Month: August 2003

Main attractions Main attractions Above, Raleigh Kane, 10, of Monroe, takes part in the circus side show at the Middlesex County Fair in East Brunswick Friday. At right, a coachwagon hot air balloon flies above the fair. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT

By jennifer domeStaff Writer Giving back runs in family, heritage for local woman By jennifer dome Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY South River resident Dorothy Sowchuk was part of a movement recently to secure medical supplies for a needy hospital in Legnica, Poland. Determination has gone a long way in Dorothy Sowchuk’s life. She credits that…

EAST BRUNSWICK — A two-car collision on Cranbury Road Friday afternoon resulted in the death of a 32-year-old Englishtown woman. Lois R. Mitchell was taken off life support early Sunday morning at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, where she had been taken after suffering a severe head injury in the accident on Friday,…

Monthly fees will rise but not as much as was initially proposed By vincent todaroStaff Writer Advisory board helps lower E.B. parking fee increase Monthly fees will rise but not as much as was initially proposed By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Bowing to pressure from the Commuter Parking Advisory Committee, township officials…

By jamie dougherStaff Writer By jamie dougher Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT John Gasko Jr. (l) fertilizes cabbage plants at his farm on Federal Road in Monroe. At right, a field of corn reaches higher under the summer sun on the Gasko farm. MONROE — More local farmland will remain intact thanks to its…

Old Bridge policeanticipate new use will put stop to vandalism By sue m. morganStaff Writer Old Bridge police anticipate new use will put stop to vandalism By sue m. morgan Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI The former Home Depot building on Route 9 near Ernston Road has been abandoned since the home improvement center moved across…

By vincent todaroStaff Writer Boro to monitor speeds, take payments by credit card By vincent todaro Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Got a traffic ticket? At least now you can pay the fine with a credit card. At a Borough Council meeting Aug. 4, Mayor Barry Zagnit announced that the borough’s municipal court will now accept…

By vincent todaroStaff Writer Town will get new impound building, water storage tank By vincent todaro Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township will get a new police impound building, as well as a new water storage tank to better prepare the township in case of an emergency such as a terrorist attack. At its…

By tara petersenStaff Writer Club celebrates 50 years of swimming and more By tara petersen Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Steve Mandorff, Tom Tighe and Bob Fisher (l-r) prepare seafood during Crab Day at the Brookside Swim Club in Milltown Saturday. MILLTOWN — The Brookside Swim Club is celebrating 50 years in business this summer. Celebrations…