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March 26, 2009
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JEFF GRANIT staff Abby Lewis, 10, weighs a bag of apples at ShopRite of Spotswood on Friday when Appleby School students shopped for a nutritious, balanced three-day menu for a family of four on a budget of $100. The grocery run is part of the ShopRite Young Consumers Program, designed to teach four... More...
School budget calls for more teachers, classroom trailers

The Monroe Township Board of Education is proposing a 2009-10 budget that would raise taxes $67 on the average home. The budget includes added costs due to the installation of eight new temporary classrooms at Applegarth Middle School, and the equivalent of 11.3 new teaching positions at various ... More...


There will be no increase in East Brunswick school taxes in the coming fiscal year. In fact, taxpayers will actually pay less, as debt service related to past construction projects will decrease. The debt service portion of the school tax rate will drop by 4.16 cents, for a reduction of $42 on a ... More...


Celebrates with his children and classmates in Old Bridge

Birthdays can be lonely affairs for servicemen and -women far away from their families and friends. Thanks to modern technology, Maj. John Orzol, who is serving with the U.S. Army National Guard in Iraq, had a birthday party he will never forget March 19. More...


SOUTH RIVER — School officials expect for the second year in a row to have a zero increase in school taxes. "Our goal was to minimize the tax burden during these tough economic times and at the same time to keep providing quality education for our children," said Board of Education member P... More...


The Bowne-Munro PTA will hold a clothing drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 4 at the school, 120 Main St., East Brunswick. Items sought include clothes, shoes, handbags, belts, sheets, towels, stuffed animals, etc. Donations should be placed in tightly tied plastic bags. The PTA will receive money... More...
Iwould like to comment on the letter to the editor from Frank J. Coury ("On Economic Effect of Open Space Programs," Sentinel, March 19) regarding the Heavenly Farms purchase. Mr. Coury has a number of issues that he repackages from time to time — the pistol range, the bus contract, the Gol... More...
My friend's child has just turned a year old. As the birthday girl licked the frosting off a flower cookie that didn't look so much like a flower, my friend observed that she didn't know where the last year had gone and then wondered, "Will the time always go so fast? More...
It was the late, great Hunter S. Thompson who observed that "when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." And these days, it looks like we've got a whole passel of people looking to shed their amateur rags and exchange them for the flashy professional variety. More...
Mr. Villare, 43, of Monroe, died recently in Staten Island, N.Y. Surviving are his wife, Nicole; two sons, Christopher and Peter, and a daughter, Olivia; his mother, Jacqueline; and a brother, Robert. A liturgy was offered at Immaculate Conception Church, Spotswood. Interment was private. More...
PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff From top: The Sayreville Bombers' Glen Cannon connects with a pitch during a scrimmage in Sayreville on Saturday. Joe Bongiorno of Sayreville War Memorial High School tries to put the tag on Bishop Ahr's Joe Post. More...