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August 26, 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

Monroe looks to address disparity in fire tax rates

Some township residents pay nearly twice that of others

BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer

Local officials have gone out to bid for an independent consultant to come up with ways to equalize the fire tax rates in Monroe’s three fire districts. “I live in Greenbriar, in the third district,” council President Gerald W. More...

Board raises concerns over development plan

Arisa seeking to drop age restrictions from future housing complex

BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

The East Brunswick Planning Board is inching closer to a decision on a developer’s request to remove the age-restriction caveat from a senior housing development. More...

Spotswood awards bid for road repair work

$304,000 project being funded with a state grant

BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

SPOTSWOOD — Several dilapidated roadways in the borough will receive a needed face-lift now that an extensive improvement project is under way. The Borough Council on Aug. More...

Golfer from Monroe rescued after getting stuck in mud

Police officers from Manalapan performed a special rescue operation on Aug. 18 in order to pull a Monroe Township woman out of the mud at the Knob Hill Golf Course, Route 33. More...

Gone fishin’

From top: A mother and son are reflected in the lake as they wait patiently for a catch during the Monroe Township Recreation Department’s annual Fishing Derby, held Aug. More...

Milltown to see savings with new recycling deal

Awards collection bid; moves forward with road project

BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

MILLTOWN — Recycling pickup in the borough is going single-stream starting Sept. 1. What that means is residents will not have to separate their recyclables before they throw it into the bin. More...

Back to the drawing board

Above: Hal Katz assists Rae Horwitz with a perspective drawing during an Aug. 3 session of the three-day “Creative Composition” workshop at the Monroe Township Senior Center. More...

Letters

Township acts to keep student-athletes safe

Iwould like to commend East Brunswick for taking an important step to safeguard the health and well-being of our student athletes. Particular praise goes to Frank Noppenberger, East Brunswick High School athletic director. More...

School preparations should include eye exam

I’m writing to commend Gov. Chris Christie for recently declaring August “Children’s Vision and Learning Month” in New Jersey. More...

N.J. businesses head for greener pastures

What is a jobless recovery? A jobless recovery is when companies still maintain or gain large profits with fewer people. More...

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Columns

Readers say they feel the pain of no-service ‘service’

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GREG BEAN

Sometimes, one of these columns really resonates with readers, and that was the case with my rant a couple of weeks ago about Sears and their dismal service department. More...

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Obituaries

Kathleen M. Snell

Mrs. Snell, 66, of Camden, Del., formerly of Milltown and Edison, died Aug. 16, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. More...

Edna M. Gomolka Weinman

Mrs. Weinman, 87, of Sayreville, died Aug. 20, 2010, at home. Prior to her retirement in 2005, she was employed as a waitress at the Reo Diner, Woodbridge, where she worked for 30 years. More...

Virginia “Peggy” Kozak Misiewicz

Mrs. Misiewicz, 88, of Sayreville, died Aug. 22, 2010, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. More...

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Monroe Township Recreation Department’s annual Fishing Derby,

A man gets ready to cast his fishing pole during the Monroe Township Recreation Department’s annual Fishing Derby, held Aug. 10 at Molders Fish Farm off Englishtown Road in Old Bridge. More...

Charter school fires back at school district

Hatikvah says it has enough students; claims school board is making bogus claims

BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

While the East Brunswick Board of Education has filed suit to stop the Hatikvah International Academy from opening this summer, the charter school claims the board is using sabotage tactics and making bogus claims. More...

Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center

Seven-year-old Russell Fagan of Monroe takes a closer look at one of the displays on hand at the Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center in Holmdel on Aug. 21. More...

Havin’ a ball

From top: Ronald McDonald gets a kick out of entertaining children at The Fields Sports Complex on Cornwall Court in East Brunswick Aug. 8. More...

Tax preparer pleads guilty to scheme to defraud IRS

SOUTH RIVER — A borough-based tax preparer pleaded guilty Aug. 17 to knowingly preparing fraudulent tax returns in order to defraud the IRS of owed taxes. More...

Middlesex Cty’s Young Democrats start over

Group reorganizes after ‘breather’ period

BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer

The Young Democrats of Middlesex County, an organization for people ages 14-36, is alive once again. More...

Local artists set for fall gallery show at restaurant

JAMESBURG — Three area artists will host a free opening reception for the fall 2010 gallery show at Fiddleheads Restaurant on Aug. 29. More...

Federal dollars to fund rail study

The so-called MOM line railroad proposal is not dead yet. U.S. senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) announced last week that the U.S. More...

Artist grows his love for art in his backyard

Art Lee designs mixed-media pieces for his garden gallery

BY KERRI McCUNE Correspondent

SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Art Lee, a local artist who never believed that he had any artistic talent, decided to take a leap of faith 20 years ago and has been creating works of art ever since. More...

Bulletin Board

Monroe rec sponsors sand-sculpting contest

The Monroe Township Recreation Department will sponsor its 12th annual sand-sculpting contest through Sept. 10. The competition is open to township residents who create a sand sculpture during any trip to a beach, lake, resort, campsite, etc. More...

Knights sponsoring Caribbean cruise

Knights of Columbus Council No. 2061, Parlin section of Sayreville, is offering an April 30-May 7 cruise to the southern Caribbean. The ship will depart from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and stop at St. Thomas, St. Croix, Antigua, St. Lucia and Grenada. More...

Chase for the Cure will aid cancer panel

Registration is open for the eighth annual High Speed Chase for the Cure 5K Run/3K Walk set to begin at 8 a.m. Sept. 12 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on the Rutgers University Livingston campus, Piscataway. More...

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Family reunions: an unlikely place to learn life’s greatest lesson

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CLARE MARIE CELANO

Family reunions can present us with a fast-track emotional roller coaster, much like the Cyclone I used to ride at Palisades Park when I was young and brave. More...

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