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      November 6, 2008  RSS feed
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      JEFF GRANIT staff East Brunswick High School's Stefani Balasa returns a shot in her first singles match against Millburn's Rachel Cantor during the Tournament of Champions final Oct. 29. Balasa went on to win, 6-1, 6-3. For the story, see page 47. More...
      Board says no thanks to $1M turf field grant
      Members say taxpayers can't afford related costs
      BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

      The South River Board of Education has turned down a $1 million grant from Middlesex County for a new synthetic turf field at South River High School's Denny Stadium. The board voted unanimously on the decision at its Oct. 23 meeting. Board member Donna Rafano abstained from the vote. More...

      Jamesburg keeps its library

      Saying that a state law has prompted unwarranted increases in the cost of running the borough library, Jamesburg officials asked voters on Tuesday for permission to close the facility. The answer was a resounding More...


      Dems win in So. River, J’Burg; not Helmetta

      Voters kept the local races close in South River, Jamesburg and Helmetta Tuesday night, but more so in Milltown, where the election remained too close to call Wednesday. In Milltown, where two Borough Council seats were at stake, Democrat Ronald Dixon was the leading vote-getter More...


      Stahl, next mayor of East Brunswick
      BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

      EAST BRUNSWICK More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Annual ham dinner and bazaar Nov. 7, 8
      The Autumn Fest Holiday Ham Dinner and Bazaar will be held at the Spotswood Reformed Church, 429 Main St. (across from the post office), 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Nov. 7, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 8. More...
      • Make a basket at the library Nov. 15
      • Donors sought for Nov. 9 blood drive
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       Letters
      • E.B. has neglected older neighborhoods
      Shall we reminisce? When I moved to East Brunswick in 1948, there were approximately 5,000 residences scattered over 23 square miles of farmland. We had a nice golf course and a highly desirable residential area known as Pine Ridge. There was also a section known as the presidents streets, a modest area of nice homes dating back to the 1920s and 1930s. More...
      • Family grateful for support of CF foundation
      • Vote as an American, not as part of a demographic
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       Editorials
      • article has image In the News
      Challenging times, but we look ahead
      You may have read recent reports about the struggles the newspaper business is facing these days. Going back to the time before the present recession hit the United States, newspapers were facing a changing climate — one in which advertisers and readers were migrating to other types of media in an effort to connect with news and information. More...
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Coda
      And now, we return to our regularly scheduled program
      Ifigure there'll be a lot of upsides to getting this never-ending election over with — and one of the best things will be getting my History Channel back. Longtime readers will remember the outrage I felt (an outrage shared by many) when Comcast took my History Channel away early this year as part of their "upgrade" in services. More...
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       Red State / Blue State
      • article has image Red State/ Blue State
      Ready for bleak days ahead
      Dear Greg: I'm writing this before Election Day, so I have no idea what the outcome will be, other than the delirious conga-line dance going on over at MSNBC, which has been under way for about a week now. (I knew how dedicated that network was to balanced political coverage when they hired "Air America's" Rachel Maddow to follow those two bastions of Edward R. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Helen Wroclawski McBride
      Mrs. McBride, 84, died Oct. 29, 2008, at her daughter's home in Monroe. She was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, Roland McBride; two sisters, Josephine Pagano and Pauline Kearns; and two brothers, Walter Wroclawski and Joseph Wroclawski. Surviving are a daughter, Susan Caputo and her husband, Anthony, of Monroe; and two grandchildren. More...
      • Guy M. Dawson
      • Barbara M. Caserta Kennedy
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       Schools
      • First SHS graduates reunite after 30 years
      Students recall excitement of getting own high school
      SPOTSWOOD — It might surprise some borough teenagers to learn that their community didn't always have a high school. In fact, until 1976, ninth- through 12thgraders from Spotswood attended South River High School. Borough residents voted to approve construction of their own school in the early 1970s, and the first class graduated Spotswood High School in 1978. More...
      • Mayor seeks crosswalk in area of school
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       Sports
      • article has image Horsin' around
      PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Kayla Baureko of Helmetta practices her grooming techniques Saturday at the Girl Scouts of Delaware-Raritan facility on Church Lane, East Brunswick. Members of the Golden Spurs 4-H Horse Club were on hand to teach Brownies and Scouts about horsemanship. More...
      • article has image E. Brunswick girls tennis crowned as state champs
      • E.B. boys soccer moves forward in state tourney
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       Business
      • ARF moves across street to PetSmart
      EAST BRUSNWICK — After years of adopting out animals from its home at the Route 18 Indoor Market, the Animal Rescue Force (ARF) is moving. ARF is among the many vendors forced to vacate the flea market, which closed its doors for good last weekend after its lease expired. More...
      • Wal-Mart, restaurants proposed on Route 18
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