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      December 24, 2008  RSS feed
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      JEFF GRANIT staff Students from Spotswood's Appleby Elementary School perform during the annual holiday party at the borough's Office on Aging on Dec. 17. Nick Toth (from right) and Kelly Kresge take part in the spirited dance and singalong. More photos, page 17. More...
      Budget woes prompt cuts to jobs, services
      Some employees' hours reduced, another laid off
      BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

      Jamesburg officials are making a series of cuts that they expect will save about $200,000 in next year's municipal budget. Though the job and service cuts had been proposed and discussed for several weeks, hardly any members of the public turned out at the Dec. 17 meeting when the Borough Council was to make a decision on the reductions. More...

       Bulletin Board
      • B'nai B'rith couples plan holiday party
      The B'nai B'rith Ketubah Married Couples Unit (ages 40-plus) will hold its annual Hanukkah party at 1 p.m. Dec. 28 at a member's home in Holmdel. The event will feature a kosher deli luncheon and a gift exchange. Participants should bring a wrapped gift costing $10 or more. More...
      • Family New Year's Eve gala
      • Story-time signups planned at library
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       Letters
      • Adult responsibilities cannot always be measured by a person's age
      This letter is in response to Deborah C. Gumpper's letter to the editor ("Adult Enough to Go to War but Not to Have a Drink") in the Dec. 04, 2008, issue of the Sentinel. Ms. More...
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       Editorials
      • Spirit of the season shines in local towns
      The holiday season is a time of giving, and nowhere is that more apparent than right here in Middlesex County. In the midst of widespread economic turmoil, of cutbacks being made in seemingly every business and household, people still find ways to help others who are going through a harder time than they are. More...
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Fed will reform credit card industry, but there's a catch
      Ialways laugh at those movies where the loan shark sends out a leg breaker like Rocky Balboa to collect on unpaid debts. In those movies, you get the idea that the loan sharks are always named Sal, and the people late with the payments are always downon their-luck alcoholic gamblers and degenerates named Mickey. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Thomas P. Gorman
      Mr. Gorman, 84, of Sayreville, died Dec. 7, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 1987, he was employed for more than 45 years by the International Brotherhood of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local No. 5, Sayreville. More...
      • Sophie Losinski
      • David J. Skarzynski
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       Schools
      • article has image Holiday fun
      PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Students from Spotswood's Appleby Elementary School perform during the annual holiday party at the borough's Office on Aging Dec. 17. Sarah Spangler (from right) and Charlene Kollar (with glasses) spread the holiday cheer. More...
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       Sports
      • article has image OBHS wrestlers return experienced lineup
      The Old Bridge High School wrestling team returns three competitors who posted 26 or more victories as the Knights look to improve upon last winter's 13-5 mark. A year ago coach Bryan Garnett's team finished third in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division, behind South Plainfield and Perth Amboy. More...
      • article has image Bombers expect to contend for division title
      • Sayreville swim teams seek improvement
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