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Rec offers tickets, sports, fitness, trip
The Milltown Department of Recreation will offer a variety of upcoming events open to borough residents and nonresidents. Tickets are available to attend the 1 p.m. July 21 Mets vs. Phillies baseball game at Citi Field, Flushing, N.Y. Cost is $75 per ticket. A trip to a Wine Tasting and Brunch is set for April…
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Brook’s books
Barclay Brook Elementary School second-grader Joseph Lucignano raises his hand to answer a question during “Battle of the Books” in Monroe on March 4. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Barclay Brook Elementary School second-graders Jennah Ayoubi (l) and Rose Richards participate in “Battle of the Books.” Second-grader Angelo Rubino holds a bookmark to his forehead…
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Activities scheduled for Spotswood seniors
The Spotswood Senior Center, 1 Arlington Ave., will offer a variety of upcoming programs. To participate, individuals must be Spotswood residents 55 years of age or older and registered with the Spotswood Office on Aging. Registration is free of charge; application packets are available at the office. The schedule is as follows: March 13…
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Brunswick Memorial Home receives excellence award
EAST BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Memorial Home in East Brunswick has been honored by the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) with the 2012 Pursuit of Excellence Award. Only 164 firms from around the world received the recognition. To earn the award, a participating funeral home must meet or exceed business standards set forth by the…
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Council considers reinstating sidewalk repair program
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Councilman Thomas Roselli is looking to bring back a sidewalk program that he believes would benefit residents. Under the program, residents who need sidewalk repairs can contact the borough, which will bid for the work, he said during a Feb. 11 council meeting. This process will give the…
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Tax increase included in early Jamesburg tab
Library officials seek more funds to restore staff, hours BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Borough residents may see an increase in municipal taxes this year. Borough Business Administrator Denise Jawidzik, while stressing that the 2013 budget has not been finalized, said the package currently includes a municipal tax rate hike of 6.67 cents,…
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Officials made promises they didn’t keep
For the year leading up to the most recent South River Borough Council election, won by Democrats Shawn Hausserman and Jim Jones, they railed that South River government was being poorly run. Their primary criticism was that the electric-utility rates and town taxes were too high. While electric-utility rates were cut over the last two…
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Photo
The great egret, seen here at the Forsythe National Wildlife Reserve, Oceanville, carries a burden none of us can comprehend. Just imagine how it makes its cousin, the mediocre egret, feel. BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com
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CODA
CPAC’s message to Christie: You’re not our kind of people GREG BEAN I t was the great American philosopher Groucho Marx who sent the Friars Club this terse message by telegram: “Please accept my resignation. I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept people like me as a member.” Last week, New…
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