April 10, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

Three vets, newcomer in race for three seats

Monroe Board of Ed. candidates share views on school issues
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

Three seasoned Monroe Township Board of Education members are vying to keep their seats, while a newcomer looks to grab one. Voters will decide who gets the three, three-year terms in the April 15 election. More...

Three J'burg incumbents, one write-in seek seats

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

JAMESBURG - There are four open seats on the Board of Education next week, but not one is being challenged. Incumbents Linda Newton,Don Peterson and Ted Somers are all seeking re-election. More...

Three run unchallenged for Milltown BOE

School budget for 2008-09 keeps tax rate stable
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

MILLTOWN - Three candidates are running uncontested for three available seats on the Board of Education. More...

Events will help teen recovering from cancer

E.B. resident endured three months of chemo, 13 hours of surgery
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK - If anyone can use a night out at the Stress Factory comedy club, it is Tommie Lukowski. More...

Teenage girl trying to cope with osteosarcoma

Tricky tray fundraiser planned for April 13 in Milltown
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer

NORTH BRUNSWICK- At the age of 14, most girls are worrying about starting high school, when they can date and what the latest fashion trend is. For Caitlyn Brown, life was a little different. More...

Field of four seeking three So. River seats

Three incumbents, return candidate vie in April 15 election
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer

SOUTH RIVER - Voters will decide next week which of four candidates will get three seats on the Board of Education. More...

Monroe tab calls for new staff, buses, more courses

MONROE - School taxes would increase by 3.7 percent if a 2008-09 budget is approved by voters April 15. More...

Faulkenberry, Dittman vie for Spotswood seat

School budget for 2008-09 keeps tax rate stable
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

SPOTSWOOD - Residents will choose between two candidates for one seat on the Board of Education and decide on a budget with no tax increase when they step to the polls April 15. More...

Letters

Redevelopment can benefit economic interests, restore waterfront

For thousands of New Jerseyans like me, interaction with the Raritan River is limited to the simple act of driving over it during rush hour. More...

Happy to see Neary, Klemp opt out of race

Iread with delight that East Brunswick Mayor William Neary will not be running for re-election. Finally, something to cheer about. More...

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Opinion

Cutting NJDA would sow seeds of destruction

Agriculture is not causing the state's budget deficit problem, so Gov. Jon Corzine's proposal to eliminate the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) as a costcutting measure is both ludicrous and wrong. More...

Getting a little hysterical about the History Channel

GREG BEAN Coda

All right, I officially give up, and must resign myself to the fact that I may never watch anything on the History Channel again. More...

The media: the profession everyone loves to hate

DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State

A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson - a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist - and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. More...

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Sports

Flying through the air

CHRIS KELLY staff Monroe's Nicole Ragucci competes in the girls pole vault during the Rebel Relays on April 5 at Howell High School. More...

Old Bridge baseball narrowly loses to Stevens

BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer

With two wins in its first three divisional games, the Old BridgeHigh School baseball team is off to a good start as it looks to contend in the GreaterMiddlesex Conference's (GMC) Red Division. More...

Flounder season in full effect for Shore area

RON NUZZOLO Fish On

FromBarnegat Bay to the Raritan Bay is flounder, flounder, flounder. More...

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Photo

SCOTT FRIEDMAN After playing for nearly two hours, including three encores, legendary musician Richie Havens greets fans at the Richard P. Marasco Center for the Performing Arts in Monroe Saturday night. More...

Neary to call it quits after 12 years at helm

Democrats unite behind Stahl; avoid primary contest
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

Mayor William Neary will step aside after 12 years in charge of East Brunswick, saying it's time for someone with fresh ideas to take his place. More...

Shooting for the stars

JEFF GRANIT staff Gary Munzio, owner of the Starlab Planetarium, leads the way inside for second-graders at Monroe's Barclay Brook School March 19, when classes spent 40 minutes observing the galaxy and exploring different cultures, thanks to a grant More...

School tax increase proposed in Helmetta

HELMETTA - Voters will decide the fate of a $4.36 million budget for the 2008- 09 school year that includes a 6.6-cent increase in the school tax rate. More...

Calvano gets GOP nod to run again for mayor

Republican ticket includes DeMarzo, Wendell for council
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK - Former township councilwoman Christi Calvano will make her second bid for mayor this November. More...

Five seek three seats on E.B. Board of Education

One incumbent, four newcomers vie in April 15 vote

Why did you decide to run for the school board? Sophia Brydbord My decision to run came as a natural extension of my experience as a PTA president. I am an involved parent who is dedicated to the East Brunswick school systemand the township. More...

E.B. residents' pastels on display in Spotswood

SPOTSWOOD- An exhibition featuring pastel works by Harvey Rogosin will be on display at the Academy of Music on Main Street through June 25. More...

Fundraisers

April 11 • Tricky Tray, sponsored by the Chittick Elementary School PTA, East Brunswick, doors open at 5:30 p.m., event begins at 7 p.m., at East Brunswick High School, Cranbury Road. More...

Bulletin Board

African Violet Show planned for April 18, 19

The Central Jersey African Violet Society will hold its 29th annual African Violet Show and Sale from 3-7 p.m. on April 18 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 19 at First Baptist Church, 232 Main St. (Route 79), Matawan. More...

Family Bingo, Pizza Party set at synagogue

Temple B'nai Shalom, Fern and Old Stage roads, East Brunswick, will host a Family Bingo and Pizza Party from4-6 p.m. on April 27. Families, parents and children of all ages are invited.All are welcome. More...

'Mysterious Migration' coming to Cheesequake

A program titled "Mysterious Migration" is set to begin at 1 p.m. onApril 13 at the Cheesequake Park Interpretive Center, 300 Gordon Road, Old Bridge. Participants will learn about animal migration during a one-hour hike in the park. More...

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Obituaries

Henry "Sonny" Greber Jr.

Mr. Greber, 74, of Spotswood, formerly of BelleMead, died March 3, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are his wife, Pearl M. More...

Antonina "Nina" Palella

Mrs. Palella, 78, of North Brunswick, died April 4, 2008, at home. She was a retired seamstress at Bond Clothing, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by two brothers, Concetto and Rosario Saglimbeni; and a sister, Prospera Saglimbeni Palella. More...

Mary Labasik Andolsek

Mrs. Andolsek, 96, formerly of East Brunswick, died March 24, 2008, in Cranbury Center, Monroe. Her husband, John "Curley" Andolsek, died in 1990. More...

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Schools

J'burg board proposes 10-cent school tax hike

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

JAMESBURG - A budget that originally included a 4-cent tax rate increase went up to a 10-cent hike after the Board of Education upgraded the curriculum. More...

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