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October 25, 2007

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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Sarah Butler, 6, and her father, Rob, create a sand bottle sculpture during Sunday's Octoberfest celebration at the Monroe Township Community Center, Monmouth Road. More...

Boro gets two months to mull housing plan

Public comes out in force to debate Ford Ave. proposal

BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

Milltown secured a 60-day extension of the courtordered deadline to approve a controversial affordable housing plan that will affect the redevelopment of Ford Avenue. More...

Planned school building shifted to avoid dig site

Cost of redesign incorporated into Dec. referendum

BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

The Monroe Board of Education has devised a way to bypass its land conundrum at the proposed site for a new high school. The board voted on Oct. 17 to move the footprint of the school so that it will not have to wait for the state to release 3.6 acres of the original 35-acre site in Thompson Park. More...

Town wants to know who's been here longest

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

SPOTSWOOD - In preparation for the borough's centennial celebration, the Cultural and Heritage Commission is looking for two people who may be able to share stories of the town's past better than anyone. The commission is in fact running a contest in search of those two people - the oldest living borough resident, and the resident who has been in Spotswood the longest. More...

•	Octoberfest celebration

•	Democrat incumbents face four GOP hopefuls

•	Authors find N.J.'s story in its cemeteries

•	Officer alleges abuses on part of E.B. police

•	Family Fun Night

•	Mayoral hopefuls debate the year's hotter topics

•	Rain-slicked road

•	Mayoral candidates sound off on S.R. issues

•	Helmetta gets first ladder truck, and free of charge

Bulletin Board

•	Daisy Walk, Halloween Carnival coming to E.B.

The fifth annual Camp Daisy Walk in the Park and Halloween Carnival will begin at noon on Oct. 28 in Bicentennial Park, Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick. The event, which is sponsored by the Daisy Association, will raise funds to support existing recreation programs and to develop new programs for people with special needs. More...

•	Vendor Night on tap for Nov. 1 in Spotswood

•	Fall foliage hike set for Oct. 28 at Cheesequake

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Letters

•	Democrats' campaign literature does not reflect reality

Irecently received a flier in the mail from the "Middlesex Democratic Team." Three major topics mentioned in the mailing under the heading "Protecting What Makes Our County Great," making county services work better, for less, were: working to lower property taxes; protecting more than 7,000 acres of open space; reducing local traffic. More...

•	Don't allow legislators to borrow more

•	Bradford is honest, caring, rejects political grandstanding

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Editorials

•	Will the last person in N.J. turn out the lights?

There was an interesting poll released last week that found 49 percent of the people in New Jersey would like to leave the state and move someplace where they can afford to live. More...

•	Vote to remove offensive description of voters with disabilities

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Obituaries

•	Obituaries

Maryann Anthony Formaniak Mrs. Formaniak, 58, of Jamesburg, formerly of South River and East Brunswick, died Oct. 4, 2007, in JFK Medical Center, Edison. Her husband, John Formaniak, died in 1991. More...

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Schools

•	Concert, scholarship will honor De Carolis

A Big Band Benefit Concert to honor Mario "Chic" De Carolis and to fund the first music scholarship in East Brunswick is planned for 3-5 p.m. on Oct. 28 at East Brunswick High School, Cranbury Road. De Carolis, who died in February, was a music teacher and bandleader at East Brunswick High School, Middle School and elementary schools for 30 years. More...

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Sports

•	Just kickin' it

ERIC SUCAR staff Left, Gorkem Yurekhi (l) of the Sayreville Devils and Jordan Rensel of the Lacey Hot Shots battle for the ball during their game at the Halloween Soccer Tournament held at the Manalapan Recreation Center on Oct. 20. Above, Sayreville's Tyler Barreiro clears the ball out of his team's end during the game. More...

•	Sayreville girls soccer prepares for state tourney

•	OB girls volleyball advances to GMC semis

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