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JEFF GRANIT staff Umberta Colon puts flowers and a poster at a shrine in honor of Ashley Streeter, who was struck by a car and killed outside the Railroad Avenue Subway shop, where the two women worked together. See story, page 15.
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Training School memories on display at Lakeview
Some of the memorabilia featured in the exhibit on the State Home for Boys, now the New Jersey Training School, currently on display at Lakeview Mansion, Route 22. Former resident recalls growing up on grounds of prison BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer Despite its name, the State Home for Boys was the childhood home of…
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Timber Road digging, clearing still on hold
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Not only are the trees on Timber Road safe, so are the sidewalks and lawns. At least for now. A court last week stopped Transco, which owns a natural gas pipeline, from digging on Timber Road so it can look into any potential…
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Ben’s b-day bash
Above, Dean Bennett, as Benjamin Franklin, talks to the crowd at the East Brunswick Public Library. Events were sponsored by the township’s recreation and library departments, the Board of Education, the Arts Commission and the Historical Society. PHOTOS BY DENNIS SYMONS JR. East Brunswick Township Historian Estelle Goldsmith (l) and Norma Spina show a student…
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E.B. council holds off on pay-to-play action
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The township may be getting closer to having its own pay-to-play law. The item was initially on the agenda for the Jan. 9 Township Council meeting, but was tabled at the request of Council President Nancy Pinkin. After Monday night’s meeting, Pinkin said…
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School teams up with student in cancer fight
Frost School event to benefit New Brunswick cancer institute BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent EAST BRUNSWICK — Kids will be helping kids fight cancer this Friday at Frost Elementary School. The student council and PTA are sponsoring a schoolwide fundraising event, “Mikayla’s Lemonade Stand.” The event is named in honor of…
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Leary steps down from Milltown council post
Replacement may be Randy Farkas, who lost by 1 vote in Nov. BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Sean Leary MILLTOWN — Surprise and sadness were among the reactions Monday as Councilman Sean Leary announced he is resigning from the governing body. Citing health and family reasons, Leary said he will be…
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Freeholders list priorities for the coming year
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer EDISON — Keeping the tax rate stable and preserving more open space are two major goals for 2006, said veteran Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel at the board’s recent reorganization meeting. “Last year, as you know, we did cut the levy by $257,000,” he said at…
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Woman, 18, dies after being struck by car in Jamesburg
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Umberta Colon helps arrange a shrine yesterday in honor of Ashley Streeter, an 18-year-old Monroe woman who was killed in an accident Sunday night near the West Railroad Avenue Subway shop where the two women worked. A photo, notes, flowers and candles are among the items…
