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Edison goes against recycling center plan
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Amid some heavy objections from residents, the Edison Township Council has unanimously come out against a proposal from Generated Materials LLC to expand its business on Meadow Road. Attorney Keith McManus, of Farer Fersko, Westfield, presented the Generated Materials proposal to the council at a workshop meeting on Feb. 22.…
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Photos
Saturday’s heavy winds and rain uprooted numerous trees in the region, including this one, seen resting against a house on West Walnut Street in Metuchen on Sunday. The combination of soft, wet ground and strong gusts were enough to pull a tree and the adjacent sidewalk and curb up. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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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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Resident sheds some light on health care reform
Now that we’re in the “homestretch” for health care reform, let’s examine the claim made by the congressional leadership and the administration that individuals will be able to keep their current health insurance plans. According to the national actuarial firm Towers Perrin, 71 percent of Americans receive their insurance through employer-sponsored plans. So, this group…
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Seize opportunity to improve health care insurance
Health care reform certainly isn’t easy. But failing to pass a comprehensive overhaul shouldn’t be an option. Right now, more than 45 million Americans don’t have health insurance. Given the current recession, that number is likely on the rise. And national health care spending continues to escalate at an alarming rate. Congress’ health care bills…
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Resident says trust no one in these trying times
During the last three months, three persons representing the AARP used the Sentinel to promote the approval of the health care bill in the Congress. There are 2,800 pages contained therein, and they cite the elimination of the “donut hole” and the “previous illness” denial to get insurance as reasons for approval of the bill.…
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Metuchen season ends in semifinals
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The 2009-10 season came to an abrupt halt for the Metuchen High School boys basketball team last week after the Bulldogs squandered a 15-point lead to South Hunterdon High School in the NJSIAA Central Group I semifinals. Metuchen led by 15 heading into the fourth quarter before South Hunterdon struck…
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Metuchen’s Blakely is in NCAA with Vermont
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Over the years, Metuchen High School graduate Marqus Blakely has turned into a local hero of sorts. The 2006 graduate was not heavily recruited, despite lighting up crowds across Middlesex County with one highlight reel dunk after another. Metuchen High School graduate Marqus Blakely is headed to the NCAA basketball…
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PRINCETON: In the schools: A growth experience
Muscling through: John Miranda, athletic director at Princeton Regional Schools, kneads fresh pasta while Melanie Miller, modern living teacher at John Witherspoon Middle School, questions his technique. Nino Galastro, right, of Terra Momo Restaurant Group, makes fresh spinach pasta.
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