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This trick would even make the Dog Whisperer jealous
Coda • GREG BEAN One of my favorite shows on television these days is “The Dog Whisperer” with Cesar Millan. Millan is a dog trainer and psychologist who has an uncanny ability to get inside a dog’s head and figure out what’s making him or her dysfunctional. And once he figures it out, he instinctively…
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When the government goes into debt, the people go into debt
Reports about mounting debt at all levels in the U.S. government have been growing at an alarming rate. From the federal level to the municipal level and everywhere in between, record levels of debt will eventually threaten the financial stability of our country. The people blame the politicians. They should blame themselves because the politicians…
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Takes issue with officials’ words
New Jersey Democratic Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D-18) and Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes III (D-18) describe Gov. Chris Christie’s actions on the state budget as “simply wrong” (“Christie’s Action Raids School Funds, Raises Taxes,” Letters to the Editor, Sentinel, Feb. 25). They describe the funds as “not state funds” but “property taxes paid by…
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Larger indicators should be installed
East Brunswick intends to install cameras at the Route 18 and Tices Lane intersection. The goal is to get people to stop running red lights, thereby decreasing accidents (as well as raising revenue for the township). This would in fact create the hazard of rear-end collisions by drivers slamming on their brakes trying to avoid…
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Cyril M. Chupko
Mr. Chupko, 88, of Old Bridge, died March 2, 2010, at home. He was predeceased by his wife, Sophia Kendra Chupko; four brothers, Matthew, William, Stephen and Jack; and two sisters, Mary McGuire and Jane Hodgins. Surviving are three daughters, Janet Main of Old Bridge, Patricia Poulou, and her husband, Rick, of Jamison, Pa., and…
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Pearl T. Bartlinski Rusak
Mrs. Rusak, 82, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 23, 2010, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, John; a daughter, Christine Prinkey; a sister, Frances; and two brothers, Joseph and Walter. Surviving are a daughter, Kathleen Alexander of East Brunswick; a brother, Thomas Kolacz, and his wife, Sue, of Marlboro; two aunts, Lottie Rossi,…
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Dorothy Dabkowski
Mrs. Dabkowski, 80, of South River, died March 5, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was employed during World War II as a film inspector at E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Dabkowski; a son, Gary Dabkowski; two sisters, Helen Hetko and…
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Carl M. “Sticker” Hermann Jr.
Mr. Hermann, 86, of Milltown, died March 10, 2010, at home. He was a Milltown crossing guard 1985-2008 and a Milltown police officer 1947-51. A longtime member of the Milltown Planning Board, he also served as a member of the Milltown Borough Council 1959-1961. He was predeceased by his wife, Rose Poandl Hermann; a brother,…
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James A. Michael
Mr. Michael, 71, of Old Bridge, died March 2, 2010, at home. Surviving are his wife, Alice Douglass Michael; a son, James Jr. of Monroe; a daughter, Meredith Offenberger of the Toms River section of Dover; a sister, Sharon Michael of Johnstown, N.Y.; and two grandsons. Services were held at Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick.…
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