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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Alex Spitale, of Von Thun Farms, South Brunswick, arranges broccoli and other vegetables for sale at the farmers market in downtown Jamesburg Saturday. Organized by the Jamesburg Revitalization Coalition, the market will set up along West Railroad Avenue on Saturdays through Oct. 15.

  • Music and ice cream served up for a cause

    Amber Blues show will benefit rebuilding in New Orleans BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Amber Blues, which will perform in Milltown Saturday, include (clockwise from top left) Tarek Ismail, Dave Brumberg, Jimmy Clark and LaMar Prout. MILLTOWN – Amber Blues will show some love for the birthplace of jazz when they perform in the borough…

  • Fire causes significant damage to E.B. school

    Board of Education will discuss options at meeting tonight BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Afire broke out in a Memorial School classroom last week, resulting in extensive damage to that room and significant smoke and water damage to the rear part of the building. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Left: An exterior wall at East…

  • Resident tells council to dump town’s paper

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Residents asked last week that the township stop publishing its own newspaper due to the cost of the operation. Members of the public who spoke during the July 7 Township Council meeting said the township is not accomplishing anything worthwhile by funding the East Brunswick Quarterly. Robert…

  • Retail plaza applicant takes Monroe to court

    Builder wants town to allow stores, bank in residential zone BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Adeveloper is suing Monroe Township and its Zoning Board of Adjustment in the hopes of building a retail center in a residential zone. The lawsuit, filed by Schoolhouse Road Associates, comes after the board’s second denial in March of an…

  • Local volunteers help Biloxi rebuilding effort

    Series of fundraisers will allow group to help hurricane victims BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Christine Palaski works on the frame of a house for an elderly man in Biloxi, Miss., during last year’s mission trip. Children and adult chaperones from Holy Trinity Episcopal Church of South River will return to help with rebuilding in…

  • County adds $500K to arts center funding

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Middlesex County will dole out another $500,000 to help the township pay for the community arts center at Heavenly Farms. The recent grant piggybacks on an earlier one for the same amount, bringing the county’s total share of the project to $1 million. The money comes from…

  • Day of events planned as Spotswood turns 100

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – What amounts to a huge party this Sunday will serve as the culmination of a series of events celebrating the borough’s 100th anniversary. Jack Eichenlaub, co-chairman of the committee that coordinated the events, said he expects 2,500 to 3,500 people to attend the gala on Sunday, being held…

  • Two from E.B. school to teach, learn in Africa

    BY KRISTIN TANGEL Staff Writer Agnieszka “Agnes” Walus (center) and Diane Heilman (r), both selected for the South Africa Initiative,” work with students from Hammarskjold’s Early Act Club in June to make beaded American flags that the teachers will take to South Africa. The club already sent donated school supplies over to the South African…