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    JEFF GRANIT staff Honor Guard members from Monroe Township Fire District 3 carry the casket of Fire Chief James J. Beebe from the fire truck for the funeral services at St. James Church in Jamesburg May 8. Beebe, 64, died May 3 following an illness. A Vietnam veteran, Beebe served as a volunteer firefighter in…

  • Talks begin on merging three school districts

    County super to review options for Spotswood, M’town, Helmetta BY VINCENT TODARO & BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writers School officials in Spotswood, Milltown and Helmetta will explore the possibility of consolidating their school districts in the coming years. The discussion comes as the state has assigned each county’s executive school superintendent to develop proposals to merge…

  • E.B. council continues cutting tax increases

    Municipal budget cuts reduce tax rate hike from 14 to 9 cents BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer The East Brunswick Township Council on Monday shaved nearly a third of the proposed municipal tax increase. Using a mix of increased revenues and budget cuts, the council reduced the proposed tax rate hike from 14 cents to…

  • The circus is in town

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Second-grade students at Monroe’s Barclay Brook Elementary School perform in the annual Circus Minimus show at the school on Friday. Above: second-grader Christian Giannola walks on the balance beam as teacher Kelly Molitoris lends a hand during the show.

  • ‘Kids Get Arthritis Too’

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Top to bottom: Karen Lassiter and daughter Katie, 10, of Monroe, talk with participants at the Arthritis Foundation Walk at Monroe Township High School Saturday. The mother-anddaughter team organized the event to raise money and awareness of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Donations were still coming in this week, but are expected to…

  • Residents warn council, cuts will affect education

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Teachers, parents and other residents took turns voicing opposition to the Township Council’s school budget cuts Monday before the governing body voted unanimously to reduce the tax rate increase by more than 70 percent. Most speakers were visibly upset or angry with the council’s intentions and gave…

  • Monroe council cuts school tab by $515K

    Insurance costs, training for teachers among items reduced BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE – The Township Council voted Monday to adopt a trimmed-down version of the defeated school budget, with cuts that will not impact students, according to officials. The school board was scheduled to vote on the amended budget last night, after press…

  • Municipal budget changes could lower tax increase

    After shaving school tab, E.B. council looks at municipal cuts BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK- Despite protests fromsome officials, the Township Council is considering cuts to lower this year’s proposed 14-cent municipal tax rate hike. The council discussed the move last week, as it also weighed cuts to the defeated school budget, which…

  • J’burg officials expected to make budget decision

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG – The Borough Council planned tomeet earlier this week to discuss what to do with the defeated school budget, though officials could not say whether they would cut the proposed 10-cent tax rate increase. On April 15, voters rejected the Board of Education’s 2008-09 school budget, which would raise…