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Middlesex County College professors receive awards
EDISON — Two professors at Middlesex County College (MCC) were recently honored. Donna Marie Gardner of Fords, a professor in the Natural Sciences Department, won the Excellence in Teaching Award, and Mathew Spano of Hillsborough, a professor in the English Department, was selected as the Faculty Scholar. Both are graduates of MCC. Spano received his…
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Garage sales slated for North Edison
Broker Sales Associate Barbara Penny of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Metuchen/Edison will sponsor the 11th annual Tower Area Garage Sale in North Edison on June 7, with a rain date on June 8. Starting at 8:30 a.m., the daylong event will include more than 30 homes, each hosting an individual garage sale. All participating…
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Retiring teacher seeks to change pension law and keep coaching
By JESSICA D’AMICO METUCHEN — Although Ken Graf, a social studies teacher at Edgar Middle School, is retiring in June after 42 years, the longtime district coach is not quite ready to sit on the bench. But state pension laws dictate that he may have to do just that. As it stands, Graf will not…
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Web of social services buoys adult with autism
By JACK MURTHA Kevin Petranich performs his tasks at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton. This is part six in an occasional series of stories about people with autism in New Jersey. The entire series can be found at www.gmnews.com/autism. K evin Petranich doesn’t hit the snooze button on his alarm clock or call…
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Police manpower debated
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The issue of police manpower has come to the forefront in the township, with the Edison Police Department’s staffing level at 162 officers and retirements anticipated this year. Jeff Diakunczak, Police Benevolent Association 75 state delegate, told the Township Council during a May 14 meeting that he was concerned about…
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D-Day legacy of service and sacrifice lives on
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Rudolph Schasney, a U.S. Navy gunner first mate who was involved in the D-Day invasion of France on June 6, 1944, participates in a Memorial Day ceremony on May 24 at Thorne Middle School in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. Seventy years after D-Day — the Allied troops’ invasion…
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Top used cars for new grads
They’re rated as being safe and reliable and are reasonably affordable, bringing both peace of mind — and pocketbook — to those heading off to their first jobs. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features While many students get through their college years driving an old “beater” car or borrowing a ride from the family fleet as…
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Q&A
High-end Hyundai with Sharon Peters Q: My brother called to say that he’d just bought a new Hyundai. We gave him a little good-natured ribbing about his cheapie choice, and he announced, huffily, that it was a $69,000 Hyundai. I love my brother, but he’s given to hyperbole. I seriously doubt he paid $69,000 for…
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Davis Realtors to hold free home buying seminar on June 11 at Ocean office
Phyllis Garden, broker/manager of Davis Realtors’ new Ocean Township office, invites the public to a free home buying seminar on June 11 from 6-9 p.m. Experts will be on hand to educate and answer questions about the home buying process including, financing, credit scores, the legal process, and avoiding pitfalls. Suzanne Hoffman, a Jersey Mortgage…
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