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O’Reilly’s early corner kick goal results in win
PISCATAWAY — With every game crucial to its playoff hopes, Sky Blue FC will take a game-winning goal any way it can get it. East Brunswick native Heather O’Reilly scored directly off a corner kick in the sixth minute and Jenni Branam backed a strong defensive effort in goal as Sky Blue FC held on…
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Monroe man wins world taekwondo championship
Tim Chewning succeeds on 14th try in sparring BY JIMMY ALLINDER Staff Writer Tim Chewning is proof that perseverance pays off. A sixth-degree black belt in taekwondo, the popular martial arts form, Chewning was recently on the mat for his 14th and final attempt at winning a world championship in sparring at the American Taekwondo…
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Battling for the ball
Left: Ali Sisco (r) advances the ball up the field in a scrimmage during a field hockey camp at South Brunswick High School June 30. Above: Angie Goff (l) tries to get past another player during the field hockey camp. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff
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TNR is most effective, cheapest way to control feral cats
Project TNR (Trap-Neuter- Release) applauds the Old Bridge Animal Rights Association (OBARA) for reaching out to the community to offer its services in managing the township’s feral-cat population. Throughout New Jersey, forwardthinking town officials are increasingly seeking to develop TNR programs to manage feral cats, and Old Bridge Township would do well to enlist the…
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Suggestions for improving tax-amnesty effort
As the tally for New Jersey’s tax-amnesty program hits $700 million, politicians are quick to “gift” it back to the public. Yet, I wonder if they have asked why the amnesty program was so successful. Is it possible that New Jersey has not properly invested in its enforcement against delinquent taxpayers? Is the predictability of…
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Stahl is wrong on DARE, police in schools
As a graduate of East Brunswick public schools, I was very concerned to read that Mayor David Stahl plans on eliminating the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program in our school system (“East Brunswick Redeploying Cops to Regular Police Work,” Sentinel, June 25). The DARE program brings police officers into classrooms to educate students on…
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Legislation would help some returning veterans
Coda • GREG BEAN This Fourth of July was certainly a bittersweet holiday in our home. Those who know me know that our son Coleman, an Army sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, took his own life last September. In the months since, our family has learned a lot about the problems faced by…
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‘Jersey Shore’ reads like the cat’s meow
The 1920s roar to life in local author’s new book BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Flappers, diving horses and, yes, ladies and gentlemen, even Al Capone can be found in the 100-plus-page coffee-table book spanning the Roaring ’20s as chronicled by local author and historian Karen L. Schnitzspahn. “The Roaring ’20s at the Jersey…
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Local celebrities, senator team up for FAAN Walk for Food Allergy
Over 1,000 walkers expected to stroll Long Branch boardwalk LONG BRANCH — Although all parents worry about their children’s safety, parents of children with food allergies have an additional challenge. Educating the public and raising funds for research are two ways parents, friends and families of children with food allergies are helping to widen the…
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