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Jamesburg budget carries flat tax rate
Officials debate cutback on employee cell phones BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Jamesburg officials are moving ahead with a 2011 municipal budget that would not increase residents’ taxes. The budget, which was introduced at the Borough Council’s March 9 meeting, totals $5,020,171, down more than $200,000 from last year. It does not call for any…
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Yasmin Siglam portrays Sandy in the Spotswood High School Drama Club’s production of “Grease” during a dress rehearsal Monday night. Shows run March 17, 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. and at 2 p.m. March 20 in the Spotswood High School cafetorium. Tickets are $10; $6 for students and seniors. Contact Chris Slavicek at [email protected]…
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Spotswood municipal tab for 2011 brings tax hike
Borough faces rising costs for pension and health care BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer The Spotswood Borough Council has introduced a no-frills municipal budget after months of grappling with rising expenses and dwindling revenue. Despite financial challenges, council members unanimously voted March 7 to move forward with a balanced budget that complies with state mandates…
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Challenging budget year leads to tax hike inMonroe
Public hearing to be held April 4 on $47.4M package BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer The Monroe Township Council has proposed a tentative budget of $47.4 million that would raise taxes $22 annually on the average home. The tentative budget, introduced March 7, is up $2.2 million from the 2010 package. If adopted, the tax…
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Handcrafted pet beds were among the items on sale during the Middlesex County 4-H Spring Fling Craft Fair at the 4-H center on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick on March 12. Proceeds benefited maintenance of the log cabin, built in 1988. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Jamesburg considers pulling out of Monroe high school
BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Jamesburg school officials are considering pulling their students out of Monroe Township High School, starting with the 2012-13 school year. The Jamesburg Board of Education, voting during a special meeting March 17 that was packed with concerned parents, approved a resolution to explore other options for future high school-age students from the…
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Sylwestra Arkisiewicz Siatkowski
Mrs. Siatkowski, 64, of Easton, Pa., formerly of South River, died March 3, 2011, in Bethlehem Hospice, in Bethlehem, Pa. Prior to her retirement, she was employed at South Amboy Memorial Hospital, where she worked for seven years. She was predeceased by her parents, Boleslaw and Halina Arkisiewicz. Surviving are her husband, Marian; two sons,…
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Jean Unger Arpin
Mrs. Arpin, 84, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died March 5, 2011, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul Arpin, M.D., and by a son, Robert Pall. Surviving are a daughter, Barbara Hosie, and her husband, John, of East Brunswick; a son, Edward Arpin, and his wife, Leslie, of Raleigh, N.C.; a daughter-in-law, Victoria Pall…
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John D. Krosnowski
Mr. Krosnowski, 50, of North Brunswick, formerly of East Brunswick, died March 3, 2011, at home. Prior to his retirement in 2009, he was employed as a machine operator for Nampak Corp., North Brunswick, where he worked for five years. He was predeceased by his parents, Alexander and Nadine Krosnowski. Surviving are two brothers, Raymond…
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