• Italian-American Club to celebrate feast days

    The Sgt. John Basilone Italian-American Club will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and St. Joseph’s Day with a Tuesday-Night Dinner set for 6:30 p.m. March 15 at the Imperial Music Center, 48 Appleby Ave., South River. The fresh-cooked homemade dinner will include salad, chicken broth with rice, corned beef and cabbage, Irish soda bread, dessert and…

  • Spotswood school tab ‘strikes a fair balance’

    $285K state aid boost allows district to maintain programs and staff BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Ayear after the loss of $1.4 million in state aid forced it to cut staff and programs, the Board of Education has introduced a budget that maintains services and limits the tax impact. The school board’s tentative…

  • Red light camera system in place at Rt. 18, Tices

    Those who cross intersection against red or turn right on red will receive ticket in mail EAST BRUNSWICK — Motorists who run a red light at Route 18 and Tices Lane may not get stopped by police, but that doesn’t mean they won’t have to pay a fine. The township has installed cameras at the…

  • Milltown school budget would restore programs

    Proposed tax increase $127 on average home BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN The perfect storm that wreaked havoc on the current Milltown school year’s budget appears to have sailed out to sea. “We are in calmer waters,” Superintendent of Schools Linda Madison said as she began her presentation of the tentative 2011-12 budget during…

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    David Papenhagen conducts the East Brunswick High School Jazz Ensemble at the Brunswick Square Mall March 6 during the 22nd annual East Brunswick Community Day. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Former sheriff is charged with taking bribes for jobs

    Spicuzzo arrested Monday on charges of misconduct, bribery Former Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph C. Spicuzzo was arrested Monday on charges that he demanded bribes of up to $25,000 from people seeking employment or promotions in the Sheriff’s Office. Spicuzzo, 65, of Helmetta, also the longtime Middlesex County Democratic Party chairman, surrendered to state police detectives…

  • E.B. school tab calls for layoffs, tax hike

    Sacrifices needed to plug shortfall of $2.8M in tentative budget for 2011-12 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Though the shortfall for their 2011-12 school budget is less than projected, East Brunswick school officials are still forced to make a number of difficult cuts . On March 3, the Board of Education unanimously adopted a tentative…

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    Boy Scout Troop 132 members (l-r) Scott Fitzgerald, 7, his brother Ryan, 4, and Tyler Eckert, 7, race Pinewood Derby cars at the Brunswick Square Mall on March 6 during the 22nd annual East Brunswick Community Day. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Information hearing set for improvements at Turnpike Exit 9

    The New Jersey Turnpike Authority will hold a public meeting in East Brunswick on March 16 on proposed improvements to Turnpike Interchange 9. The informational meeting will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the East Brunswick Municipal Building, 1 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive. A brief presentation about the proposed project will be…

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