Category: Sentinel-EBS News
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E.B. municipal budget loses $1.1M in state aid
Mayor: Loss may bring minor increase in taxes BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer East Brunswick officials are readying a tentative 2010 municipal budget that factors in substantial state aid cuts. Mayor David Stahl updated Township Council members and residents on the budget during Monday night’s meeting, announcing that a minimal tax increase is partly due…
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Farm Fest
Esther Waldvogel of Spotswood tries to identify plant species with her daughter Hannah, 12, and friend Amy Schneider (l) during the first-ever Farm Fest at the Monroe Township Public Library on Saturday. The day featured educational events and a plant exchange. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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State transportation head tells teens about new law
Kyleigh’s Law increases restrictions for new drivers BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Pam Fischer, director of the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS), does not want to hear another tragic story like that of Kyleigh D’Alessio. Kyleigh was just 16 years old when she was killed in a motor vehicle accident in December…
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Corrections officer admits theft
MONROE — The former president of a labor union for corrections officers pleaded guilty last week to stealing $66,300 from union coffers. William R. Reilly Jr., 36, of Carlstadt, pleaded guilty to a count of theft during a hearing before Superior Court Judge Frederick P. DeVesa at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick on…
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Helmetta, Sayreville to share more services
Latest agreement involves construction, zoning office services BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Helmetta residents and businesses that use construction and zoning services will now get them from the borough of Sayreville. The towns have entered into a shared services agreement that gives Sayreville control of Helmetta’s construction department. The agreement is expected to generate some…
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Police officers honored for role in large pot bust
Tamburro: Good police work turned a bad-news story into a good one BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — Stay out of Monroe. That’s the message Mayor Richard Pucci has for anyone considering breaking the law in his town. The Township Council meeting room was packed with police officers and their families on Monday…
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Bunny love
Kelsey Parker, 8, and Julianna Franco, 12, get to know one of the bunnies during the Breakfast with the Easter Bunny event at the Middlesex County 4-H Center on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick March 27. ERIC SUCAR staff
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S.R. council decides against taping business meetings
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Residents who want to hear what is being said at the Borough Council’s business meetings will have to come out and attend them. The council voted 5-1 recently against broadcasting the business meetings on local TV-35. Councilman Rui Almeida had broached the idea, saying that this was…
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Milltown council may raise water rates 45%
BY KATHY CHANG MILLTOWN — Water and sewer rates for residents and businesses may be increased by as much as 45 percent. The Borough Council is scheduled to vote Monday on the adoption of an ordinance implementing the rate hike. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers at Borough Hall.…
