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Ice lessons
SCOTT PILLING staff Stanislav Joukov gives his figure skating pupil, Lauren O'Neil, some help during the figure skating class at United Skates in the Woodbridge Community Center. More...
Local cop gets 17 years for sexual assault
Woodbridge cop took half-nude photos of teen, assaulted stepson
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

Douglas Karlson, a veteran Woodbridge police officer, was sentenced to up to 17 years in prison last week for taking hundreds of suggestive photographs of a 15-year-old Colonia girl and, in a separate case, for sexually assaulting his stepson, 26, beginning when the boy was 14 years old. More...

N.J. still sorting out legal details of civil unions
Whether institution is recognized elsewhere varies from state to state
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer

Same-sex couples all over New Jersey applied for civil union licenses when a new law that allows them to took effect last week. While the moment was seen by rights groups as a step forward, it was also seen as a sharp reminder that gay and lesbian couples still cannot technically g... More...


Colonia Senior Citizens Club day trip calendar

The Colonia Senior Citizens Club has announced several trips and events for the coming new year. The club sponsors Atlantic City day trips on the third Monday of each month. The trip leaves from St. John Vianney Church parking lot on Inman Avenue at 11 a.m. For more information, c... More...


Bowlers: Score another strike against leukemia
Fifth annual Memorial Bowling Event to fund blood cancer research
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

WOODBRIDGE - Avenel resident Stephen Cohorsky III has kept his father's memory alive for the past five years through the annual Stephen Cohorsky Jr. Memorial Bowling Benefit for the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. The benefit marks its fifth year since Stephen J. Cohorsky Jr., who ... More...


Mayor seeks budget rider to help raise funds for shelter
Account would allow for private money to be raised for animal shelter
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

WOODBRIDGE - With ideas still up in the air for the public animal shelter, Mayor John E. McCormac announced last week that he will seek a budget rider to allow for the private donation of funds to assist in the care and housing of abandoned animals. More...


 Bulletin Board
•Scholar-in-Residence program begins March 23
Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will hold its annual Scholar-in-Residence program beginning March 23, featuring Richard Freund, Ph.D., director of Jewish studies at the University of Hartford in Connecticut. Freund will speak about "Judaism's Symbols and Secret Codes... More...
•Colonia High School 'Comedy Night' March 23
•Woodbridge AARP schedules trips in new year
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 Letters
•Corzine gave away store in union contracts
The state has finalized its deal with the unions. I cannot say I am surprised by the most generous contract terms the unions obtained from Gov. Corzine with very little negotiating on his part. The governor gave in on almost every point where he stated saving could and should be made. The ret... More...
•Longtime letter-writer says so long to NJ
•South Asian community should be more politically active
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 Editorials
•New state budget has a few small omissions
Gr eg B ean Coda My grandfather, who once worked as the administrator of a state government institution, told me about a technique used at budget time called "shooting the cocker spaniel." "Here's how it works," he said. "No voter wants to hear about tax increases, and ... More...
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 Obituaries
•Obituaries
Shirley Krentzman Mrs. Krentzman, 79, of Freehold, died Feb. 15, 2007, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she had lived in Woodbridge before moving to Howell in 1987. Mrs. Krentzman was a colorist in the garment industry and had worked in a fabri... More...
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 Schools
•School raises money for Edison tower fund
Lincoln Elementary donates proceeds from 'Coin a Day' to tower
EDISON - It was like a telethon without the phone banks. Scores of cheering supporters hooted and howled as each amount total was announced and flashed on giant cards for all to see. An enthusiastic woman was reading the totals, pumping up the crowd for the big finish, the total am... More...
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 Sports
•McAuley leads list of locals heading to A.C.
EDISON - Bishop Ahr High School wrestling team's Joe McAuley heads the list of area grapplers headed to Atlantic City's Convention Hall this weekend to compete for a state title. McAuley captured the Region 5 title at 140 pounds with a pin over Will Buchan of Woodbridge in the final... More...
•A reason to smile
•Another banner season in the books for Barrons
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