Category: archives

  • Letters to the editor

    Witmer lauds deceased colleague To the editor:     On Sept. 8 we lost a longtime friend of education. While Bob’s Abrams’ home was in Florida, his heart never left East Windsor and the East Windsor Regional School District. Every New Jersey trip included several visits to the school district he loved.    Bob was a member…

  • Widely backed teachers’ contract approved in Montgomery

    Teachers to get 5-percent pay hike in first year and 4.9 percent in second and third years By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Board of Education unanimously approved a new, three-year agreement Tuesday with the Montgomery Township Education Association, which represents 597 employees.    The agreement includes a 5-percent salary increase for the majority of staff…

  • South Brunswick sand mine implicated in Lynch probe

    The Associated Press is reporting that former State Sen. John Lynch has pleaded guilty to bribery charges and has implicated an unnamed South Brunswick sand mine. By: Hank Kalet Read posting on The Blog of South Brunswick.

  • Township road reconstruction effort to begin

    Overbrook Drive, Abernathy Drive and Clover Lane area targeted By: Courtney Gross    Princeton Township is preparing to break ground on several road and sewer repair projects beginning next week, many of which are in the area of Overbrook Drive, Abernathy Drive and Clover Lane.    To address residents’ concerns and alert them to the upcoming changes,…

  • Schools miss federal targets

    MTHS and Applegarth fail on No Child Left Behind By: Lacey Korevec    MONROE — Despite districtwide improvement, Monroe Township High School and Applegarth Middle School did not pass the test.    Both schools met 39 out of 40 requirements on the Adequate Yearly Progress Standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act, Superintendent Ralph Ferrie…

  • Route 518 road work set to begin in Montgomery

    By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Somerset County Engineering Division is set to reconstruct the section of Route 518 from Van Zandt Road west to Cherry Hill Road.    The roadwork includes the construction of new storm sewers, shoulder widening, curbing, sidewalks, driveway aprons, new roadway paving and striping, county engineering officials said.    Construction is expected…

  • Flaws demonstrated in electronic voting machines

    Princeton University computer scientists issue report and video showing how it’s done By: Hilary Parker    In a presidential election between George Washington and Benedict Arnold, who would win?    It depends on whether hackers broke into the electronic voting machine, according to a paper and video released Wednesday by Princeton University computer scientists on the Web…

  • Paul Bolebruch

       Paul A. Bolebruch, 48, of Monroe, died Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in Endicott, N.Y., Mr. Bolebruch resided in South Brunswick before moving to Monroe four years ago. He was the chief engineer for The Hilton Gardens, Edison, for the past year. He was also a helicopter pilot…

  • Yeshiva violates law, according to planners

    By: Cara Latham    ROOSEVELT — Contrary to a decision by a former zoning officer, an Orthodox Jewish school operating from a synagogue on Homstead Lane violates local law, according to the Planning Board.    The board’s 6-1 decision Tuesday prompted the yeshiva’s attorney to say he will file an appeal in state Superior Court.    "If this…