double-play attempt in the April 14 game, which was won by Middlesex, 16-2. The victory brought the Colts’ record to 12-13.
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Bomber golf team’s goal is state tournament
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent With a little more than two weeks to go before the cutoff to qualify for the NJSIAA tournament, coach Tom McCloskey is aiming for his Sayreville Memorial High School golf team to reach the .600 mark by the May deadline. Thus far the Bombers are 3-5, but with five seniors in…
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