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September 27, 2007

Celebrities pitch in for charity

ERIC SUCAR staff Peter Jacobsen, a 30-year veteran of the PGA Tour, hams it up with the large crowd gathered for the Bud Light Celebrity Skills Exhibition at Forsgate Country Club Tuesday. The event followed the annual Sovereign Bank Charity Golf Classic, which also featured golf greats Lee Trevino ... More...

Changes likely in store for Ford Avenue plans

Boro mulls fewer age restrictions, more affordable housing

BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

In the face of ongoing litigation, Milltown officials have formulated a plan that would fulfill affordable housing obligations at the Ford Avenue site. The Planning Board voted on Sept. 11 to approve an amendment to the master plan and revision of the Ford Avenue Redevelopment Plan to allow for t... More...

Video surveillance, turf, utility access all on tap

Monroe schools get some longstanding 'wish list' items

BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

Awide array of improvements are in the works for all six of Monroe's public schools, meant to enhance the district's capabilities in a number of ways. Some are under way or completed while others are yet to begin, and the projects are all due to be finished in the coming year. More...

Spotswood accident

CHRIS KELLY staff The intersection of Manalapan Road and John Street in Spotswood was the scene of a twocar motor vehicle accident Saturday. One accident victim was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, for pain in several areas, but police did not consider the injuries to... More...

Two local couples dance their way to your TV set

Ballroom dancers take part in internat'l competition on CN8

BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent

EAST BRUNSWICK - Ballroom dancing is much more than a hobby for two township couples. Garry and Rita Gekhman and Jean Paulovich and Iryna Pinihina are professional ballroom dancers. All four competed in the North American Dancesport Championships, held in Cherry Hill this summer. More...

Republican quits post over phony Baroni letter

BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer

MONROE - A Monroe Republican Committee member plans to resign from her position over being asked put her name on a letter condemning Democratic state Senate candidate Seema Singh that she felt was overly negative. The committee member, Racquel Chiarella, said that staffers at Republican challeng... More...

•	Local teen's Brazil trip brings lasting memories

•	Concerns lead to bus stop being moved again

•	Civic center area gets new look

•	Commuter tells council switch has been a hassle

•	Building spirit

•	Commuter concerns at issue with bus co.'s new contract

•	Last call at Lakeview before closing for fix-ups

•	Photographer's landscape works focus of exhibition

•	Celebrating Helmetta

•	Police charge E.B. man in robbery of pharmacy

•	Armed men hold up bank

•	Rutgers soccer roundup

•	Starland to raise funds for children with cancer

•	Boro proposes widening, repairing Wyoming Ave.

•	A 'new reality' revealed at New Bruns. museum

Bulletin Board

•	Family Night events set to begin at church

Old Bridge Baptist Church, 21 Kossman St., East Brunswick, will host a Family Night event at 6 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month beginning Oct. 3. The evenings will open with a pizza and salad supper at 6 p.m., followed by a variety of activities for the whole family. Each program will f... More...

•	Applications available for EBHS preschool

•	'P.O.V.' documentaries to be screened at library

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Letters

•	Scrutinize tobacco more than mac 'n cheese

Who would have thought that a box of macaroni and cheese is more rigorously regulated than tobacco products, such as a pack of cigarettes produced with poisons and addictive substances, including arsenic, formaldehyde, benzene and nicotine? More...

•	Library events, expansion important to life in Monroe

•	Monroe needs Koppel-Egierd to continue work on council

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Editorials

•	Results of 'basic civics' test can be misleading

The national papers and pundits were all atwitter last week over the results of a test given to 14,000 college students across the country that seemed to suggest that lots of them got stupider during their four years of expensive education instead of smarter. More...

•	Commission apparently out of step with safety, residents' concerns

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Obituaries

•	Obituaries

Olga Tulejko Mrs. Tulejko, 98, formerly of South River, died Sept. 16, 2007, in Francis Asbury Manor, Ocean Grove. Prior to her retirement in 1987, she was employed for 50 years as a seamstress through the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Her husband, Michael, died in 1998. More...

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Schools

•	Vendors invited to sell at MTHS Yard Sale

The Monroe Township High School (MTHS) PTO will sponsor its annual Yard Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 27 in the parking lot at the high school, Perrineville Road. Vendors are invited to sell their treasures. Spaces cost $10 each. More...

•	District planting trees to buffer nearby home

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Sports

•	Sayreville girls soccer looks toward postseason

With two weeks remaining before the Oct. 12 cutoff to qualify for the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV playoffs, the Sayreville High School girls soccer team owns a 5-3 mark. Coach Leah Craig's team has eight games remaining before that date, when teams must have a .500 or better record to qualify. More...

•	Sports Shorts

•	Off and running

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