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MILESTONES Lynn Patricia Starace and Benjamin Peter Ritter Lynn Patricia Starace, daughter of James and Maureen Starace of Matawan, became engaged to marry Benjamin Peter Ritter, son of Peter and Valerie Ritter of East Brunswick. The bride, a graduate of St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Rider University,…

By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Township officials are projecting a stabilized tax rate during the next few years as Township Administrator James White revealed the numbers for the tentative 2015 municipal budget. “The township of East Brunswick is starting to come out of the bad economy from a few years ago,” White…

Police are warning residents about the use of synthetic marijuana after a South Brunswick woman was found unresponsive last week. South Brunswick police and EMS personnel responded to a township home where a 22-year-old female was convulsing and vomiting on April 21, according to police Lt. James Ryan. Officers found her lying on the ground,…

Greater Media staff members captured 12 awards in the annual Better Newspaper Contest. Reporters Adam Uzialko, Jeremy Grossman, Executive Editor Donna Kenyon and Managing Editor Jessica D’Amico attended the event at the Hamilton Manor on April 23. Left: Staff Photographer Eric Sucar and reporters Taylor Lier and Kenny Walter display their awards from the New…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The New Jersey Kids Count 2015 report, a comprehensive look at how children fare throughout the state, ranked Middlesex and Monmouth counties in the top third of counties in the state. Middlesex advanced to fourth place, while Monmouth stayed flat at seventh among the 21 counties. However, the April…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Those involved with food banks across central New Jersey are working to alleviate hunger, a persistent problem plaguing families and individuals across the state. The number of those experiencing hunger continues to rise in New Jersey, according to a study by Feeding America, a nonprofit that seeks to educate…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Parents of children who will attend a different school under the Monroe Board of Education’s redistricting plan will receive a letter from their new school principal after April 24. Interim Superintendent of Schools Dennis Ventrello said the redistricting plan is necessary to make use of empty classrooms in some…

By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Harpo Marx dines with Michael Colby’s grandparents, Ben and Mary Bodne, who owned the Algonquin Hotel. PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL COLBY One might say Michael Elihu Colby is the real-life counterpart of Eloise, the fictional children’s book character who lived at New York’s Plaza Hotel. Though the Metuchen resident and…

By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — The $16.5 million municipal budget adopted by the Borough Councilincludesa3percentincreasein municipal taxes for 2015. Under the budget adopted at the April 13 council meeting, the owner of a home assessed at the borough average of $81,994 would pay $1,602 in municipal taxes this year — a…