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Pipala to run as GOP mayoral candidate
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer After nearly a month-long search, Edison Planning Board Chairman Dennis Pipala has been named as the new Republican candidate for mayor. Pipala replaces Raymond Koperwhats, who dropped out of the race due to what he called “personal reasons” after winning the primary in June. Sylvia Engel, chairperson of the Edison…
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Runkel pleased with team’s summer performance
Bishop Ahr baseball concludes 21-3 campaign BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer After sweeping its best-of-three game series with Fords, the Bishop Ahr Junior American Legion team fell short at the district tournament and won just one of three games to conclude the summer season. Bishop Ahr, the 2009 Middlesex County American Legion champions, took the…
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Edison PBA: Independent audit of town’s finances is essential
Edison Mayor Jun Choi recently disclosed an $8.3 million budget deficit looming for 2010. The mayor’s first reaction was to close this budget gap on the backs of municipal employees, asking each to swallow a 12-day unpaid furlough and a wage freeze. Less than eight weeks ago in his campaign literature, Jun Choi tried to…
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Metuchen library to offer poetry-writing event
The Young Adult Department of the Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, will offer an additional poetry-writing workshop, “Salt Water Poems,” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 19. Teens in grades six through 12 are invited to explore what makes a sea poem both sensuous and strong. Images of sand, salt and seashells will abound in this…
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Ricigliano wants to see Edison save money
If elected, mayoral candidate may try to remove some administrative positions BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Among the many things that Antonia Ricigliano would like to do if elected mayor is to freeze unnecessary spending. Ricigliano, a Democrat who upset incumbent Jun Choi in the June primary, said it was imperative for whoever is elected…
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GMC Summer Baseball League comes to a close
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The inaugural season of what looks to be another of Middlesex County baseball’s recent success stories came to a close this week after Greater Middlesex Coaches Summer Baseball League and state champion South Plainfield exited the Don Mattingly World Series in New Mexico. South Plainfield was bounced from the tournament…
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More of the same is not better
The elephants weighing down the hospital bed costs are tort reform and illegal immigration. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid combined have a $55 trillion (that’s $55,000,000,000,000) shortfall — and rising. All are fraught with waste and corruption ($70 million per year) — earmarks of government programs. More of the same is not better. The president…
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Library to host ‘The Author Visit’
At 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13, mystery writer Chris Grabenstein will speak about his journey from improvisational comedian to his career in advertising and then author. The program will be held at the Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave. Grabenstein is best known among adults for his mystery series of five titles that take place at…
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John J. Kolibas
Mr. Kolibas, 85, of West Long Branch, died July 29, 2009, at Care One Nursing Home, Holmdel. He was superintendent and principal of Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch, before his retirement, and prior to that, he taught chemistry and physics at the school for several years. Mr. Kolibas was a member of the…
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