• ‘Greek Festival of the Sea’ on tap for end of week

    PERTH AMBOY — St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church’s annual “Greek Festival of the Sea” gets under way on June 4 and runs through June 6. The annual event is the church’s biggest fundraiser of the year and a staple of the community, said George N. Petrakakis, second vice president of the Parish Council and chairman…

  • Four new cops hired after stringent selection process

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — Mayor Richard Pucci recently swore in four new police officers to help replace a number of others who are retiring. “It’s certainly wonderful to have you in our family in Monroe Township,” Pucci told the officers. “It’s a very special community. It was a very difficult process…

  • County announces road resurfacing projects

    Middlesex County became one of the first counties in the state to put federal stimulus funds to work when the Board of Chosen Freeholders voted May 11 to approve a contract to mill and resurface 17 county roads. The work will begin this summer and include the installation or improvement of 1,000 ramps at intersections…

  • Monroe ramps up Channel 28, municipal, school webcasts

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — The township’s Channel 28 is slowly coming into its own. “It’s still in its infancy,” Business AdministratorWayne Hamilton said. The station has been up and running since early this year. Residents have been able to watch the last two regular Township Council meetings, both on Comcast Channel…

  • E.B. festival showcases works of local artists

    Event includes art for display and sale, demonstrations, and a juried competition BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Creative minds from across the state will be displaying the fruits of their labor at the township’s eighth annual Fine Arts Festival. The June 5 event will feature works representing a multitude of aesthetic genres,…

  • South River aides say loss of hours will hurt

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Several support staff members whose full-time positions are set to be eliminated in the 2010-11 budget are pressing district officials to reconsider their decision. The issue was among a variety of topics discussed at the Board of Education meeting May 25. The seven full-time aides whose positions…

  • Memorial Day Parade

    Girl Scouts from Monroe are part of a long line of marchers during the 127th edition of the Jamesburg-Monroe-Helmetta Memorial Day Parade in Jamesburg on May 31.

  • Two photographers captured social landscape, and soul

    Works of Winogrand, Clark on display at Zimmerli Garry Winogrand and Larry Clark began redefining photography in the 1960s, documenting the American social landscape in out-of-the-ordinary black-and-white photographs of people engaged in ordinary activities. A Garry Winogrand photograph in New York City, from the series, “Women Are Better Than Men, Not Only Have They Survived,…

  • Milltown council hopes to bring down tax hike

    Revenue losses have officials scrambling to reduce increase in municipal tax rate BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Milltown Borough Council introduced a $7.7 million budget last week that would raise municipal taxes by $278 on the average home. “We are continuing to work on various ways to bring in more revenue. … This is…

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