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      November 26, 2009  RSS feed
      Monroe, EBHS go for titles
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      Dalina seeks recount due to 31-vote margin
      Hearing set for Dec. 3 in state Superior Court
      BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer

      With vote tallies indicating that he lost by a margin of less than 1 percent, Monroe Township Council candidate Stephen Dalina has filed for a recount of votes in the Ward 3 election. Reports show Dalina, a Democrat making his first run for council, with 2,038 votes, just 31 short of Republican Michael Leibowitz's 2,069 votes. More...

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      Newly revived Playhouse sets up acting academy
      Four categories of classes will kick off in January
      BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

      Aspiring actors, even those with no experience, can learn the craft at the new Playhouse 22 Acting Academy. The community theater troupe, which is in its first season of shows at the township's new Community Arts Center, Dunhams Corner Road in East Brunswick, recently announced plans to establish the acting academy for adults and children ages 9 and older. More...


      Jamesburg officials look at master plan
      BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

      JAMESBURG — Borough officials are reexamining its master plan with hopes of improving it to spur the type of development they believe is needed. Councilman John Longo, who has been revisiting the plan as a member of the Land Use Board, said one goal is to stop the growth of mixed uses that include residential apartments located above businesses. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Author to discuss making of new novel
      Michael Aaron Rockland will speak on the process of writing his latest novel, "Stones," 7- 8 p.m. Dec. 2 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Rockland, also author of "The George Washington Bridge: Poetry in Steel," is a professor of American Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. More...
      • Donations sought for PTA Adopt-A-Family
      • Columbiettes to host Dec. 6 Christmas Tea
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       Letters
      • 17th district assemblyman thanks voters
      Iwould like to thank the voters of the 17th legislative district — Milltown, North Brunswick, New Brunswick, Highland Park, Piscataway and Franklin, for your support and confidence you have placed in me. More...
      • Grateful to all who made event successful
      • Losing candidate should give up call for recount in Monroe
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image That's a big hole to fill, so he'd better get shoveling
      It sure didn't take our governorelect long to start looking like someone had whacked him upside the head with a two-by-four, did it? There he was on the news last week after a meeting with the state treasury people, saying that things are even worse than he imagined. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Miriam R. Thomas Ellison
      Mrs. Ellison, 82, of East Brunswick, formerly of South River, died Nov. 3, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Surviving are her husband, Roy; a son, Robert R. Ellison, and his wife, Linda, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick; a sister, Kathleen Justus of Largo, Fla.; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. More...
      • Carmella "Millie" Marrazza
      • John Thomas Ench
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       Sports
      • article has image Monroe earns first trip to section finals
      Falcons settle score with Ocean; travel to Bishop Ahr tonight
      Unfinished business? How about uncharted waters for the Monroe Township High School football team? By vanquishing Ocean Township, 31-20, last Friday night in the Central Jersey Group III semifinals in front of a packed house at Hugh Walsh Field, the Falcons earned their first ever opportunity to play in the sectional finals. The game will be played at 11 a.m. More...
      • article has image East Brunswick rises to Bombers' challenge
      • St. Bart's PeeWees fall short of Region title in final seconds
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