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December 4, 2008
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Crabiel, 78, devoted life to public service
Longtime freeholder director dies weeks after re-election
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer
Middlesex County has lost a long-standing and perhaps its most prominent public servant. Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel died Monday after being rushed to the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick that morning. He was 78 years old. More...

SCOTT FRIEDMAN Murial Cadic of East Brunswick, a longtime member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, performs warm-up exercises during rehearsals for the upcoming show by the combined choirs of the Cranbury Road church and the Sacred Heart Church on Throop Avenue in New Brunswick. The performance will t... More...

E.B. may bond to buy back Golden Triangle
Negotiations expected, as builder seeks changes
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

Three years after it sold the Golden Triangle property to Toll Brothers, East Brunswick could wind up buying it back. The Township Council last week introduced a $25 million bond ordinance that would provide the necessary funding in the event officials decide to repurchase the Route 18 parcel tha... More...


Deans looks forward to serving Jamesburg
Works in real estate after retiring from UMDNJ
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

Local real estate agent Brenda Deans has taken the place of longtime Jamesburg Councilman Joseph Jennings on the borough's governing body. Jennings recently resigned after accepting a position with the state Department of Labor, part of the criteria for which is that he cannot also hold an electe... More...


Zarillo steps down with word of advice
Led agency through years of controversy over Ford Ave.
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

MILLTOWN — Ford Avenue Redevelopment Agency Chairman Anthony Zarillo has resigned from his post, but not without leaving behind a legacy in the form of an alternative plan for the former factory site. "The Ford Avenue redevelopment project is not about Tony Zarillo, chairman, as some people... More...


Choirs join together for Christmas concert
Members of two churches enjoy camaraderie, fellowship
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer

EAST BRUNSWICK — Two faiths, two choirs. One common desire: To perform the ultimate Christmas concert. In what has become an annual tradition, the choirs of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in New Brunswick and the Trinity Presbyterian Church in East Brunswick will join forces for spe... More...


 Bulletin Board
•December events on tap in Helmetta
The borough of Helmetta will hold three upcoming events. A tree Lighting will take place at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at Borough Hall, Main Street. Refreshments and crafts will follow the ceremony; a dinner will be held for Helmetta residents age 55 and over at 5 p.m. Dec. 7 at St. George's Church hall, 56 M... More...
•Sweat the Night Away on tap at E.B. temple
•Columbiettes to host Dec. 7 Christmas Tea
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 Letters
•Political terms should be extended
Based on the current economic situation and deep recession in our country, why don't our lawmakers and elected officials make some amendments to our constitutions in order to elect public officials to run this country? I suggest that presidential terms should be extended to six years (two terms a... More...
•Parking Utility, not township, is out rent money due to sale
•Adult enough to go to war but not to have a drink?
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 Editorials
•Crabiel's death felt throughout county
David B. Crabiel often described Middlesex County as "the greatest county in the land." Regardless of whether people agree with that statement, one gets a sense that Crabiel really did. And perhaps it was that pride that kept Crabiel involved as a public servant for his community and his county fo... More...
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 Greg Bean's Column
•This season, blow up the TV and read a newspaper
This is going to be a strange holiday season indeed. I knew it was off to a weird start when I stopped by the neighborhood liquor store the day before Thanksgiving to buy my annual bottle of Boggs Cranberry Liqueur. I buy one bottle of the stuff every year, and I pour myself one shot over ice to ... More...
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 Red State / Blue State
•A Red/Blue imbroglio: one cheats, the other freaks
Dear Greg: Not far up the interstate from where I live, in a little town you've driven through hundreds of times, gasoline was selling for $1.39 a gallon last weekend. Pretty cool, huh? More...
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 Obituaries
•Bernhard G. Schlueter
Mr. Schlueter, 82, of South Amboy, died Nov. 14, 2008, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to his retirement in 1992, he was employed as the chief of communications for Associated Press, New York City and East Brunswick, where he worked for 40 years. His wife, Eleanor, died in 2005. More...
•Bambina "Barbara" McCaffrey
•Edward F. Lisoski
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 Schools
•Full Story
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Zachery Cocuzzo, 9, a student in Donna Taylor's third-grade class at Warnsdorfer Elementary School in East Brunswick, carries a stack of cans to be placed in food baskets Nov. 21, so they could be distributed to area families in need. The Student Council, under Taylor's guidance, orga... More...
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 Sports
•E.B. falls short against rival on Turkey Day
ERIC SUCAR staff East Brunswick running back Dustin Schuld tries to break free from the grips of an Old Bridge defender during the first quarter of the 15th annual "Battle of Route 18" game at Old Bridge High School on Nov. 27. Old Bridge won by a score of 24-21. More...
•Monroe players have plenty on their mind
•E. Brunswick boys will rely upon many young players
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