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East Brunswick looks to do away with sewerage authority
Stahl: Township takeover of agency could bring savings, greater efficiency BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer While township officials will look at a range of cost-saving initiatives in 2010, the possible dissolution of the East Brunswick Sewerage Authority may be the most significant. Mayor David Stahl broached the idea in his Jan. 25 State of the…
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Milltown Mel tells crowd: Lots more cold is in store
Crowd turns out to witness early morning prediction BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Stay bundled up. Milltown Mel predicts six more weeks of winter. “Melvin is a cranky groundhog this morning,” borough resident Jerry Guthlein said early Tuesday morning as he turned his 2-year-old chubby, gray-brown friend toward him in front of a crowd of…
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Preserving farm for open space would be a winner
Coda • GREG BEAN When we bought our old house in East Brunswick in the fall of 1997, one of the biggest selling points was the fact that we could look out our living room window to the Foerter Farm across the road. The farm — a 30-acre parcel between Riva Avenue and Farrington Lake…
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Drivers must yield right of way to pedestrians
I would like to respond to Taj Ahmad’s letter to the editor, “Pedestrians Should Be More Alert When Crossing” (Sentinel, Jan. 21). Although pedestrians should stop and look before crossing the street, Mr. Ahmad failed to mention that by law, pedestrians have the right of way. Drivers must stop to let pedestrians cross the…
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Questions wisdom of call to dissolve sewerage panel
Who wants to break up the sewerage authority in East Brunswick? The same people who brought us the pistol range (closing because it’s losing money)? The Golden Triangle? We all know about that one. A cultural center? I thought it was a place to keep tractors. Our once-a-week garbage pickup? I’m considering buying a boat…
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Conflict of interest on TNR, animal control
In response to David Blumig’s letter (Disputes claims that studies show TNR to be successful, Sentinel, July 30, 2009) about TNR [trap-neuter-release] not being effective: Blumig takes exception with using TNR as animal control. Well, I am not surprised that he does. Blumig is an animal control officer and his family runs Blumig Kennel. They…
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Americans cherish right to speak out on elections
We do not burn books. It is as simple as that. Greater Media Newspapers columnist Greg Bean’s article castigating the recent Supreme Court decision Citizens United rested on a principle as old as the Republic itself. The government cannot censor materials published by American citizens, no matter how rich or powerful they are. This is…
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Cleone M. Smith Raub
Mrs. Raub, 95, of South River, died Jan. 13, 2010, in Care One at East Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was a supervisor at Johnson and Johnson Personal Products, Milltown, where she worked for many years. She was predeceased by her husband, Preston; two sons, Preston Jr. and Wayne; and two brothers, Laroy and…
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Raymond Peter Reisert
Mr. Reisert, 77, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 16, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Mildred Reisert; a son, Russell Reisert, and his wife, Patty, of Spotswood; two daughters, Renee Austin, and her husband, Dave, of Spotswood and Rosalind Nordstrom of Old Bridge; and seven grandchildren. A Mass was…
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