Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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New Jersey Water Supply Authority
Rick Anthes of the New Jersey Water Supply Authority and volunteers from a Rutgers Cooperative Extension Rain Garden Certification Workshop transform a grassy island into a rain garden in a parking lot at Thompson Park, Jamesburg, on April 27. The garden’s plants are designed to treat polluted stormwater runoff before it flows into the Manalapan…
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Simmens, Shaw tapped to lead school board
President: We have quite a year ahead of us BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Facing issues such as a defeated budget, staff reductions and an unresolved teachers’ contract, the East Brunswick Board of Education reorganized last week, naming two familiar faces to serve as its leaders. Board members on April 29 voted to reelect Todd…
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Environmental group blasts open space tax cut
Freeholder director: One-cent drop needed to avoid county tax increase this year BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Middlesex County officials have no right to tap into the county’s open space fund to fend off a tax increase in the 2010 budget, the head of an area environmental group said. “This was voted on by…
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Township budget down, but taxes likely to go up
Stahl: Cutbacks, attrition have returned operating expenses to lower than 2005 level BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — After more than a month of adjustments and revisions, the Township Council has formally introduced its 2010 municipal budget. Officials voted unanimously April 26 to move forward with the $56.6 million spending plan for the…
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Four seek three seats on Spotswood council
Three incumbents and one challenger will vie for three seats on the Spotswood Borough Council in the May 11 nonpartisan municipal election. Council members Marge Drozd, Charles J. Spicuzzo and Curtis Stollen are seeking re-election, running on a ticket called “Dedicated Leadership — Working for You.” Fire Chief Nicholas Poliseno is seeking his first term,…
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E.B. has new contract with managers’ union
Two-year salary freeze will be followed by annual 2.5 percent increases BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township has finally struck a deal with one of the two unions that represent a large percentage of municipal employees. At its April 26 meeting, the Township Council unanimously approved a contract with the Professional…
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Helmetta budget on rise due to legal fees, insurance
Municipal taxes would increase $33 on avg. home BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer HELMETTA — A $1.88 million budget introduced by the Borough Council would increase the municipal tax rate by just over a penny in 2010. The tax hike would amount to $33 on the average borough home, assessed at $273,784, according to Chief…
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Milltown officials get mixed input on cuts
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Borough Council members expect to make a decision on cuts to the defeated school budget at its May 10 meeting. Mayor Gloria Bradford and the council held a joint meeting with Superintendent of Schools Linda Madison and the Board of Education on Monday at the Joyce Kilmer School…
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Police: Man broke into home while family was sleeping
P olice arrested a South River man after he allegedly broke into an East Brunswick home and fled when confronted by the resident. According to police, Fernando E. Gutierrez, 26, entered a home on Kendall Road shortly after 4 a.m. on April 27 by cutting open a screen and forcing open a rear window. The…
