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    FARRAH MAFFAI The American Repertory Ballet’s Kristen Scott performs in the auditorium of East Brunswick High School Tuesday morning as part of the company’s residency program for the district’s fifth-grade classes. All fifth-graders attended Tuesday’s performance of Lambarena.

  • Stop & Shop gets OK for expansion

    Approval will allowshopping center to expand by 24,000 square feet By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Stop & Shop gets OK for expansion Approval will allow shopping center to expand by 24,000 square feet By sandi carpello Staff Writer The Stop & Shop supermarket on Perrineville Road in Monroe will be allowed to more than double in…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Daniel Parks, 6, plays with a glow stick during the sixth annual East Brunswick Holiday Celebration at the municipal complex Monday night.

  • Library will hit the road with its first bookmobile

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Library will hit the road with its first bookmobile By sandi carpello Staff Writer MONROE — Township book lovers who have difficulty getting a ride to the library may soon find the library coming to them. The establishment of a library bookmobile service is in the works and will be ready…

  • Environmentalists want say

    in future Ford Ave. projects By sandi carpelloStaff Writer in future Ford Ave. projects By sandi carpello Staff Writer MILLTOWN — With the redevelopment of Ford Avenue looming, local environmentalists are concerned that construction could have detrimental effects on the surrounding environment. The Rutgers University Chapter of the New Jersey Community Water Watch (NJCWW), a…

  • Crowds, merchants mutually pleased with Solidarity Fair

    By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Crowds, merchants mutually pleased with Solidarity Fair By sandi carpello Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Leya Strauss (l), Aviva Strauss, 7, and Beth Stuckey (r) check out some of the crafts at the Israel Solidarity Fair in East Brunswick Sunday. EAST BRUNSWICK — With suicide bombings continuing in Israel, business from tourists…

  • Residents asked for input on canvassing

    Group challenges E.B. By sandi carpelloStaff Writer Group challenges E.B.’s 8 p.m. curfew on door-to-door soliciting By sandi carpello Staff Writer I s it worth fighting for? That’s what Mayor William Neary wants to determine before fighting a recently filed civil lawsuit that contests East Brunswick’s long-standing prohibition of door-to-door canvassing after 8 p.m. The…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Esther Schwartz tries on a hat during the Israel Solidarity Fair at the East Brunswick Jewish Center Sunday, when 65 merchants from Israel had the opportunity to sell their products to Americans. For the story, see page 27.

  • MOM scoping hearings to begin

    Comments on new rail line will be used to formulate study By charles w. kimStaff Writer By charles w. kim Staff Writer The public will be heard next week regarding a study of NJ Transit’s proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) commuter rail line. Three separate public hearings are scheduled to begin Tuesday, one in each of the…