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April 8, 2010 / Front Page

New-look Pine Ridge Park now one of E.B.’s ‘jewels’

Photos add missing pieces to cemetery database

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DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS

Students get hands-on ecology lesson at DeVoe

E.B. officer honored for record of combating drunken driving

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Bears have a lot to play for in tourney games

Kenney has EB baseball moving in right direction

Business admin. calls aid cuts ‘incomprehensible’

Board adopts $89.7M school budget with tax hike of $300 on avg. home

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

Monroe Township school officials and a state legislator are headed to Trenton later this week to meet with state Education Commissioner Bret Schundler and discuss the district’s massive state aid cut. More...

East Brunswick board sends budget to voters

Board members say they tried to be fair, do their best ‘in very difficult times’

BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

Amid widespread concern from residents and district employees regarding its proposed cuts, the East Brunswick Board of Education unanimously adopted its 2010-11 budget at a recent public hearing. More...

Helmetta, Sayreville to share more services

Latest agreement involves construction, zoning office services

BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer

Helmetta residents and businesses that use construction and zoning services will now get them from the borough of Sayreville. More...

Bunny love

Kelsey Parker, 8, and Julianna Franco, 12, get to know one of the bunnies during the Breakfast with the Easter Bunny event at the Middlesex County 4-H Center on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick March 2 More...

Bonnet & Top Hat Contest

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Consignors needed for fair April 29–May 1

Children’s items for newborns through size 12 are needed

BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer

Lynn Heuer, of Milltown, and Susan Chinchar, of East Brunswick, met about two years ago at the Little Sprouts of Middlesex club for mothers in Milltown. More...

State transportation head tells teens about new law

Kyleigh’s Law increases restrictions for new drivers

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

Pam Fischer, director of the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS), does not want to hear another tragic story like that of Kyleigh D’Alessio. More...

Letters

Complacency is wrong approach to gov’t

Itake great exception to the letter to the editor from Rod Kulp, “Leave Sewerage AuthorityAs Is,” that appeared in the April 1 issue of the Sentinel. More...

Gov’s, NJ Transit’s proposals will clog roads

Iwas one of many concerned citizens who attended the public hearing about Gov. Chris Christie’s and NJ Transit’s proposed service cuts and fare increases of 25 percent. Many of those present were understandably angry. More...

Name change is not the problem it is made out to be

Iread with great interest your story titled “Residents: Street Name Change Costly, Unfair” that appeared in the April 1 issue of the Sentinel. More...

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Columns

Movie tickets: You’ll have to hock the family jewels

Itry not to sound like one of those old geezers who bore the pants off younger folk by telling them over and over again how much better things were back in the Olden Days. More...

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Schools

Hatikvah charter school announces building plans

EAST BRUNSWICK — The Hatikvah International Academy Charter School will join the Campus for Jewish Life, formerly known as the YM-YWHA of Raritan Valley, to build a permanent home for the two programs on Dutch Road. More...

Spotswood board details cuts to programs, staff

Eight full-time teachers, three buildings/grounds workers among those being laid off

BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

SPOTSWOOD — Budget cuts to make up for lost state aid will include the elimination of the school district’s pull-out basic skills program and some of the sports offerings at Spotswood High School in 2010-11. More...

Milltown board adopts budget with 13 job cuts

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

MILLTOWN — The Board of Education voted in favor of a $13.8 million spending plan for the 2010-11 school year that raises taxes by $359 on the average home. Voters will have their say on the budget on April 20. More...

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Business

Ventrice family right At Home in pool business

Backyard recreation store set to open in E. Brunswick

EAST BRUNSWICK — The newest business in the township is also, in some ways, among the oldest and most experienced. More...

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Milltown council may raise water rates 45%

BY KATHY CHANG

Water and sewer rates for Milltown residents and businesses may be increased by as much as 45 percent. More...

Scout leads restoration of Rev. War burial site

Forgotten, vandalized cemetery includes more than 100 grave sites

BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

Along-neglected burial ground that is the final resting place for some Revolutionary War veterans has been cleaned up and improved thanks to the efforts of an East Brunswick Boy Scout. More...

Easter Egg Hunt at the Dey Farm Historic Site

Cassidy Smith, 8, of Monroe, takes part in the bonnet and top hat contest, held during the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Dey Farm Historic Site in Monroe March 27. More...

Corrections officer admits theft

MONROE — The former president of a labor union for corrections officers pleaded guilty last week to stealing $66,300 from union coffers. More...

Police officers honored for role in large pot bust

Tamburro: Good police work turned a bad-news story into a good one

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

MONROE — Stay out of Monroe. That’s the message Mayor Richard Pucci has for anyone considering breaking the law in his town. More...

S.R. council decides against taping business meetings

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

SOUTH RIVER — Residents who want to hear what is being said at the Borough Council’s business meetings will have to come out and attend them. The council voted 5-1 recently against broadcasting the business meetings on local TV-35. More...

Council may give green light to camera system

Drivers who run red light at Rt. 18, Tices Lane would receive ticket in the mail

BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK — Digital cameras designed to catch drivers who run a red light at Route 18 and Tices Lane will soon be installed after over a year of setbacks. More...

Area residents among suspects in drug sweep

Some 21 adults and a 15-year-old boy were arrested last week in connection with a heroin-trafficking ring in Middlesex and Somerset counties. More...

E.B. chiropractor shares experiences from Olympics

Dr. Blasé Toto worked with ice dancers, hockey players, speed skaters

BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer

NORTH BRUNSWICK — One of the best moments of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in February was when Shaun White won a gold medal for snowboarding. More...