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JEFF GRANIT staff Gavin Taylor, 6, gets a closer look at a Chinese lantern April 24 when students at Monroe's Barclay Brook School explored cultures from around the world. Pupils had their "passports" stamped as they visited displays highlighting more than a dozen countries. More...
Hours of operation, staffing to be cut; user fees expected

The East Brunswick Township Council is considering a $350,000 cut to the library's budget this year, resulting in reduced hours and staff and program cutbacks. Mayor David Stahl said an audit from 2007 showed the library had about $1 million in reserve, signaling to the council and administration... More...


Two incumbents, one newcomer elected to board

Monroe residents last week rejected a school budget that would have brought an average tax increase of $67. Also in the April 21 election, voters chose three of four candidates for three-year terms on the Board of Education. Incumbents John Leary and Marvin Braverman retained their seats with 2,8... More...


PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Left: Fran Berman (center) dances with other seniors and students during Monroe Township High School's annual senior dance April 21. In addition to dinner and dancing, guests were treated to music from the high school's jazz ensemble. Right: Helena and Herb Burd enjoy a sl... More...


Krewer is credited with improving district's curriculum

After 45 years as an educator, John Krewer has decided it is time to move on. Spotswood's superintendent of schools last week gave the Board of Education a letter of resignation for the purpose of retirement, effective Nov. 1. More...


Our Lady of Lourdes School, Milltown, invites the public to participate in the school's annual Powerball Raffle. Only 1,000 tickets will be sold. Each ticket costs $50. A total of 20 prizes, including the grand prize of $15,000 (or 60 percent of the prize portion of ticket sales), will be awarded... More...
'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." Maybe. But when your tax dollars are paying for the "gift," a look to see what you're getting is a good idea. The East Brunswick Board of Education says the 2009-10 budget will not raise property taxes. Let's look. What is already in place is wasteful and c... More...
My favorite line from the recent presidential campaign was Barack Obama explaining his youthful experimentation with mind-altering chemicals. "When I was young and stupid, I was young and stupid," he said. That resonated with me, in large part because there was plenty of stupidity in my own missp... More...
Mrs. Dinkel, 97, of Cape Coral, Fla., formerly of Spotswood, died April 10, 2009. Her husband, Louis Dinkel, died in 1994. Surviving are two daughters and their spouses, Nancy and John Longwith of Broken Arrow, Okla. More...
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Monroe Township High School's Morgan Widener reaches to make a putout on Colonia's Kristen Stefanowicz at first base during a home game April 25. The Falcons won the game 4-1, bringing their record to 5-2 on the season. Below: Monroe Township High School's Andrea C... More...