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July 1, 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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CODA

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

Local towns set to go red, white and blue

East Brunswick, Milltown, Sayreville, South River and Monroe plan events

BY JULIE KLIEGMAN
Correspondent

For anyone looking for some good oldfashioned fun this Fourth of July weekend, several area towns are planning Fourth of July festivities that run the gamut from fishing to fireworks. More...

Community Center expansion nearing completion after delays

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER
Staff Writer

MONROE — What a difference a few months make. Earlier this year, the primary contractor for the expansion of the Monroe Community Center, Monmouth Road, had walked off the job, leaving 15 percent of the work incomplete. More...

Organizers hope concert series hits the right notes

The beat is on this summer, from So. Amboy waterfront to Thompson Park

BY JACQUELINE DURETT
Correspondent

In a down economy, it’s good to know that some things in life are still free — including the Middlesex County Summer Concert Series. More...

Scout’s pavilion up just in time for summer heat

EAST BRUNSWICK — Vincent Buccigrossi, a high school track and cross country runner, was on a distance run that led through Great Oak Park, when he noticed that something seemed missing. More...

Summer fun

Top to bottom: Youngsters make their way through Castle Mania during the annual Immaculate Conception Church Carnival on June 19, the final day of the weeklong event. More...

Letters

Family extends thanks for support of community

On March 16 our 18-year-old daughter, Emily, was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. As I am sure you can imagine, this was a huge blow to our family. More...

Why can’t twp. make Toll Bros. honor contract?

Here we go again with Toll Brothers. Did anybody notice the coincidence? More...

Musings on the sights and sounds of a holiday parade

Hometown parades don’t last too long, but we show up just the same. We come to be spectators. We come to show support and to be patriotic. The American flags have been brought out of mothballs or plastic bags to once again wave in the breeze. More...

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Obituaries

Michelle Rae Lynch

Ms. Lynch, 20, of Lone Oak, Ky., formerly of Milltown, died April 17, 2010, in Paducah, Ky. She was a 2008 graduate of Spotswood High School and a former employee of Acme Market, Milltown. More...

Margaret Kierst Frey

Mrs. Frey, 98, of South River, died June 12, 2010. She worked for many years as a hairdresser and beauty-culture instructor and owned a beauty school, Winfred Beauty Academy, Perth Amboy. She was predeceased by her husband, Adolph. More...

Edward Tackman

Mr. Tackman, 37, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died June 21, 2010, at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark. More...

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Members of South River High School’s class of 2010 make their way to their designated area prior to the start of commencement exercises at Denny Stadium on June 23. More...

E.B. school unions accept salary freezes

Pay freezes retroactive to include most of 2009-10 and six months of 2010-11

BY LAUREN CIRAULO
Staff Writer

Tentative deals with the East Brunswick school district’s employee unions have been finalized, and school officials say the results are to the taxpayers’ advantage. More...

Governor signs his first budget in South River

Christie: Passage made possible by Dems, GOP working together

BY KATHY CHANG
Staff Writer

With members of his administration and his wife at his side, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed his first budget into law on Tuesday at a South River firehouse. More...

Monroe kicks off concert series with classic rock

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER
Staff Writer

MONROE — The township will kick off its traditional summer concert series today, July 1, with a unique theme: The British Invasion and the American response. More...

New Bruns. farmers market opens for its second season

NEW BRUNSWICK — Wider selections of fresh produce, prepared foods and goods. and an all-weather pavilion are among the new features at the New Brunswick Community Farmers Market this year. More...

Family thankful to local responders after accident

Emergency personnel come up big after toddler is struck by car

BY KATHY CHANG
Staff Writer

SOUTH RIVER — It was just an ordinary day on April 3 for the members of the Silva family. Cristiane and Antonio Silva had just moved into their new residence on Willett Avenue with their two children, including 2-year-old daughter Cynthia. More...