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Polos, Pulomena begin new terms as freeholders
Crabiel gets nod for 12th consecutive year as director
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer
EDISON - John Pulomena and H. James Polos were sworn in as Middlesex County freeholders and David B. Crabiel resumed the position of board director for the 12th consecutive year during a reorganizational meeting held at the Middlesex County College Performing Arts Center on Friday. More...
Local mayors say they'll officiate civil unions
Officials must choose: Do straight and gay ceremonies, or do none
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer

Middlesex County mayors mostly approve of the bill that allows same-sex couples to enter civil unions, which are legally similar to marriage. The mayors of North and South Brunswick as well as Woodbridge, Metuchen and South River all said that they will officiate a civil union cere... More...

To taxman, civil unions end at the New Jersey border
Same-sex couples may not receive the same rights at federal level
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer

While the civil union bill has given same-sex couples a plethora of additional rights and responsibilities, its effects stop short at the federal level, according to legal and financial experts. Felice T. More...


Bird snack

MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Anne Schopf, of East Brunswick, offers a piece of her lunch to some feathered friends at Thompson Park in Monroe yesterday. More...


Tickets available for Accordion Pops concert

The Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will present the Accordion Pops Orchestra in concert at 2 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts, Monroe Township High School, 1629 Perrineville Road. The orchestra, which is made up of accordions and percuss... More...


Man accused of showing buttocks to shoppers, twice

EAST BRUNSWICK - A 37-year-old township man was arrested for allegedly exposing his buttocks to a woman and her 8-year-old daughter inside a local grocery store. The incident, which police said took place in the Pathmark on Route 18 at 5:59 p.m. More...


 Bulletin Board
•Fundraisers
Jan. 11-13 + Book Sale, sponsored by the Spotswood Public Library, during regular hours, at the library, 548 Main St. Hardcover books, paperbacks, children's books, VHS videos, audiocassettes available. Paperbacks sell for 50 cents each or three for $1, hardcovers for 75 cents and up, v... More...
•Community Bulletin Board
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 Letters
•Dems cut Rutgers budget, jump on football bandwagon
Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-18) has, in print, urged Rutgers University to fund six Olympic sports that are due to be eliminated in 2007 ("Rutgers University Board Should Continue Sports Teams," "Your Turn" guest column, Sentinel, Dec. 29). This was done after the Democratic-controlled sta... More...
•Urges residents to address concerns
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 Editorials
•Your Turn
Parents must bear greater burden for ed. I believe that it is time for the parents of school-age children to realize that they, the parents, need to start paying a larger share for the education and safety of their children. We will all help with the onerous property taxes that everyo... More...
•Adele Young
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 Obituaries
•Obituaries
Lawrence Edward Mortensen Mr. Mortensen, 59, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Longmeadow, Mass., and Monroe, died Dec. 30, 2006. He was predeceased by his father, Jacob Mortensen. Surviving are his wife, Barbara Schaffer Mortensen; three children, Wendy Cerbie, and her husband, Dougla... More...
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 Schools
•Volunteers offer array of fun courses after school
MONROE - A group of parents and students from the township have found an ideal way of beating cabin fever in the winter. Starting last week and running for six Fridays, parent volunteers and high school students have teamed to run minicourses after school for students at the Mill L... More...
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 Sports
• Fish On
Jersey Shore's saltwater fishing prospects looking good for 2007
Who would have thought 2006 would be one of the best years on record for bass fishing for the New Jersey angler, with 2007 already looking to be an even better year? Having fished the Raritan Bay for over 35 years (and my father for over 55 years), I can say with confidence that t... More...
•Sports Shorts
•E.B. track looks to reload with young talent
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