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April 24, 2008

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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Shawn Hoskins, of Monroe, enjoys a jog in Thompson Park Saturday, a perfect spring day with sunny skies and warm temperatures. More...

Coach can't bow head, take knee as team prays

Judges: Borden's history would signal religious endorsement

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

Afederal appeals court has sided with the school district in prohibiting East Brunswick High School football coach Marcus Borden from participating in team prayers, but the legal decision may not be the last in a case that has received national media attention. More...

Ground broken on school in park

BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

Some thought it could not be done. Others tried to prevent it. Still others were driven to make it a reality. For all of these groups, Friday was a big day. School, Monroe Township, county and state officials, along with students and residents, gathered to take part in the groundbreaking for the new high school in Thompson Park. More...

Let's go fly a kite

PHOTOS By SCOTT FRIEDMAN Left: Marshall Kletzkin tries to get his kite airborne while daughter Kayla, 3, chases behind during Monroe Township's Go Fly a Kite event Saturday at Thompson Park. Above: Cameron Carpnito, 4, prepares to launch his kite. The free bring-your-own-kite event was sponsored by the Recreation Department. More...

Judge says Monroe law violates builders' rights

Township attorney defends ethics measure; recommends appeal

BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

MONROE - A state Superior Court judge ruled April 17 that the township must do away with one of its seven ethics ordinances. A dispute with a builder prompted the court's decision, which deemed the ordinance that deals with disclosure of applicants' political contributions is unconstitutional. More...

•	Monroe denies veteran board member, budget

•	Voters give a rare OK to Spotswood budget

•	E. Bruns. school tab suffers narrow defeat

•	Voters go with Wyluda, England, Turner-Smith

•	Two boro men arrested; one on drug distribution charges

•	Fun in the sun

•	Cost estimate of $2.6M prompts more questions

•	Helmetta voters say no to school tax increase

•	Four get voters' OK, but not the budget

•	5K celebrates memory of East Brunswick native

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•	Chamber seeks vendors for wellness, fitness expo

Bulletin Board

•	Day of Prayer set at high school flagpole

A National Day of Prayer event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on May 1 at the flagpole in front of Spotswood High School, Summerhill Road. Students, faculty, parents and local officials, including Mayor Barry Zagnit, will join together in prayer for the United States. All are welcome to attend. More...

•	School tab passes easily; three elected to board

•	Applications available for EBHS preschool

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Letters

•	No message, just laziness, in failure of school budget

In response to the recent school budgets failing in many towns in Middlesex County, there is no message being sent to the state. Wake up, people. I live in Jamesburg, and our budget is as lean as it gets. We lost by 29 votes and, to me, that is sheer laziness. We have no fluff, no extra. More...

•	Members vow to seek cost-effective excellence

•	Extends thanks for re-election, passage of school budget

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Editorials

•	Ruling shows Board of Ed. made right call from start

Congratulations go to the East Brunswick Board of Education for what turned out to be the appropriate decision when, in August 2006, it chose to appeal a federal court ruling in the Marcus Borden case. The board had hoped to avoid costs of up to $100,000 to pay Borden's attorney. More...

•	Finally, a matter upon which we seem to agree

•	Guns and Bibles sure aren't exclusive to flyover country

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Obituaries

•	Patricia R. Kaiser Bradshaw

Mrs. Bradshaw, 59, of Old Bridge, died April 2, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a school-bus aide with Phoenix Transportation, Jamesburg, for several years. She was predeceased by her parents, Joseph F. and Rose Bertotti Kaiser, and by a brother, Joseph F. Kaiser Jr. Surviving are her husband, Richard C. More...

•	Arlene M. Horvath

•	Donald Mackenzie Buchanan

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Sports

•	In a cloud of dust

East Brunswick shortstop Connor Paglia applies the tag to Old Bridge's Vinny Galya as he tries to steal second base during a game in East Brunswick on Friday. The Bears lost to Old Bridge, 13-6, after holding a 6-2 lead. JEFF GRANIT staff More...

•	South River track teams are a work in progress

•	Good weather brings anglers out from winter hibernation

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