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Spotswood brings talent, experience to the plate
BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent If you examine the record at this point in the season (5-3), it might appear as though Spotswood High School’s softball team is experiencing an average year. However, consider that the Chargers’ three losses have come to Bishop Ahr, Carteret and Woodbridge, all among the top teams in the GMC, and…
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Play ball!
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Monroe Township High School’s Morgan Widener reaches to make a putout on Colonia’s Kristen Stefanowicz at first base during a home game April 25. The Falcons won the game 4-1, bringing their record to 5-2 on the season. Below: Monroe Township High School’s Andrea Carini works the pitching mound…
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Grateful to voters, concerned about low turnout
Iwould like to sincerely thank the voters of South River for giving me the opportunity to serve a third term on the South River Board of Education. As chairperson of the Finance Committee, I would also like to thank those who voted to pass our budget. Unfortunately, as a board member, a parent and a…
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Budget vote proves education is priority
Thanks to all who came out to vote on April 21 in the Spotswood Board of Education election. The school budget passed for a second year in a row in Spotswood, proving that the education of our children has become a priority for our citizens. Thanks to all who voted for my reelection for the…
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Honesty is alive and well and living in East Brunswick
My husband and I have lived in East Brunswick for more than 30 years. I want to share an amazing experience I had recently. One evening after running around to do various daily chores in East Brunswick, I suddenly realized that I had lost my pocketbook. I panicked and went to look for it at…
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Resident wants BOE to show plan was carried out
‘Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” Maybe. But when your tax dollars are paying for the “gift,” a look to see what you’re getting is a good idea. The East Brunswick Board of Education says the 2009-10 budget will not raise property taxes. Let’s look. What is already in place is wasteful and…
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Gee, that candy looks good enough to smoke
Coda • GREG BEAN My favorite line from the recent presidential campaign was Barack Obama explaining his youthful experimentation with mind-altering chemicals. “When I was young and stupid, I was young and stupid,” he said. That resonated with me, in large part because there was plenty of stupidity in my own misspent youth. Here, for…
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That’s what friends are for
PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Phlebotomist Jennifer Turner wraps a donor’s arm during an April 22 blood drive held at Matawan Regional High School to benefit graduate Jawann Brown, who is undergoing treatment for leukemia. MRHS junior Jacquelyn Reisig donates blood during the drive, which was hosted by the school’s Maroon and Steel Athletic Group.
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A talent sampler at ‘Arts Alive 2009’
Who? Everyone is welcome. What? Open event: Arts Alive at Brookdale Community College, 2009 PHOTOS BY GEANNA MEROLA When? Lunchtime: Thursday, May 7, 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Where? Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) – Park in Lots 1 and 2 Why? It’s spring – time to celebrate the arts at Brookdale Admission? Free. How? Just…
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