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      September 3, 2009  RSS feed
      Garden truly a 'community' effort in E. Bruns.
      First-year garden brings E.B. community together
      When Sean Lasch finds a strange insect eating one of the leaves of his cucumber plants, he reaches for his camera, not a can of bug spray. Lasch then sends the photo to the hundred or so other gardeners on the East Brunswick Community Garden Internet group, who will help him figure out what it is and how to combat it. More...
      Ceremonious changing of the guard in South River
      Borough honors Bomba; welcomes Bouthillette as chief
      BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

      South River has a new police chief. It was standing ovation after standing ovation as 80-plus family, friends, residents, borough and county officials, and 18 police chiefs from around Middlesex County, filled the South River Middle School cafetorium Monday night and welcomed John P. Bouthillette, 47, as chief, and honored outgoing Chief Wesley J. Bomba. More...

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      SCOTT FRIEDMAN A swimmer makes a splash in the water at East Brunswick's Crystal Springs Aquatic Center under sunny skies Aug. 25. More...


      E.B. among first to get new COAH approval
      Town's plan is to provide 410 new units by 2018
      BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

      East Brunswick is one of the first towns in New Jersey to receive approval for its plan to meet new affordable housing obligations. The state Council On Affordable Housing (COAH) certified East Brunswick's third-round plan on Aug. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Chinese-language classes to begin in E.B.
      Mid-Jersey Chinese School, a nonprofit organization offering Chinese-language instruction and cultural classes for adults and children, is accepting applications for 2009- 10 enrollment. Classes will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday mornings beginning Sept. 12 at Churchill Junior High School, East Brunswick. More...
      • MOMS aim to raise cancer awareness
      • SAG slates meeting, seeks new members
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       Letters
      • Team's success demonstrates all is possible
      Congratulations to Sky Blue FC for winning the championship in the inaugural season of the Women's Professional Soccer League. Everyone from the East Brunswick community should be proud of Heather O'Reilly, as she scored the winning goal for the championship. More...
      • True reform requires incentives to exercise more
      • Higher stakes may call for modification of current police protocol
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Anonymous cretins, beware: George is coming after you
      T he righteous jihad against the anonymous cockroaches who hide in the darkness — slavering and mumbling to themselves like Gollum in a Tolkien pageturner — to post libelous and defamatory comments about their fellow human beings on the Internet is moving more rapidly than I could have predicted. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Edward Chodzko
      Mr. Chodzko, 93, of South River, died Aug. 11, 2009, in Compassionate Care Hospice, Trenton. Prior to his retirement in 1989, he was employed as a maintenance mechanic at Algrow Knitting Mills, Milltown, where he worked for 20 years. A son, Leon Chodzko, died in 2008. More...
      • Martin Myles Lewis
      • Duncan M. Ball Sr.
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       Sports
      • article has image Senior-heavy Bears aim to build on experience
      EBHS returns Tucci at QB, and nine of 11 starters on D
      Boy, how time flies. It seemed like only yesterday that East Brunswick High School's football program reached the summit of the mountain, winning its only Central Jersey Group IV state championship. However, that was five years ago and the Bears have not eclipsed the . More...
      • article has image Yonchiuk hopes to get Bears off on right foot
      • article has image Irish Ayes are smiling
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