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Holding court
Left: Megan Murphy celebrates with friend Jenna Molinaro while Alex Warmke, 18, stands by during the Buddy Ball of Edison basketball game on Saturday at the Stelton Community Center, Plainfield Avenue. Above: Athletes and their buddies warm up. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Council may turn back clock on speaking limits
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — People who come to the Township Council meetings will get the “freedom of speech” that some residents argued was impeded last year. Council President Charles Tomaro said the governing body will vote on a resolution to change an ordinance that only allots residents four minutes each to speak…
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Edison man receives fine, probation in bias assault
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A state Superior Court judge sitting in New Brunswick ruled last week that the assault of a 19-year-old Jewish man in Edison on Sept. 19 was a bias-related incident that was initiated because of the man’s religion. During the closed trial in Family Court, Judge Roger W. Daley found the…
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Police arrest four suspects in mall-area burglary spree
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Police have arrested four suspects, all residents of Elizabeth, in the burglaries of 14 motor vehicles that were parked in the vicinity of the Menlo Park Mall. The burglaries took place between Jan. 18 and 30 in the parking lots of the mall, the Target store and the…
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Mayor shares priorities in first State of Township
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Mayor Antonia “Toni” Ricigliano addressed a rousing crowd in her first State of the Township address, stressing that the business community and the government must work together as one as they move forward in 2010. Mayor Antonia “Toni” Ricigliano greets supporters as she prepares to give her first State of…
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It’s back to square one for Edison school board
Voters sink both proposals for new school facilities BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer As the votes for the $166.8 million school bond referendum were coming in on Jan. 26, acting Schools Superintendent John DiMuzio shook his head and then buried his face in his hands. The Board of Education members who watched the results roll…
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Audrin Pajarillo, 12, of Edison, goes up for a shot during a Buddy Ball of Edison basketball game on Saturday at the Stelton Community Center, Plainfield Avenue. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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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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Americans cherish the 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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