• Summer theater series to kick off next week

    Three musicals will be staged at Roosevelt Park, with nightly performances at 8:30 p.m. BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer M iddlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park will kick off its 48th season with the musical “1776” on June 23. Plays-in-the-Park shows, which are sponsored by the Board of Chosen Freeholders and the county’s Parks and Recreation Department, are…

  • Two arrested after burglary in Monroe

    MONROE — Police arrested two Ocean County men after the burglary of a Hoffman Station Road home last week. Officers were dispatched to the residence at 1:32 p.m. June 10 on a report of a burglary in progress. According to police, a witness gave a description of the two male suspects and their vehicle, as…

  • Milltown bonds for over $1M for future electric substation site

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The borough’s floodprone electrical substation may soon have a new home. The Borough Council voted June 14 in favor of a bond ordinance appropriating the sum of $1,050,000 to acquire property at 50 Washington Ave., which is the site of the Susan Hutton building. Discussions have been ongoing…

  • Proposed firehouse still hot topic in Milltown

    Some believe question should go before voters BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — While borough officials continue to discuss whether to hold a public question on the construction of a new firehouse, there is one thing many agree upon: Work on the new fire department headquarters is unlikely to happen this year. “We have…

  • Corrections officer jailed for theft of union funds

    The former president of a labor union representing corrections officers at the youth detention center in Monroe has been sentenced to serve a 364-day jail term for stealing $66,300 from union coffers. William R. Reilly Jr., 36, of Belleville, Essex County, also was placed on probation for five years and was ordered to repay the…

  • East Brunswick proceeds with Toll Bros. settlement

    Purchase price for Golden Triangle would be reduced from $35M to $22.5M BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer The first few steps that would bring an end to litigation between East Brunswick and developer Toll Brothers were initiated during Monday night’s Township Council meeting. Following a speech by Mayor David Stahl, the council approved two resolutions…

  • Artist Eli Rosenthal, an award-winning graphic designer, art director, sculptor and painter, demonstrates watercolor techniques

    Artist Eli Rosenthal, an award-winning graphic designer, art director, sculptor and painter, demonstrates watercolor techniques to an audience at the East Brunswick Public Library during a June 11 meeting of the Suburban Artists Guild. ERIC SUCAR staff Artist Eli Rosenthal discusses watercolor techniques with members of the Suburban Artists Guild at the East Brunswick Public…

  • East Bruns. dissolves sewerage authority

    Council majority says controversial action will bring much-needed savings BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer The Township Council adopted a set of ordinances Monday that will officially dissolve the East Brunswick Sewerage Authority after 54 years of service. Through the four ordinances, the township will close the authority, pay its creditors, assume its services and finances,…

  • Monroe’s TV channel was years in the making

    New ordinance stipulates who will oversee channel, what can be broadcast BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer It took Monroe officials less than a minute to adopt an ordinance that spells out the protocol for providing coverage of town meetings and events on Channel 28. But the efforts that went on behind the scenes to…

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