Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Incumbents maintain seats on Helmetta council

    Incumbents maintain seats on Helmetta council

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer HELMETTA — Two Independent incumbents retained the two, three-year seats on the Helmetta Borough Council in the election on Nov. 8. Joseph Reid garnered the most votes with 461, and Ronald Dzingleski collected 438 votes. Both candidates will be serving their first elected terms. Reid and Dzingleski, who are both…

  • Newcomers voted onto North Brunswick school board

    Newcomers voted onto North Brunswick school board

    JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Two incumbents of the North Brunswick Board of Education were not re-elected to serve another three-year term. Donna Mikolajewski received 2,679 votes, or 13 percent. Gangadhara “Rao” Vakkalagadda gained 2,274 votes, or 11 percent. “I wish to congratulate the winners, including my running mate, Coleen Keefe,” Vakkalagadda said.…

  • Democrats to serve another term on South Brunswick council

    Democrats to serve another term on South Brunswick council

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The three Democrat incumbents retained their seats on the South Brunswick Township Council. Joseph Camarota, Charlie Carley and Josephine Hochman received 11,526, 10,987 and 10,667 votes, respectively. Camarota is a family entertainment consultant who has served on the council for 12 years. “It’s a very humbling experience to…

  • Democrats to fill two seats on Metuchen Council

    Democrats to fill two seats on Metuchen Council

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — The Democratic candidates overwhelmingly beat their Republican challengers for the two seats on the Borough Council that were available in the election on Nov. 8. Incumbent Dorothy Rasmussen recorded the most votes with 4,372 and her running mate Linda Koskoski, who will be serving her first term, received 4,187 votes.…

  • Two of three incumbents retain seats on Old Bridge school board

    Two of three incumbents retain seats on Old Bridge school board

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer   OLD BRIDGE — Two incumbents and a newcomer grabbed the three, three-year seats on the Old Bridge Board of Education in the election on Nov. 8. Jill Cali, who will serve her first elected term, collected the most votes with 9,537; newcomer Walter Reed received 8,250 votes; and Balwinder…

  • Dungee retains seat on Old Bridge council

    Dungee retains seat on Old Bridge council

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — June Dungee will remain serving out the unexpired one-year Old Bridge Ward 3 term of long-time Democratic Councilman Reginald “Reggie” Butler, who passed away in June. Dungee garnered 1,942 votes over Republican challenger Frank Weber, who received 1,401 votes, in the election on Nov. 8. “I would…

  • Marlboro police investigating fatal accident involving pedestrian

    Marlboro police investigating fatal accident involving pedestrian

    By Peter Elacqua Staff Writer MARLBORO – Police are continuing their investigation of an incident in which a pedestrian was struck and killed by a motor vehicle. At 6:12 a.m. Nov. 9, officers responded to Route 79 in the area of Ridge Road in the Wickatunk section of Marlboro, according to a press release. The…

  • Democrats win 2016 election in East Brunswick

    Democrats win 2016 election in East Brunswick

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK- The campaign signs have been moved and the votes are in — and the Township of East Brunswick has elected mayoral candidate Dr. Brad Cohen along with incumbent Town Council candidate Michael Spadafino and council-elect Sterley Stanley to represent its residents. Cohen won 54 percent (11,105) of the…

  • Delay expected in Colts Neck intersection improvement project

    Delay expected in Colts Neck intersection improvement project

    By Mark Rosman Staff Writer COLTS NECK – Delays in the acquisition of right of way have pushed back planned improvements at a location that a county official called the most congested intersection in Monmouth County – six years ago. Plans for improvements at the intersection of Route 34 and Route 537 in Colts Neck…