• Monroe’s Goldberg is NJ’s top librarian for ’11

    Town’s first and only library director ‘stays a step ahead’ BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Irene Goldberg MONROE — Recently named New Jersey’s Librarian of the Year for 2011, Irene Goldberg is credited with building a library from a card table and folding chair. Goldberg, who began her career in New Rochelle, N.Y., and Hackensack,…

  • Barlow: New contract a win for taxpayers

    Arbitrator’s ruling calls for zero-percent increase in PBA salaries in 2011 BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer A state-appointed arbitrator has awarded Spotswood a zeropercent increase in police salaries for 2011, the first award of its kind this year in New Jersey. The Spotswood Police Benevolent Association Local 225 contract expired at the end of 2010,…

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    Aleda Jomy performs the traditional South Indian dance Bharathanatyam during the Irwin Elementary School Spring Cultural Arts Festival in East Brunswick May 26. Staff and students worked together to create an event integrating the visual and performing arts with the study of seven distinct cultures from around the world. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Residents divided over Monroe Township zoning issue

    Master plan revisions in front of Planning Board BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Monroe officials revising the township’s master plan heard from residents Monday on both sides of a longstanding dispute over a vacant parcel on Route 522. The land at the corner of Schoolhouse Road is zoned to allow residential housing, but its owner…

  • Builder, E.B. reach deal on Golden Triangle

    Proposal will go before Township Council next week BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent East Brunswick has come to an agreement with developer Toll Brothers to revive the Golden Triangle project. The mixed-use development project, bordered by Route 18, Tices Lane and Old Bridge Turnpike, will contain 200 to 400 residential units and a “large non-membership big-box”…

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    Dancers perform during a cultural variety artistic show at Churchill Junior High School in East Brunswick June 4. The event was sponsored by Huaxia Chinese School of East Brunswick, Little Spring Learning Center of North Brunswick, JEI of North Brunswick and the Yana Ballet Dance Studios. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Spotswood carnival kicks off June 14

    The Church of the Immaculate Conception in Spotswood will host its annual carnival June 14-18 on the church grounds, 23 Manalapan Road. Carnival times are 6-11 p.m. June 14-16; 5-11 p.m. June 17; and 4-11 p.m. June 18. Admission is free. In addition to carnival rides and games of chance, the event includes a beer…

  • Two titles in two days for Eagles’ baseball team

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent For a team that was 9-7 on May 11, Middletown High School South certainly has exceeded expectations since. The Eagles, seeded 10th in the Monmouth County Tournament, defeated fifth-seeded Red Bank Catholic, 8-5, in the championship game at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood on Thursday, June 2. The Eagles scored the go-ahead…

  • Caseys enjoyed spectacular season on baseball diamond

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Red Bank Catholic High School baseball team put together an amazing spring that saw the Caseys post a 26-3 record, including a 24-game winning streak. The magical season ended on a winning note Monday night at FirstEngergy Park in Lakewood as the Caseys won their first-ever Shore Conference Tournament championship, defeating…

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