JEFF GRANIT staff Matthew Bash, 11, of Monroe, competes in the waterslide relay during the fourth annual Community Friendship Games at Geick Park in Old Bridge July 15. Kids ages 10 and 11 from summer camps in Monroe, Edison and Old Bridge competed in a day of games, with Monroe emerging victorious.
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Automated remote electric, water meters coming to S.R.
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer
South River will receive $500,000 from the federal government to install automated remote meters for electricity users throughout town. Congress approved the funding on Friday as part of the federal Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, despite attempts to strike specific programs included in the package, such as South River's earmark. More...
Area residents enjoy raising, breeding exhibition parakeets
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer
Parakeet enthusiasts came to the borough from as far away as New England and Virginia to attend the 19th annual Tri-State Budgerigar Society (TSBS) show July 18. While the parakeet and the budgerigar are the same bird, the exhibition budgie is bred for size, color and deportment, while the pet budgie's main emphasis is on color and quantity for the pet market. More...
Stahl: Ruling marks start of lengthy legal battle
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer
EAST BRUNSWICK — Round one may have gone to Toll Brothers, but according to Mayor David Stahl, the legal battle is just getting started. A state Superior Court judge recently refused a motion by East Brunswick to dismiss Toll Brothers' lawsuit. More...
Scout builds long-needed shed at Butterfly Park
