
JEFF GRANIT staff Diane Lipman (center) concentrates on her breathing, along with Carmela Florio (back, from left), Thelma Wilkofsky and Heddy Hupner during the Friday morning yoga class at the East Brunswick Senior Center last week.
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Mayor, council say mandated increases are taking toll on boro

BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer
Jamesburg officials may see relief from budgetary woes if state legislators pass a bill that would reduce the mandated library funding increases to 4 percent per year. Set to go before lawmakers later this month, the bill would put libraries on an even keel with the 4 percent spending cap placed ... More...
Freeholders sworn in at reorg.; director calls for necessary tax reform

BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer
EDISON - Middlesex County Freeholders Stephen J. "Pete" Dalina, Christopher Rafano and Blanquita Valenti were sworn in as members of the board during the freeholders' reorganization meeting Friday, held at Middlesex County College in Edison. More...

PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Kyle Pepitone, 6, of Monroe, makes a caterpillar while his mom, Christine, looks on during the weekly arts-and-crafts program at the Monroe Township Library Sunday. Below: Jessica Esposito, 4, hones her craft with some help from her grandmother, Joan DeFeo. The progra... More...