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Edison School District referendums must end
Ibelieve the penchant of the Edison School District for holding referendums (at $50,000 a clip) must end. The defeats over time keep getting larger, and really there is no hope for passage. I really wonder what it takes to get this point across. Joseph Gugliemella Edison
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Foundation makes appeal for new volunteers
Ihope you all had a very happy holiday. The reason why I’m sending you this letter is because the Byron Foundation needs as much help as possible. It’s allvolunteer, but I need to fill some positions. I need to appoint more foundation volunteer administrators to help me run it, and I need as many volunteers…
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Edison resident has more questions for BOE
In response to guest column by Aimee Szilagyi and Gene I. Maeroff (“BOE Members Concerned Over Schools Investigation,” Jan. 6 edition): Afew more questions might be appropriate here: • Why do the superintendent of schools and the Edison High School principal still have their jobs? • Why are the Edison Township Education Association and its…
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Metuchen students’ goal: Building school in Ghana
BY ENID WEISS Correspondent For the last several years, Evan Robbins’ political institute classes have raised money to help villagers in Ghana. This year they’re trying to do one better — raise a school. The students plan to hold several fundraisers later in the school year to accomplish that goal. But first, the Metuchen High…
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Sports Shorts
Edison Recreation Department will be accepting team applications for the summer 2010 softball program beginning Monday, Feb. 8. All applications are due back on or before Monday, March 8. The league is open to all adults, 18 years and older. There is no township or county residency requirement. The program consists of a men’s league,…
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Metuchen picks up 10th win on hardwood
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer After picking up its 10th win of the season last week with a 75-67 win over South River, the Metuchen High School boys basketball team suffered a disappointing 61-58 overtime loss to Cranford to fall to 10-5 on the season. Metuchen’s Mike Crusco led all scorers with 25 points in…
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Bishop Ahr rebounds from bad loss
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer After playing perhaps its worst quarter of the season in a frustrating 55-41 loss to Spotswood, the Bishop Ahr High School boys basketball team rebounded with a 63-51 over Cardinal McCarrick on Jan. 28. In their game with Spotswood on Jan. 25, Bishop Ahr had jumped out to a 24-…
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Edison shows improvement with GMC wrestling finish
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The Edison High School wrestling team finished in a respectable eighth place at the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament over the weekend. Above: Edison High School’s Ray DeLaNunez has control of Metuchen High School’s Jake Freed during their 125-poiund quarterfinal match at the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament held in Piscataway on…
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Art exhibit’s opening reception slated Feb. 7
“Portals,” an art exhibit bought by the Allentown Art Guild, is being held in collaboration with the Laurita Winery, 35 Archertown Road, New Egypt. The artwork will be on display through May 7. A free opening reception will be held 2-5 p.m. Feb. 7 at the winery. The exhibit explores the various ways the meaning…
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