SCOTT FRIEDMAN Jessica Bortnick, 13, of East Brunswick, makes a splash at the bottom of a water slide at the Crystal Springs Aquatic Center, Dunhams Corner Road, on Sunday before the clouds rolled in for the week.
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Small EBPD team has one role: to seek out drunken drivers
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer
Take Patrolman James Angermeier's word for it: There are drunks to be arrested on East Brunswick roads every night of the week. When he goes out in his unmarked car for his regular 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. shift, his record shows that he will make one to four arrests for driving while intoxicated, be it late on a Friday night or early on a Tuesday morning. More...
HELMETTA - Residents will pay an average of $151 more in property taxes for 2007 now that the Borough Council has adopted its municipal budget for the year. The borough's property tax rate will increase by 8.2 cents to $1.91 per $100 of assessed valuation. That is due to a 5.4-cent hike in the municipal tax rate and a 2.8-cent increase in the county and open space tax rates. More...
Republicans challenge opponents to sign pledge to campaign fairly
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer
Democratic and Republican Assembly candidates in District 14 have made plans to hold a debate sometime this coming fall. The campaign managers for the respective sides are currently in discussion to work out the logistics of the event. More...