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April 2, 2009 / Front Page

New-look Pine Ridge Park now one of E.B.’s ‘jewels’

Photos add missing pieces to cemetery database

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CODA

DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

Students get hands-on ecology lesson at DeVoe

E.B. officer honored for record of combating drunken driving

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Bears have a lot to play for in tourney games

Kenney has EB baseball moving in right direction

End of line for trees on Timber Rd. in E.B.?

Court rulings allow pipeline co. to clear right of way

BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

After three years, it appears that a group of residents in East Brunswick has finally lost its fight to keep the trees along their street. More...

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CHRIS KELLY staff East Brunswick High School student David Kolchmeyer, 17, performs with saxophonist and composer Grace Kelly in front of the school's secondary instrumental students March 17. More...

Municipal taxes level in South River budget

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

SOUTH RIVER — The Borough Council unanimously introduced a tentative budget that calls for no tax increase, a drastic difference from the 19-percent increase that loomed over taxpayers last year. Mayor Raymond T. More...

Brawl outside bar leads to Jackson man's arrest

MONROE — Police broke up a reported melee at a township bar, arresting and jailing an Ocean County man in the process. Police were dispatched to the Clubhouse Bar on Spotswood-Englishtown Road at 1:33 a.m. More...

Officials concerned about flood zone requirements

BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

SPOTSWOOD — The borough's flood zone could be expanded, which would lead to more residents having to purchase flood insurance. More...

Clownin' around

SCOTT FRIEDMAN "Quigly the Clown" serves up some pasta during Saturday's "Pa-Sketti Dinner" fundraiser presented by Fools for Christ, the clown group at the Presbyterian Church in Jamesburg. More...

Fundraisers

April 2 • Live Art and Sports Memorabilia Auction, sponsored by the Warnsdorfer School PTA, East Brunswick, preview at 7 p.m., event begins at 8 p.m., at the Farrington Manor, 16 Patrick St., off Riva Avenue, East Brunswick. More...

Letters

Let consolidation begin with Legislature

The governor and our Legislature keep pushing our towns for shared services and consolidation. It's time for them to practice what they preach. We have 40 legislative districts in our state with 40 senators and 80 Assembly members. More...

Savings from garbage proposal not worth it

Mayor David Stahl seems bound and determined to cut East Brunswick's garbage collection. More...

Same old, same old on Spotswood Board of Education

Alan Bartlett, who has served on the Spotswood Board of Education for the last nine years, is finally stepping down because, as he states in his letter to the editor ("Stepping Down, But Grateful for Privilege To Have Served," Sentinel, March 26), More...

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Columns

They say life is sweeter for Twitterers who Tweet

Coda • GREG BEAN

The email message was enough to make little beads of sweat break out on my forehead and set my heart to thumping with dread. It said one of my brothers had invited me to join Twitter so he and I could Tweet. More...

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Sports

Battling for the win

PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff The Monroe High School boys lacrosse team took on New Egypt High School in a scrimmage in Monroe on March 27. More...

Bears hope to turn potential into wins

BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent

When you preview the East Brunswick High School baseball roster, you see a lineup sprinkled with a healthy dose of youth. More...

SRHS, heavy on youth, faces tough schedule

BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent

One might surmise that South River, being a member of the Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division, is fortunate not to play all those big, bad GMC Red and White division teams. More...

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Fun raising

SCOTT FRIEDMAN "Sunny Flower," aka Jackie Poirier of Monroe, serves up some pasta during Saturday's "Pa-Sketti Dinner" fundraiser presented by Fools for Christ, the clown group at the Presbyterian Church in Jamesburg. More...

Jamesburg budget has $133 tax hike

Officials fear years ahead will bring more tough choices

BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

Despite recent cuts to workforce and services, the 2009 Jamesburg municipal budget would bring a $133 increase in taxes on the average borough home. More...

EAT RIGHT TO PLAY RIGHT - Advertorial

By Gloria Averbuch

Active children--whether simply on the go or on the playing field--have special nutritional needs. Although that goes without saying, young people often skip on the essentials, and need education and guidance on the importance of good nutrition. More...

Milltown board makes cuts to defray tax hike

District absorbs increases in tuition, transportation

BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

The average Milltown homeowner would see an increase of $155 in their school tax bill under a 2009-10 budget proposed by the Board of Education. The increase comes despite cuts made in several areas of the budget. More...

Students get help from boro officials in musical

BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

SPOTSWOOD — Appleby School's annual stage show is always a community event, but that's being taken to a new level this year. More...

Garage Sale to aid Project Graduation

The Spotswood High School Project Graduation Garage Sale is set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 4, rain or shine, at Memorial Middle School, 115 Summerhill Road, Spotswood. More...

Former Monroe DPW foreman pleads guilty to gasoline theft

MONROE — A township public works foreman has pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing gasoline from the town for personal use. More...

Spotswood to regulate collection bins in town

Fine of $20K in place for violators of new law`

SPOTSWOOD — Borough officials have adopted an ordinance regulating the placement and use of public collection bins, such as those for the drop-off of used clothing. And those found in violation could face a fine of up to $20,000. More...

Police: N.Y. man ran local cocaine distribution ring

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

SOUTH RIVER — After a month-long investigation, police have arrested a 27-year-old Jamaica, N.Y., man for allegedly selling crack cocaine. Police stopped Adika Anderson on Milton Avenue at 5:14 p.m. on March 27 in a 2009 Dodge Charger. More...

Why did the amphibians cross the road?

PHOTOS COURTESY OF EAST BRUNSWICK ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION Left: a female salamander, whose swollen midsection indicates she's filled with eggs, crosses Beekman Road in East Brunswick March 26, when observers came out to watch the amphibians' annual More...

Bulletin Board

Elks to host egg hunt, breakfast with Bunny

Elks Lodge No. 2370 will sponsor a Breakfast With the Easter Bunny and Egg Hunt 9:30-11 a.m. April 11 at the lodge, Oakmont Avenue and Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick. The Bunny will arrive at 10:45 a.m. More...

Tickets on sale for Daisy Breakfast

The 26th annual Ralph Lamo Memorial Daisy Breakfast will be held 8 a.m.-1 p.m. April 5 at the East Brunswick Hilton, Route 18, East Brunswick. More...

Shakespeare readings to take center stage

The East Brunswick Arts Commission and the East Brunswick Public Library will sponsor "Celebrate Shakespeare!" 2-3:30 p.m. April 5 at the library, Jean Walling Civic Center. More...

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