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  • EAST WINDSOR: Post to be renamed in honor of fallen soldier

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — A fallen soldier with local roots will be honored by the Jewish War Veterans Central Jersey Post 444 in Twin Rivers on Sunday. The group will rename its post in his honor.    Spc. Marc Seiden, a 1995 Hightstown High School graduate, was killed in action in Jan.…

  • CRANBURY: Volunteers to clean Cranbury waterways

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — For the third year in a row, volunteers will be scouring the local waterways in search of pollutants that could be endangering wildlife as well as drinking water supplies.    Cranbury Township and the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association are inviting the public to come out for their annual stream…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Prostitution arrests made

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Police arrested two women on prostitution charges last week following an investigation into the solicitation of sexual acts on the Web site craigslist.org.    The arrests are the second incident of online solicitation via craigslist.org in the township since the beginning of the year.    Willmarie Luberza, 24, of Illinois, and Alyssa…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: New sidewalks for Ridge Road

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    The Township Council is moving forward with plans to put a sidewalk on Ridge Road that would begin by Dayton Video at the Five Corners intersection and would end at the intersection of Route 522, Ridge Road and Kingston Lane.    ”One of the problems we’ve always had there is no…

  • MANVILLE:Proposed borough budget sees tax cut

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer But some charge deferred payment not worth the $42 reduction    The Borough Council unanimously introduced a 2009 budget Monday that would lower the average property tax by about $42.    But some residents questioned whether a small tax increase wouldn’t be better than one reduction in the budget — participating in…

  • MONROE: Fatal crash on Federal Road probed

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — Police are investigating a car crash on Federal Road that claimed the life of a Monroe resident on April 10.    Emergency crews arrived at the scene shortly after the accident and pronounced the driver, 60-year-old Melvyn Greenberg, dead at 9:38 p.m., according to a Middlesex County prosecutor’s office…

  • EDITORIAL: Participate in Tuesday’s school vote

       With polls open from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, we encourage voters to head to polling locations to decide the fate of the proposed school budget, and to select the members of the Board of Education.    The district is seeking approval to spend $109 million in the 2009-2010 school year, which would add about $35.50…

  • Support school; vote for budget

    Barbara McWilliams, of Kendall Park    As a resident of South Brunswick for more than 30 years, I, like many, have witnessed tremendous growth. Along with growth came wonderful neighbors, businesses and a great school system. In these very difficult economic times we are very fortunate to have a school budget that calls for no increase…

  • JAMESBURG: Schools see improvement in test scores

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    JAMESBURG — Following a recent evaluation, the state Department of Education has labeled Jamesburg as one of the state’s “high-performing districts.”    Based on its recent scores on a Quality Single Accountability Continuum review, which evaluates various facets of the district, the Jamesburg district scored above 80 percent in compliance with…