March 4, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Monroe super: District could lose up to $1.5M

Hamilton ‘hoping’ loss of state aid will not result in the need for staff layoffs
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

It could be worse. That is Superintendent of Schools Kenneth R. Hamilton’s take on the district’s budget situation. Hamilton estimates Monroe could lose roughly $1.5 million in state aid for the 2010-11 budget. More...

Suspended deputy fire chief elected as fire commissioner

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

MONROE — According to Scott Kivet, it all comes down to one thing: making sure residents have adequate fire protection coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week. More...

Loss of aid ‘frightening’ for South River board

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

SOUTH RIVER — After two years in which they kept the school tax rate level, school officials said everything is now up in the air. More...

Letters

Where did assemblymen get tax-increase figure?

Recently Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D- 18) and Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes III (D-18) cowrote a letter to the editor that dealt with Gov. More...

Fire officials playing Russian roulette with residents’ safety

As a Monroe Township Fire District No. More...

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Schools

Buddies, pals score big in E.B.

In this game, everyone wins. That is, everyone who takes part in the Fast Break Basketball Association’s Buddy Division. More...

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Sports

Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament

PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff More...

Turco contemplating future while taking Monroe BB to greater heights

BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent

The war raging within Bob Turco isn’t about how to coach his Monroe Township High School boys basketball team to another win. It’s whether to coach at all. More...

EB’s Holihan, state’s best when it counted the most

BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent

Danny Holihan is proof you don’t have to be the best all the time, just when it counts. Holihan is a junior on East Brunswick High School’s talented and highly accomplished boys bowling team. More...

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Happy 150th!

Eugene Ng serenades the crowd with a toccata during the kickoff celebration of East Brunswick’s 150th anniversary Sunday at the township’s public library. More...

Retail picture getting brighter in East Bruns.?

Vacancy rate on decline; more businesses expected to arrive later this year
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

Despite unstable economic conditions, retail businesses are steadily growing in East Brunswick, especially along the Route 18 corridor. More...

Milltown board looks at all areas to reduce costs

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

MILLTOWN — Like other school districts, the borough’s Board of Education faces major challenges if Gov. Chris Christie follows through with the state aid cuts he has discussed. More...

Grant crucial to next phase of retail center

Summerhill Square builder says he is committed to bringing in quality retailers
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK — The developer of Summerhill Square is one step closer to obtaining grant money critical to the construction of phase two of the shopping center. More...

E.B. water rates to rise but still among lowest

Stahl hopes to move ahead with utility merger after township budget is adopted
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK — Though officials recently approved a water service rate increase, the township’s monthly utility cost remains one of the lowest in Middlesex County. More...

Event designed to help women take ‘Next Step’

Spotswood resident founded organization to help women re-enter the workforce

With unemployment at its highest in more than 25 years, women who have left the work force to raise families or other life-altering circumstances are often frustrated by present-day job searching. More...

Bulletin Board

B’nai B’rith couples will meet for dinner

The B’nai B’rith Ketubah Married Couples Unit (age 40-plus) will meet for dinner at 5:30 p.m. March 7 at South Side Grille, 2 Main St., South Bound Brook. Couples will pay for their own dinners; bar bill will be separate. More...

Brewery Collectibles Show, Sale planned

The Jersey Shore Chapter of the Brewery Collectibles Club of America will sponsor a Brewery Collectibles Show and Sale 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. March 7 at the Milltown Senior Citizens Center, Violet Terrace. More...

Country Breakfast set at Masonic lodge

Milltown Masonic Lodge No. 294, 30 N. Main St., will host its annual All-You-Can-Eat Country Breakfast 8 a.m.-1 p.m. March 7. The menu will include pancakes, eggs, potatoes, sausage, coffee and juice. More...

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Obituaries

Brett F. Fegel

Brett, 7 years old, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 20, 2010, in Hackensack Medical Center. More...

Cecelia Catherine Zagata Pasterick

Mrs. Pasterick, 86, of Sayreville, died Feb. 23, 2010, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1986, she was employed in the women’s and children’s sales department at J.J. Newberry, East Brunswick, where she worked for 25 years. More...

Patricia Jean Laskowsky

Ms. Laskowsky, 42, of East Brunswick, formerly of Spotswood, died Feb. 17, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. More...

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