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Park projects in limbo due to funding
Stahl working to secure more funding for Pine Ridge, Heavenly Farms BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Despite public skepticism, East Brunswick officials are hoping that improvements to recreation facilities Heavenly Farms and Pine Ridge Park will come to fruition in 2010. In his recent State of the Township report, Mayor David Stahl pledged to present…
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South River Police Department’s annual Basketball Free Throw Tournament
Youngsters await their turn to compete during the South River Police Department’s annual Basketball Free Throw Tournament Jan. 30 at the borough’s middle school. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Looks like we survived the ‘storm of the decade’
Coda • GREG BEAN By the time this column sees print, the Great Blizzard of 2010, nicknamed “Snowpocalypse” by some creative member of the national press, will just be a memory. You know, before we moved to the East Coast, I used to believe that folks out here were scared of only one thing, and…
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Responsibility for safety falls on pedestrians, too
In response to the letter to the editor from Enrique Gonzalez Jr., “Drivers Must Yield Right of Way to Pedestrians” (Sentinel, Feb. 4), I most certainly understand that pedestrians have the right of way. What I don’t understand is why a pedestrian feels that he or she has the right of way in a parking…
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Grateful to staff members for sensitivity to child’s allergy
Ifeel the need to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all the staff at Kiddie Academy of East Brunswick for addressing a most important issue. My son Jake is an incredible child who has endured a lot in his three years of life. We have all dealt with a lot in our…
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Pedestrians need not misinterpret law
Iwould like to respond to the letter to the editor from Enrique Gonzalez Jr., “Drivers Must Yield Right of Way to Pedestrians” (Sentinel, Feb. 4). While I did not see the original letter that prompted Mr. Gonzalez’s response, I agree with him that, by law, drivers must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk. The problem…
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Farm purchase would be investment
Iwould like to comment on the Middlesex County Open Space Committee’s recommendation to help the township fund the acquisition of the Foerter Farm. Not only would it serve as green space that protects our environment, it would be an investment in our future generations’ health and well-being. The possibilities of adding an open-space classroom and…
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Rose Laface Merlo
Mrs. Merlo, 87, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Feb. 2, 2010, in JFK Medical Center, Edison. Surviving are her husband, Nicholas V. Merlo; a son, Nicholas Merlo of Parlin; a daughter, Sandra Wulster, and her husband, Gregory, of South River; a sister and brother, Mary Craft and Carl Laface, both of Norwalk, Ohio;…
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Jacob Rieder
Mr. Rieder, 86, of East Brunswick, formerly of Edison, died Jan. 17, 2010, in New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Higgins Rieder; a daughter, Patricia Thompson, and her husband, Timothy, of the Basking Ridge section of Bernards; a son, Paul Rieder of Stone Ridge, N.Y.; and a…
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