May 6, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

Environmental group blasts open space tax cut

Freeholder director: One-cent drop needed to avoid county tax increase this year
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

Middlesex County officials have no right to tap into the county’s open space fund to fend off a tax increase in the 2010 budget, the head of an area environmental group said. More...

Helmetta budget on rise due to legal fees, insurance

Municipal taxes would increase $33 on avg. home
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer

HELMETTA — A $1.88 million budget introduced by the Borough Council would increase the municipal tax rate by just over a penny in 2010. More...

Township budget down, but taxes likely to go up

Stahl: Cutbacks, attrition have returned operating expenses to lower than 2005 level
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK — After more than a month of adjustments and revisions, the Township Council has formally introduced its 2010 municipal budget. More...

Milltown officials get mixed input on cuts

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

MILLTOWN — Borough Council members expect to make a decision on cuts to the defeated school budget at its May 10 meeting. More...

Letters

On BOE, teachers and ‘It’s for the children’

Iwent to East Brunswick Schools kindergarten-12th grade, attended college for four years and apartment hopped for seven. More...

Renew ‘millionaire’s tax,’ save aid to public schools

This is an open letter to Gov. Chris Christie. I have watched in horror as your misguided policies have punished the hardworking and rewarded the rich. More...

Volcanic dust cloud produced quiet skies

Did anyone else notice how quiet the skies above East Brunswick were two weeks ago? When planes stopped flying to/from Europe due to the Iceland volcano activity, the flyway we live under became peaceful. More...

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Columns

Holt’s bill in U.S. House could save lives of soldiers

CODA
GREG BEAN

Ihaven’t written about this much, because it’s still incredibly difficult — but developments in the last couple of weeks make me realize it’s time to say thanks. More...

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Schools

School tab cuts won’t make anybody happy, official says

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

MONROE — Township officials were expected to release the cuts they made to the defeated school budget at the May 4 Board of Education meeting. Township Administrator Wayne R. More...

American Legion Joyce Kilmer Post 25 Auxiliary

The American Legion Joyce Kilmer Post 25 Auxiliary in Milltown recently sponsored its annual Americanism Essay Contest for students in grades three through 12. More...

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New Jersey Water Supply Authority

Rick Anthes of the New Jersey Water Supply Authority and volunteers from a Rutgers Cooperative Extension Rain Garden Certification Workshop transform a grassy island into a rain garden in a parking lo More...

Simmens, Shaw tapped to lead school board

President: We have quite a year ahead of us
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

Facing issues such as a defeated budget, staff reductions and an unresolved teachers’ contract, the East Brunswick Board of Education reorganized last week, naming two familiar faces to serve as its leaders. More...

Four seek three seats on Spotswood council

Three incumbents and one challenger will vie for three seats on the Spotswood Borough Council in the May 11 nonpartisan municipal election. Council members Marge Drozd, Charles J. More...

Police: Man broke into home while family was sleeping

P olice arrested a South River man after he allegedly broke into an East Brunswick home and fled when confronted by the resident. According to police, Fernando E. Gutierrez, 26, entered a home on Kendall Road shortly after 4 a.m. More...

E.B. has new contract with managers’ union

Two-year salary freeze will be followed by annual 2.5 percent increases
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK — The township has finally struck a deal with one of the two unions that represent a large percentage of municipal employees. More...

Rain garden to treat water before it flows into lake

JAMESBURG — A grassy island in a parking lot at Thompson Park has been transformed into a rain garden, complete with coneflowers, black-eyed Susans, Joe Pye weed, and other assorted native plants. More...

Bulletin Board

Participants sought for United Way golf

The United Way of Central Jersey will hold its annual Golf Outing May 10 at TPC Jasna Polana, Princeton. Proceeds will go to the Christian C. Kjeldsen Fund for Children. More...

St. Thomas HSA golf outing set for May 17

St. Thomas the Apostle HSA, Old Bridge, will host its 10th annual Golf Classic May 17 at the Bella Vista Country Club, Marlboro. The date was changed from an original date published in last week’s newspaper. More...

MTHS Yard Sale slated for May 8

The Monroe Township High School (MTHS) PTO will sponsor an Old-and- New Treasures Yard Sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 8 in the parking lot at the high school, Perrineville Road. Rain date is May 22. More...

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Obituaries

John M. Jesus

Mr. Jesus, 33, of South River, died April 16, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was employed as a heavy-equipment operator and truck driver with GR Contractors, Monroe. More...

Fred Hampton Scott

Mr. Scott, 85, of South River, died April 25, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. More...

John P. Iannuzzo

Mr. Iannuzzo, 89, of East Brunswick, died April 26, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. His wife, Hilda Franchetti Iannuzzo, died in 1993. More...

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Sports

Determination keys E.B. lacrosse team

BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent

If heart and determination were the only prerequisites for a winning lacrosse program, the East Brunswick girls would be champions. More...

Spotswood looking for consistency

BY JIMMY ALLINDER Staff Writer

From an offensive statistical standpoint, the Spotswood High School baseball team should be near the top of the heap in the talent-rich Greater Middlesex Conference, certainly in a commanding position to win the Blue Division. More...

sport shorts

East Brunswick/Spotswood Golden Bear Chargers youth football and cheer organization will be accepting registrations for boys and girls ages 5-15 6-8 p.m. May 13 and June 17 at the East Brunswick Senior Center and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More...

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