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  • Hearing set on budget

    Public to get say on school spending. By: Josh Appelbaum    Increased tax revenue from the construction of new housing developments and warehouses means residents will see a slight decrease in school taxes for 2005-2006, despite rising enrollment and costs for renovations to the Cranbury School building.    The school board is proposing a $14 million 2005-2006…

  • OBITUARIES: Thomas C. Gusz

    Thomas C. Gusz    Thomas C. Gusz, 51, of Spotswood, died Friday, March 18, at his home.    Born in South Amboy, he was a lifelong Spotswood resident. Mr. Gusz was a graduate of Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf, Trenton. He worked for E.I. DuPont Co., Parlin, for many years before becoming a custodian with…

  • DDT clean up needs state OK

    Homeowners still waiting for cleanup of contaminated soil. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Seven new homeowners are still in limbo this week, awaiting the cleanup of contaminated soil in the Sterling Acres development.    Joe Montanti, chairman of the Township Environmental Commission, said Monday that Kara Homes, the developer of Sterling Acres, is awaiting approval from…

  • Visiting the final frontier

    Barclay Brook students get a chance to explore the solar system from their very own gynasium. By: Elaine Worden    MONROE — After crawling through a pitch-black tunnel of thick, industrial fabric, students in Kristin Raniere’s second-grade class found themselves standing inside a giant, portable planetarium.    On the outside, the planetarium, which was set up on…

  • Tangled Up in Yarn

    Sometimes frustating and a little too expensive, knitting is ultimately a satisfying hobby that can turn into an obsession. By: Ilene Dube ILLUSTRATIONS BY JUDY MARTIN    As the old year turned into the new, fluffy balls of colorful yarn began invading my dreams — soft-as-a-cat mohair, heathery tweeds, French-poodly boucle. On New Year’s Day, I…

  • OBITUARIES: George Payor

    George Payor    George M. Payor, 72, died Tuesday, March 8, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Budapest, Hungary, he escaped his communist country and immigrated to the United States in 1956. He lived with his uncle in Jackson Heights, N.Y., until he moved to New Jersey in 1962 with his wife.    He…

  • Portable music

    Adjusting to teaching from a cart. By: Melissa Hayes    General music teacher Barbara Shadis pulls a cart loaded with textbooks, an overhead projector, full size keyboard and CD player up a ramp and into the portable classrooms located behind Brookside School.    She maneuvers the cart through the door and breathes a sigh of relief when…

  • Council cuts tax increase

    With the help of a Homeland Security grant and interlocal service agreement, Jamesburg cuts increase by 3.9 cents. By: Elaine Worden and Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — A $50,000 Homeland Security grant and $45,000 received from Helmetta for Jamesburg to police that municipality’s borders means residents will pay 13.8 percent less in municipal taxes than originally…

  • Joseph P. Fiumenero

    Joseph P. Fiumenero    Joseph P. Fiumenero, 63, of Whiting, died Monday, March 14, at Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River.    Born in New Brunswick, Mr. Fiumenero was raised in Jamesburg by his grandparents, Joseph and Nancy Palumbo, and lived in Jamesburg for many years as well as Millstone Township before moving to Whiting in 1996.    Mr.…