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Community urged to take part in walk against cancer
According to the National Cancer Institute, pancreatic cancer is diagnosed in more than 29,000 Americans every year. In Middlesex County, statistics from the state Department of Health and Senior Services indicate that from 2001 to 2005, there were 450 cases of pancreatic cancer, and 83 percent died from the disease. Pancreatic cancer is serious. It…
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YMCA offers guidance for young girls
In response to the column “Resident: Where are young girls to look for guidance?,” I have one reply, and that is: look in your own backyard. The YMCA of Metuchen has a wonderful program called Girls in Real Life Situations. I have witnessed this program in action. Girls that are in fifth to eighth grade…
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Resident trying to get the facts straight about Mayor Choi
Much has been said about Edison Mayor Jun Choi. Most of it is opinion. The writers’ perspectives differ depending on how the changes that Mayor Choi has brought to Edison has helped or hurt the writers’ personal interests. We, as a community, must see the big picture. I feel the need to actually speak about…
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Resident is not excited about candidates
First of all, let me state that I am not excited about Mayor Jun Choi or Mrs. Antonia Ricigliano running for mayor of Edison. One candidate is a longtime Edison resident, retired, they say, “from old guard” (that is mostly because of her age and being involved in Edison politics as a young woman until…
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Edison softball starts GMC tourney this week
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer After a 2-1 victory over South Brunswick High School over the weekend, the Edison High School softball team improved to 9-6 on the season. The two teams are slated for a May 18 rematch. Freshman pitcher Valerie Cassell recorded her sixth win of the season. She threw all seven innings…
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Bumping their way to the win
PHOTO BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN J.P. Stevens High School’s Mauro Crecenzio gets under a shot against JFK-Iselin on May 7. Both the varsity and junior varsity volleyball squads won their matches.
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Never mind the details, let’s have a tax revolt!
In the News • MARK ROSMAN Politicians often put forward ideas without telling those of us who might be willing to listen to them how to go about implementing their grand schemes. A case in point is Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who was quoted by the Bloomberg News Service last week as saying, “There should…
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In Long Branch, they don’t need no stinkin’ commission
Coda • GREG BEAN Are your town elders being bothered by pesky members of the local Historical Commission who don’t want to tear down historic buildings so a new Starbucks can go up (attention, Milltown)? Then you ought to take a lesson from Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider and his rubber stamp City Council (with…
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Her man’s more Bob Vila than Don Juan
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH I knew I hadn’t exactly hooked up with a Fabio long before I married my beloved Pat. It was clear from that start that he was no Romeo or Don Juan and certainly didn’t play Mr. Brady to my rendition of Carol during our courtship. Being a quick…
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