• Four seek three seats on Spotswood council

    Three incumbents and one challenger will vie for three seats on the Spotswood Borough Council in the May 11 nonpartisan municipal election. Council members Marge Drozd, Charles J. Spicuzzo and Curtis Stollen are seeking re-election, running on a ticket called “Dedicated Leadership — Working for You.” Fire Chief Nicholas Poliseno is seeking his first term,…

  • Environmental group blasts open space tax cut

    Freeholder director: One-cent drop needed to avoid county tax increase this year BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Middlesex County officials have no right to tap into the county’s open space fund to fend off a tax increase in the 2010 budget, the head of an area environmental group said. “This was voted on by…

  • Simmens, Shaw tapped to lead school board

    President: We have quite a year ahead of us BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Facing issues such as a defeated budget, staff reductions and an unresolved teachers’ contract, the East Brunswick Board of Education reorganized last week, naming two familiar faces to serve as its leaders. Board members on April 29 voted to reelect Todd…

  • New Jersey Water Supply Authority

    Rick Anthes of the New Jersey Water Supply Authority and volunteers from a Rutgers Cooperative Extension Rain Garden Certification Workshop transform a grassy island into a rain garden in a parking lot at Thompson Park, Jamesburg, on April 27. The garden’s plants are designed to treat polluted stormwater runoff before it flows into the Manalapan…

  • Holt’s bill in U.S. House could save lives of soldiers

    CODA GREG BEAN Ihaven’t written about this much, because it’s still incredibly difficult — but developments in the last couple of weeks make me realize it’s time to say thanks. Regular readers, and many who know our family, will remember that our son, Sgt. Coleman S. Bean, a two-time Army veteran of Iraq, took his…

  • Volcanic dust cloud produced quiet skies

    Did anyone else notice how quiet the skies above East Brunswick were two weeks ago? When planes stopped flying to/from Europe due to the Iceland volcano activity, the flyway we live under became peaceful. That quiet time will be remembered this summer when one-perminute flights resume over our homes. Lee Busch East Brunswick

  • Renew ‘millionaire’s tax,’ save aid to public schools

    This is an open letter to Gov. Chris Christie. I have watched in horror as your misguided policies have punished the hardworking and rewarded the rich. Let’s start with the premise that taxes are bad. As a society we then need to choose. Your recent attempt to impose what amounts to a tax upon state…

  • On BOE, teachers and ‘It’s for the children’

    Iwent to East Brunswick Schools kindergarten-12th grade, attended college for four years and apartment hopped for seven. I bought a house here in East Brunswick in 1992 and did not buy with the intention of moving as soon as my children graduated high school. I’m told many residents do exactly that. “The schools are very…

  • Steve A. Sedor

    Mr. Sedor, 57, of South River, died April 27, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was employed as an independent truck driver with Eide Trucking, Sayreville. He was predeceased by his parents, Steve and Helen Sedor. Surviving are a brother, James Sedor of South River, and several cousins. Cremation was private.…

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