Government should leave training fund alone
      The volunteer EMS community understands this difficult economy requires serious belt tightening. Gov. Jon Corzine's plan to redirect $4 million from the emergency medical technician training fund to the general fund however, would only make things worse, especially on the local level.
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Candidate thanks voters and supporters
      Thank you to all the Edison voters who cast their ballot for me in the recent school board election. I appreciate the voters for placing their trust in me to play a key role in the education of Edison youth as a school board member,
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EWA makes New Jersey a safer place
      As a longtime volunteer and member of the Edison Wetlands Association (EWA), I was appalled by the hostility expressed by Paula Siarkiewicz in her letter to the editor (May 6, 2009) concerning EWA and its involvement in cleaning up the Raritan River. Instead of lambasting EWA for messing up Sayrev...
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Soldier awaits fate for refusing to kill people in battle
      In a recent newspaper article it was reported that Pfc. Daniel Marble of Seaside Heights went Absent Without Leave (AWOL) after finishing basic training with the Army. His reasoning: "I am simply not capable of taking a life, I don't want to kill someone and live with that for the rest of my life.
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