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      May 7, 2009  RSS feed
      Shovels in the dirt as E.B. opens garden
      Eighty plots sold out quickly for inaugural season
      After two years of planning, East Brunswick's Community Garden opened Saturday with plenty of good will, a few laughs and lots of digging and planting. More...
      Troupe is preparing for first season at new theater
      East Brunswick, Playhouse 22 sign deal for use of arts center
      BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

      Playhouse 22 is back. Nearly four years after performing its final show in its former home on Dunhams Corner Road, the local theater troupe will begin a full season of productions this fall. Its shows will be performed at the theater inside the township's new Community Arts Center, located at Heavenly Farms, Dunhams Corner and Cranbury roads. More...

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      CHRIS KELLY staff Becca Lubitz sponges down an April 25 car wash fundraiser to benefit the East Brunswick High School girls lacrosse team. More...


      Advocate says officials violated disclosure laws
      Ethics Board chairman calls lack of filings 'unfortunate'
      BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

      Acomplaint has been filed with the Ethics Board claiming that numerous Milltown officials failed to file their required financial disclosure statements with the borough. John Paff, chairman of the Open Government Advocacy Project for the New Jersey Libertarian Party, filed the ethics complaint on April 21. More...


      Students use creativity in books for Ugandans
      Project aims to help youth at school in war-torn nation
      BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

      EAST BRUNSWICK — A group of teachers at East Brunswick High School have volunteered to participate in a humanitarian project in which students create books to be used at a school in Uganda. Italian teacher Paula Haughney got the idea for Books of Hope last year while teaching French and preparing a unit on French Colonialism and then UNICEF. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Yard Sale to raise funds for Scout troop
      Girl Scout Troop No. 81251, South River, will hold a troop Yard Sale 8 a.m.- noon (no early-birds) May 9 at the Little House, West George Street, off DeVoe Street, South River. New and gently used toys, housewares, outdoor items and more will be available for purchase. More...
      • Polish Alliance offers trip to Trump Marina
      • Ecumenical prayer service slated in S.R.
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       Letters
      • Turned off after latest 'political episode'
      Kudos to New Jersey's Gov. Jon Corzine and state Attorney General Anne Milgram for breaking up one of the biggest and oldest pay-to-play schemes in state history. I am talking about the selling of raffle tickets during bowling leagues that involve thousands and thousands of New Jerseyans both young and old, both Democrat and Republican. More...
      • Candidates offer thanks for support
      • Wants residents to ask questions, expect truthful answers
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Nightly newscast: Be afraid, be very afraid
      Whenever someone asked what I did for a living, I never said I'm in "the media." "I'm a local newspaperman," I told them. "There's a big difference." Fact is, most local newspaper people of my long acquaintance are idealists who really do want to change the world by making a positive difference. It sure isn't for the money. More...
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       Obituaries
      • James H. Dalton
      Mr. Dalton, 80, of East Brunswick, died April 23, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by a daughter-in-law, Joanne Dalton. More...
      • Michael J. Grubniak
      • John S. Grabowski
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       Sports
      • article has image Making contact
      CHRIS KELLY staff Left: Tanay Patel, a first singles player for Sayreville War Memorial High School's boys tennis team, returns a serve against St. Joseph's Frank Osolnick at Kennedy Park May 1. Patel won the match 6-1, 6-1, helping the Bombers to a team victory. Right: Sayreville's Amar Karki competes against St. Joseph's, defeating Joe Jaeger 6-0, 6-1. More...
      • article has image Monroe girls lacrosse strong in first season
      • EBHS lacrosse hopes to regain momentum
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