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      February 12, 2009  RSS feed
      SCOTT FRIEDMAN Boy Scouts converged on Thompson Park in Monroe Saturday for the annual Klondike. Here, Monroe Troop 3 members Will Grischok, 15, Peter Etsch, 15, Joe Vena, 15, and Mike Baumann, 16, synchronize in the group ski race. More...
      Two vision plan meetings scheduled for Feb. 18

      Officials were pleasantly surprised by the turnout, and residents were thrilled to have their input sought on planning for Spotswood's future. So it went at the first of a series of meetings being held to come up with a Community Vision Plan. About 50 residents showed up at the Feb. More...

      Residents concerned cutbacks would backfire

      East Brunswick officials will take time to further review the idea of cutting trash pickup to only once per week. Mayor David Stahl had proposed the change in order to save the town nearly $1.9 million over five years, a 20 percent reduction in solid waste costs. However, after hearing input from many residents, Stahl said the town may look at other options. More...


      ERIC SUCAR staff Our Lady of Lourdes School first-graders Matthew Romage (l) and Roan Vadakan show their worksheets to teacher Veronica Brickman during a numbers exercise recognizing the 100th day of school Feb. 6. Students throughout the Milltown Catholic school participated in various events and coursework involving the number 100. More...


      O'Reilly excited to have hometown crowd support

      Youth soccer players from East Brunswick will learn firsthand what it takes to be a professional this spring. That's because the East Brunswick Soccer Club has launched a partnership with Sky Blue FC, a women's professional soccer team that this year celebrates its inaugural season. More...


      The East Brunswick Historical Society will present attorney Alan Brodman and students from the Institute for Political and Legal Education in a program titled "The Bill of Rights: Its History" 2-4 p.m. Feb. 15 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. More...
      On Jan. 24 American Legion Post No. 253, Spotswood, sponsored our first Comedy Night. All proceeds were to help repair our roof, so I decided that this should be a joint event sponsored by all three groups of our legion — the veterans, the ladies auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion. We would all contribute the same effort. More...
      The papers last week had some interesting demographic information about this nasty recession we're in, and it wasn't good news for men. According to The New York Times, 82 percent of the people laid off or downsized — 2.6 million in 2008 alone — were men. More...
      Mr. Peterson, 95, of Hightstown, formerly of East Brunswick, died Jan. 27, 2009, in University Medical Center at Princeton. Prior to his retirement in 1972, he was employed as an assistant plant manager with DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for more than 40 years. His wife, Edith Peterson, died in 1991. More...
      PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Monroe's Kenny Pace (r) dribbles around Cardinal McCarrick's Brenton Widgeon during their game on Feb. 4. Below: Cardinal McCarrick's Dominic Appiah (l) and Monroe's Timmy Brix fight for the ball. Monroe was defeated 61-49 by the Eagles. More...