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PHOTOS COURTESY OF ARLENE BAUM American Legion Post 253’s Ladies Auxiliary held its annual Christmas party for the residents of the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park on Dec. 12. Eighteen veterans attended the afternoon of food, fun, music, gifts and dancing at the Spotswood post. Cub Scout Troop 35 was also in…

PHOTO BY FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Rabbi Yehuda Spitzer of Chabad House of Monroe and North Brunswick Councilman Bob Davis at the Menorah lighting ceremony as part of the annual Winterfest festivities held at the North Brunswick Municipal Building on Dec. 8.

SCOTT FRIEDMAN Ezra Mor, 10, of East Brunswick helped with a magic trick during the Community-wide Chanukah Extravangza sponsored by Torah Links of Middlesex County in East Brunswick on Dec. 8. For more photos, see page 3.

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Every year, property owners file tax appeals in droves in the hopes of lowering their assessed value and paying less in property taxes. However, doing so can be an expensive proposition, as many are compelled to hire an attorney and an appraisal company with no guarantee of victory. Patrick De…

By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Spotswood is in the running for a grant that would fund major infrastructure improvements. If selected, the borough would receive an estimated $7 million grant, offered through USDA Rural Development, which would give the town the ability to fund road improvements. “We have some streets that are flat, have no…

Clockwise from top: Rabbi Dovid Gross prepares to light the menorah during the community-wide Chanukah Extravaganza sponsored by Torah Links of Middlesex County in East Brunswick on Dec. 8. Sydney Webber, 9, of East Brunswick, helps magician Elliot Zimet levitate a table. Youngsters laugh during the show. Ofek Balinco, 9, of East Brunswick, helps with…

Quinton Schimmel of Jamesburg has renovated the trails behind the Monroe Township Recreation Center as part of his Eagle Scout project. JAMESBURG — Quinton Schimmel completed his Boy Scout Eagle Project by restoring the trails located behind the Monroe Township Recreation Center. Quinton’s project involved creating a GPS map of the trails; clearing garbage, fallen…

By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Paying tribute to Hinal Patel, the Spotswood EMT who was killed while on duty in July, Kloos Family Lights incorporated a Spotswood EMS badge into their Christmas lights display. The Kloos family will also be accepting donations that will go toward a scholarship to be awarded in Patel’s honor to…

Wayne Christie, trustee, left to right; Elina Saroka, customer service representative; and Jennifer Podolsky, director, all of the East Brunswick Public Library, attend a ceremony where Saroka was recognized on Dec. 3 for her dedication to the library. PHOTO COURTESY OF JENNIFER PODOLSKY EAST BRUNSWICK — The East Brunswick Library was recognized at the 36th…