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July 2, 2009
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JEFF GRANIT staff Anita Alexander looks to her friends down the row from her seat during the start of the South Brunswick High School commencement ceremony, held June 23 at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton. For more photos, see page 19. More...
S.B. council adopts budget with layoffs, tax increase
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer

Town officials in South Brunswick recently approved a spending plan that they say was the result of one of the most difficult budget processes they could recall in years. The council trimmed $1.5 million in spending in the $49 million budget, which was introduced in April. The amount to be raised... More...


Woman is facing chronic disease by creating awareness
Sets up Facebook account; wants emails sent to 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' on July 8
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer

In 1996, Christine Ortega had hundreds of her family and friends nominate her uncle, who had been diagnosed with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), to carry the torch in the Olympics, via a contest on a local radio station. More...


Author cooks up books about baseball, bios
William Cook writes stories about American history
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer

William Cook's interest in writing began in high school, where he was the editor of his school newspaper. Yet he didn't become serious about writing books until he reached his mid-40s, starting out with novels that he couldn't get published. More...


 Bulletin Board
•Epilepsy fundraiser raises $3,010
A fundraiser held by the Meehan family on June 20 raised $3,010 to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey. The fourth annual barbecue was held in honor of Michael Meehan, who was a 26- year-old North Brunswick and Kendall Park resident who was involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident in ... More...
•N.B. Republicans name new candidate
•Parents urged to apply for insurance
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 Letters
•Bipartisan measures needed for health care
It seems the nation's broken health care system has finally reached the top of the domestic agenda, and our lawmakers need to tackle the problem in earnest. The mounting problems in health care breed cynicism, stress and even despair. Groups like AARP are fighting to make the system work for ever... More...
•Hunters don't need seven days a week to hunt
•American Flag
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 Editorials
•When fond memories are still nightmares
When our first little dear was born, I prepared for life to change. I had considered late night feedings, diaper changes and public humiliation. What I didn't know was that the house itself would change also. I never anticipated moving Grandma's antique rocker into a corner to make room for a ba... More...
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 Greg Bean's Column
•Suit that polarized town enters a new chapter
I've written about the Stuart Moskovitz/Manalapan imbroglio a number of times over the last few years, so it's appropriate to note the fact that one chapter of this sorry mess may finally be over. More...
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 Obituaries
•Ruth Anne Mariano
Mrs. Mariano, 68, of Metuchen, died June 19, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a receptionist at CDI Headstart, North Brunswick, for more than five years. She was predeceased by her father Rocco A. Mariano; and two brothers, Richard and Robert. More...
•Khalia Jermaine Gordon
•Grace LaRosa Vaccaro
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 Sports
•Sports Shorts
Sky Blue FC takes on the Boston Breakers in women's professional soccer July Fourth at 4 p.m. The match will be held at Yurcak Field on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway. Free hot dogs will be given to the first 2,500 to come through the gates. For more information, call 888-SBFC-TI... More...
•Photos
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