May 17, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

Students unveil ideas for borough's future

Revitalization to begin with short-term projects
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

A vision for the future of Jamesburg has taken shape. A team of three graduate students from the Edward J. More...

Municipal costs, taxes on rise in Spotswood

Borough awaits word on aid for '07 budget with 7-cent tax rate hike
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

SPOTSWOOD - The municipal tax rate would rise by about 7 cents this year under a budget introduced by the Borough Council, but officials hope to receive state aid to lower that hike. More...

Charity softball game to benefit local girl, 8

Police, firefighters, EMTs to play ball for Frost second-grader
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK - The township's emergency personnel will step up to the plate Saturday to score one for a local 8-year-old girl who has Ewing's sarcoma. More...

E.B. police charge three with setting brush fires

EAST BRUNSWICK - A township man and two residents of South River are accused of setting a series of brush fires at various locations over the past three months. More...

County program could mean 'greener' future

Local officials meet to discuss county's sustainability plan
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer

EDISON - Middlesex County is coming out of its industrial past and trading concrete gray for environmental "green." Two hundred local, county and school officials met May 2 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Hall in Edison to atten More...

Letters

Shelter animals should be adopted, not euthanized

The East Brunswick/Spotswood area needs a no-kill animal shelter.Many wonderful, adoptable animals are being euthanized because of the seven-day holding policy. More...

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Opinion

Police-coverage issue one worth studying

With a scaled-back force of just three full-time police officers, including the chief, it's high time that Helmetta takes a good look at its police department and how it can best serve the borough. More...

Your Turn

See proposal for what it is: a bailout for developer
Robert Tagliente Guest Column

At the East Brunswick Township Council meeting on April 16, Mayor William Neary asked the council to approve a change in zoning that would allow a developer to build 400 homes on the land bordered by Harts Lane and Tices Lane. More...

Coda

Here's another law that motorists will just ignore
Greg Bean

Nine. That's the number of people I saw talking on their cell phones while driving on my way to work this morning. Of the nine, one was a lady talking on the cell phone while blithely running a red light on Cranbury Road. More...

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Sports

Old Bridge still the class of the GMC field

BY DOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer

Say this for the Old Bridge boys track and field team: they certainly know how to make a statement. More...

Chargers poised to grab some hardware

Spotswood hitting its stride at the right time
BY RICHARD JEROME Staff Writer

A blistering .383 team batting average and some superb pitching have vaulted the Spotswood High School baseball team to a 17-4 record, and a No. 2 seed in the upcoming state tournament. More...

Fish On

It's unanimous - there's plenty of fish in the sea
Ron Nuzzolo

High tide or low tide, call them what you want, you can't escape the invasion of chopper blues, gators or spring runners. Bluefishing in the bay is red hot and they will hit almost anything - you can't miss. More...

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Feds come to the aid of local flood victims

Disaster Recovery Center being operated at Borough Park
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has set up shop in Milltown in response to last month's nor'easter. More...

Photo

Central Elementary School third-graders Michael Meseha (from left), Alana Sackman, Phillip Willis and Kelly Joyce do a "Cotton-Eyed Joe" line dance during Pioneer Day at the East Brunswick school May 4. More...

Public warned not to swim in the So. River

Drowning of man, 47, is third death in river since last July
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer

The South River has claimed its third drowning victim in the past year. Sebastiao Oliveira, 47, of South River, drowned in the river that separates the borough from Sayreville earlier this month. More...

Councilman upset over Golden Triangle papers

Mayor's agreement entitles bank to land should builder default
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK - If Toll Brothers defaults on its agreement to purchase the Golden Triangle redevelopment area, a bank would have to take over as owner of the Route 18 property. More...

Town looks to unload land off Rues, Cranbury

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK - The Township Council last week adopted an ordinance that declares a portion of township-owned property at Rues Lane and Cranbury Road as surplus. More...

Police believe man, 70, committed suicide in lake

EAST BRUNSWICK - A 70-year-old township man whose body was found in Farrington Lake at 4:45 a.m. yesterday is believed to have committed suicide. Family members reported the man missing at 11:22 p.m. More...

Community arts center bids come in too high

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK - The township may have to wait a little bit longer for its new arts center and theater. More...

Bulletin Board

Fundraisers

May 17 + Basketball Game Featuring the Harlem Wizards vs. St. Ambrose Faculty and Basketball Coaches, sponsored by St. More...

Community Bulletin Board

Greek Festival on tap at St. George's Church

St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1101 River Road, Piscataway, will hold its 34th annual Greek Festival from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on May 18, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. on May 19 and noon to 8 p.m. on May 20. More...

Community Bulletin Board

Family health fair set in New Brunswick

Just for the Health of It, a New Brunswick community health fair for the entire family, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. More...

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Obituaries

Obituaries

William J. Perbetsky Mr. Perbetsky, 71, of North Brunswick, died May 10, 2007, at Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick. More...

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Schools

Composing art

Above and at right: Composer Brad Schoener rehearses with fourth- and fifth-grade band students at Appleby School in Spotswood May 8. More...

Veteran board attorney honored posthumously

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

SPOTSWOOD - Generations of school officials, as well as community members and dignitaries, came together recently to honor the late Philip H. Shore. More...

Pioneer Day

Above: Andrew Edmon-son and Alexander Tan make their way through an archway created by Kelsie Miklos (l) and Kaleigh Dwyer as they learn various forms of dancing during Pioneer Day at Central Elementary School, East Brunswick, May 4. More...

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