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JEFF GRANIT staff Thelma Wilkofsky stretches her arms above her head while concentrating on her breathing during Friday morning’s yoga class at the East Brunswick Senior Center.
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Boro panel considers airing town meetings
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD – Local officials may take a cue from neighboring towns such as South Brunswick and East Brunswick and begin televising Borough Council meetings. Councilwoman Marge Drozd is part of a committee that is considering the idea of televising meetings so that residents do not have to leave the comfort…
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Get a leg up
JEFF GRANIT staff Irene Merrill of East Brunswick uses a necktie to stretch her leg during a yoga class Friday at the East Brunswick senior center.
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Neary says council will get budget sooner
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – At the request of some TownshipCouncilmembers, the administration has agreed to present its municipal budget for review earlier this calendar year. During Monday’s council meeting, Mayor William Neary said he will give his formal presentation in February, and the budgetwill be adopted in March as required by…
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Two Scouts’ projects helped beautify town
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Spotswood’s Brian Scott (from left), Jeffrey Drozd and Christopher Zawistowski each earned the rank of Eagle Scout after completing community service projects recently. Drozd, whose brothers Alan and Zachary are also Eagle Scouts, was featured in an earlier story in the Sentinel. SPOTSWOOD – – It is now easier to…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Diane Lipman (center) concentrates on her breathing, along with Carmela Florio (back, from left), Thelma Wilkofsky and Heddy Hupner during the Friday morning yoga class at the East Brunswick Senior Center last week.
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New-look Boro Council vows to bring integrity
Harto, Waters take seats; Farkas named council president BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Milltown officials looked toward a year bringing both change and challenge at their reorganization meeting Jan. 2. The swearing-in of two new Borough Council members shifted control of the governing body from Democrats to Republicans, who now have a 4-2 majority. The…
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State bill would limit library funding hikes
Mayor, council say mandated increases are taking toll on boro BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Jamesburg officials may see relief from budgetary woes if state legislators pass a bill that would reduce the mandated library funding increases to 4 percent per year. Otto Kostbar Set to go before lawmakers later this month, the bill would…
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County gov’t feels new year will be taxing
Freeholders sworn in at reorg.; director calls for necessary tax reform BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Stephen Dalina EDISON – Middlesex County Freeholders Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina, Christopher Rafano and Blanquita Valenti were sworn in as members of the board during the freeholders’ reorganization meeting Friday, held at Middlesex County College in Edison. Dalina, sworn…
