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Community, military pay final respects to Army paratrooper
Hundreds gathered last week to honor and pay final respects to U.S. Army Cpl. Steven R. Koch, 23, who gave his life to protect his country. The many people whose lives were touched by the soldier remembered a courageous, giving and kind young man. More...
Toll Bros. gets OK for retail, housing on Route 18 property

The East Brunswick Planning Board has granted approvals for Toll Brothers to build the residential and retail components of the Golden Triangle redevelopment. More...

PHOTOS BY STEVEN M. BARON Police and fire officials are investigating a fire that destroyed a vacant farmhouse on Dunhams Corner Road in East Brunswick March 11. Above: The house was completely engulfed in flames when firefighters fromthe Brookview Volunteer Fire Company arrived around 11 p.m. All t... More...


Council accepts offer of out-of-town officials to help department

HELMETTA - Police chiefs from several area towns were among those packed into a crowded borough hall last week to support Cully Lewis remaining in his capacity as police chief. More...


Grants fund work at Mundy park, area near DeVoe Lake

SPOTSWOOD - Construction could begin this summer on $500,000 worth of improvements to Mundy Avenue Park. The improved park will have a basketball court that doubles in the winter as an ice skating rink, a small tot lot, a walking path around the park's perimeter and 13 new parking spots for easi... More...


EAST BRUNSWICK - The township is asking the state Local Finance Board to grant a waiver so that this year's proposed tax levy can increase by more than 4 percent. More...


EAST BRUNSWICK- Travel costs and overtime are just two of the issues township officials are addressing as they examine the municipal budget in depth. The Township Council recently held a workshop and is planning another onMarch 31 to reviewMayorWilliamNeary's proposed $64million budget for 2008. More...


Replacement fields required as condition of school site approval

MONROE- The State House Commission granted a six-month extension to the township on Thursday for the completion of soccer fields required as a condition of the land diversion for the new high school site. The township failed to meet the original Jan. 5 deadline for fields to replace those in Thom... More...


Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) School, 44 ClevelandAve.,Milltown, will hold a Family Pasta Night from 4-8 p.m. on April 5. Dinner will include pasta, meatballs, sausage and peppers, salad, bread, beverages, dessert, coffee and tea. The event also will feature music and raffles. More...
Gov. Jon Corzine's plan to withhold state aid from small towns is an egregious abuse of executive power. Without any legislative input and without any effort to take the public's views into account, Corzine has unilaterally declared war on New Jersey's smaller municipalities. More...
Back in the days when I was a police reporter, I started hearing rumors of a fancy, high-priced bordello operating in the part of town usually associated with high society. We called that part of town "The Tree Streets," because the roads were all named after trees- Oak, Poplar,Ash,Walnut and the... More...
Mildred "Millie" Stone Wind Mrs. Wind, 93, of the Clearwater community in Spotswood, died Feb. 29, 2008, in University Medical Center at Princeton. She worked for the Irving Raphael Bus Co., East Brunswick, as an aide on a special-needs bus route, until 2006. Her husband, Conrad Wind, died in 19... More...
Board looks to hire 12 new teachers, keep tax rate hike to 6.9 cents
EAST BRUNSWICK - The Board of Education is proposing a single-digit increase in the school tax rate, the first in several years. "This is the lowest tax increase in at least 10 years," said School Administrator Bernardo Giuliana. More...
JEFF GRANIT staff Monroe's Lindsey Curran slides back to first base as the ball gets past South Brunswick's Emily Littlejohn during a scrimmage in Monroe on March 15. More...