• Jamesburg school district gets federal funding bump

    Board hopes to use money to achieve goals like enhanced community outreach BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer JAMESBURG — The borough’s school district will see an increase in No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act funding for the coming school year. According to Richard Kilpatrick, school business administrator, the district will receive $216,754 in NCLB funding,…

  • Send us your summer photos

    It’s back to school and back to work for nearly everyone, but you don’t have to let summer go just yet. Greater Media News/StringFly wants you to submit your photos of people having fun in the summertime. Consider submitting your photos of your family picnic, splashing in the pool, building a sandcastle at the beach,…

  • Police charge 3 in robberies in E. Brunswick, Old Bridge

    The East Brunswick and Old Bridge police departments made three arrests last week following a joint investigation into a string of gas station armed robberies and one burglary that occurred in both towns between July 30 and Aug. 7. Nicholas Demo, 19, of Morganville, Joseph Dolce, 21 of Manalapan, and a 16- year-old male from…

  • Employees get counseling after shooting

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene of a shooting at a supermarket on Route 9 north, Old Bridge, on Aug. 31. Two employees working the overnight shift were killed by a gunman who then committed suicide, authorities said. JEFF GRANIT staff During an overnight shift at the Pathmark supermarket on…

  • Experts: Motive hard to ascribe immediately after shooting

    BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Experts in workplace violence and criminal justice reacted to the Aug. 31 shooting in an Old Bridge Pathmark supermarket by analyzing what the alleged shooter’s motivations may have been. A Pathmark employee allegedly shot and killed two fellow employees before turning the gun on himself during the 4 a.m. shooting,…

  • Old Bridge in shock after shooting deaths

    Neighbor: ‘You’re not safe anywhere. You just never know.’ BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan can be seen through the shattered windows of a Pathmark supermarket on Route 9 north, Old Bridge, on Aug. 31, shortly after a store employee gunned down two coworkers. JEFF GRANIT staff OLD BRIDGE — In…

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    Kylie Medina, 8, (l-r), Victoria Banko, 8, and Alex Sardis, 7, have fun with a bubble experiment during the Aug. 16 “Dragons & Dreams” presentation by Sciencetellers at the Milltown Public Library. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Monroe residents call for action on tax issue

    Citizens voice concerns over rising taxes at council, school board meetings BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer Nearly a month after receiving their updated property tax bills, Monroe residents continue to question officials about spending by the municipality and school district. In May, the council adopted a $51.8 million budget that resulted in a $393 tax…

  • E.B. board to review plan for 400 residences

    Mayor: Golden Triangle redevelopment shows strength of local economy BY JAMES McEVOY Staff Writer The East Brunswick Township Planning Board was expected to review the final piece of the long-debated and litigated Golden Triangle redevelopment project this week. During its meeting, set for 8 p.m. Sept. 5, the board was scheduled to review Toll Brothers’…

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