• Milltown council considers law that would ban gunfire in town

    MILLTOWN — The discharge of firearms in the borough may soon be prohibited. The Borough Council is scheduled to vote Dec. 13 on an ordinance that prohibits anyone from firing at any time, or causing any pistol, shotgun, rifle or other firearm to discharge within the limits of the borough. The law would not apply…

  • Monroe family escapes blaze

    MONROE — Authorities are continuing to investigate the cause of a fire that forced a family to evacuate its Harrigan Avenue home in the late hours of Nov. 29. The fire began shortly after 11 p.m. at the back of the single-family ranch home and quickly worked its way into the attic without setting off…

  • Stahl encouraged by retail growth in East Bruns.

    Several projects in works; vacancy rate inches lower BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Despite unstable economic conditions, retail business in East Brunswick experienced a spike in recent months and is steadily growing. Several retail initiatives are brewing throughout the township in various stages of development, a boom that Mayor David Stahl attributes to the continuing…

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    Aidan Osowski, 6, gets a unique high-five during the Professor Slithers Show at the East Brunswick Cultural Arts Center on Cranbury Road Dec. 5. The East Brunswick Youth Council sponsored the educational presentation. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Monroe to soon rebuild circa-1850 schoolhouse

    Deconstructed building has been in storage for eight years BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer An historic schoolhouse will be brought back to life in the next few years and may once again be used for educational purposes. A class stands in front of the Prospect Plains Schoolhouse, circa 1885. The building will be re-established at…

  • S.R. board says proposal is fair to the taxpayer

    Voters to have say on school improvements Dec. 14 BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Board of Education members hope voters will agree that this is an opportune time to approve $14.2 million in long-sought improvements to South River High School.   The project, if approved in a Dec. 14 referendum, would be defrayed by a…

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    Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky of the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe listens as students from Monroe Township High School perform during Sunday’s Grand Family Chanukah Celebration and Giant Menorah Lighting at State Park, Perrineville and Prospect Plains Road in Monroe. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • A message of thanks

    CORNER OFFICE PETER SMYTH Chairman and CEO Greater Media Inc. On behalf of the entire Greater Media family, I would like to wish our Greater Media Newspapers employees and readers a happy, healthy and prosperous holiday season. I also want to thank our dedicated employees as well as our loyal readers and advertisers for a…

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