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Resident urges Metuchen to vote yes on school budget
Ayes vote for the school budget will be the single most important vote that a Metuchen resident can cast in the upcoming school board elections on April 21. This year especially, when financially hard times have hit us, it’s wise for everyone to vote for the budget. Voting yes will not only be an investment…
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Resident hopes for new BOE members in Edison
On April 21, we will be able to exercise that wonderful privilege — voting. Yes, we will have the opportunity to dismiss the current Board of Education (BOE) members and replace them with new faces. The new faces, I pray, will be fiscally responsible people and will remember that many of us are on fixed…
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Resident challenges errors of letter writer
Steve Nagel has managed to write a letter that is fallacious on every point. I did not think it possible or advisable to be so consistently wrong. A blanket refutation might suffice, but lest his scattershot of errors leave some unchallenged, I will address them each in turn. The area near the Edison train station…
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Resident praises mayor for fire dept. improvements
Mayor Choi and Edison Township deserve our praise for securing two high-tech fire engines to its fleet. In a town of over 100,000 residents, providing the best public safety to our residents continues to be a high priority. Our firefighters in town have been doing an admirable job at protecting Edison residents. Most notably, thanks…
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Falcons volleyball faces an uphill climb this season
St. Joe’s lost many players from ’08 state title squad BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Last week, the St. Joseph High School volleyball team accomplished the only feat last year’s 43-1 and undisputed state championship squad failed to do: win the season opener. After dropping last season’s opener, the Falcons won 43 straight, including the…
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Metuchen boys tennis aiming for top finish in GMC
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Last season the Metuchen High School boys tennis team finished among the top three teams in the Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division behind division winner South River. With No. 1 singles player Dan Szwarc returning for his sophomore season, the Bulldogs think they can battle for the top spot in…
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Councilwoman does not represent change
In the upcoming mayoral election, Antonia Ricigliano has tried to suggest that she represents “change” in this election. If that’s the case, then she and I have some fundamental disagreement about what change means. Antonia Ricigliano has held elected office for over three decades. If she really is some agent of change, then where is…
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JFK boys tennis hopes to be among GMC’s best
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Despite losing four of its top seven players from last year’s 15-7 team, the John F. Kennedy High School boys tennis team should be strong enough once again to be among the top two teams in the Greater Middlesex Conference White Division when all is said and done. The Mustangs…
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Resident says letters are tainted
Well, all I can say is, it has been interesting reading lately in letters to the editor in the newspapers. Me thinks Mayor Jun Choi’s so-called supporters doth protest too much. These letters actually make me sick, they are so sickeningly tainted with lavish milk-and-honey propaganda. I love the one where it says, “He is…
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