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March 23, 2006

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A sea of people rummage through the merchandise during opening night of the 32nd annual Bargain Book and Media Sale Monday. Sponsored by the East Brunswick Friends of the Library and held at the Brunswick Square Mall, the sale will continue through Sunday. More...

Parents hope final bell doesn't sound for OLL

Diocese considers closing school due to funding issues

BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer

For Ann Marie Simons, attendance at Milltown%27s Our Lady of Lourdes School is a family tradition. More...

School tab includes tax hike, new teachers

South River residents could see an average $230 increase next year

BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer

South River residents would see a 28-cent increase in their school tax rate if a proposed 2006-07 school budget is approved. More...

Stuck trucks tie up traffic in Jamesburg

BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer

JAMESBURG - Despite increased signs and fines, truck drivers on Gatzmer Avenue continue to get their rigs stuck underneath a 12-foot-high overpass. More...

New library offering is a first in New Jersey

EAST BRUNSWICK - The township%27s public library has broken new ground: it is the first in New Jersey to offer an online database of Chinese magazines. More...

•	Budget increases likely to yield school tax hike

•	Mall gets board's OK for expansion project

•	Town considers $32M for new parking deck

•	Knowledge for sale

•	Man, 19, stabbed after car is hit

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PDA

•	Family ties

•	Write-in rounds out race for school board

•	Jeweler reports theft of 5 rings

•	E. Bruns. to institute pay-to-play restrictions

•	Researcher dedicated to S.B.'s history of slavery

•	Old Bridge man works as double on 'Sopranos'

•	$500K for Route 18 work remains on hold

Bulletin Board

•	Fundraisers

March 23 + Basketball Game, featuring staff members at Spotswood High School and members of the Spotswood Police Department vs. a team of Spotswood High School seniors, 6 p.m., in the gym at the high school, Summerhill Road. Admission is $2. A signed Trenton Thunder baseball and four Thunder t More...

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Letters

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Letters

Vote shows Milltown officials in bad light

The voters in Milltown are being subjected to what that great comedian Norm Crosby would describe as "an aura of reek," which aptly describes the aftermath of the rejection of Randy Farkas as the Borough Council replacement of recently resigned council member Sean Leary. More...

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Editorials

•	Panel works to honor, support veterans

Your Turn

Hidden among the 100 veterans organizations throughout Middlesex County with membership in the thousands, there exists a very small, dedicated, relatively unknown group of 16 volunteer veterans, both male and female, whose sole purpose is to respond to the needs of the 55,535 veterans within the cou More...

•	Golden Triangle looks like bait-and-switch scam

•	Seniors will feel the sting of tax increases

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Obituaries

•	Obituaries

Nina Kaminski Volgyi Mrs. Volgyi, 81, of South River, died March 3 in Saint Peter%27s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1979, she was employed as a packager at Sunshine Biscuits, Sayreville, where she worked for 15 years. Her husband, George S. Volgyi, died in 2003 More...

•	In the Service

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Schools

•	Scientists at work

Above, East Brunswick High School's Leebyn Chong, 16, makes some last-minute adjustments to his catapult for the "Storm the Castle" portion of the Science Olympiad state finals at Middlesex County College in Edison March 14. At left, East Brunswick High School student Chris Chen, 16, sets up his and Eddie Zhang's entry for the "Tower Building" portion. The high school took second-place in the category, behind West Windsor-Plainsboro. More...

•	More students, trailers increase Monroe budget

•	EBHS takes on DePaul in 'New Jersey Challenge'

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Sports

•	Sayreville wrestlers making return to their roots

The recreation youth wrestling program in Sayreville has certainly produced its share of outstanding wrestlers on the high school level. Heck, the record book is full of them. More...

•	Junior Knights heated up the ice this winter

•	Shapiro honored to be hands behind Olympians

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