• NJ Transit applauded for restoring two bus routes

    Bus, rail fare hikes will take effect May 1 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer NJ Transit announced on April 14 its decision to preserve two of three bus lines proposed to be eliminated as part of the agency’s budget-cut package. Officials adjusted the plan in response to entreaties from local commuters, community leaders and state…

  • Motor vehicle stop in E.B. results in weapons charge

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Police arrested an 18-year-old Middlesexman on a weapons charge after a routine motor vehicle stop on Milltown Road April 9. East Brunswick police Sgt. Jeff Marino stopped the vehicle driven by Philip M. Donato Jr. at 10:52 p.m. near the intersection of Claire Road. The vehicle was pulled over for an improper…

  • South River boro tab carries $42 tax hike

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Long-term planning has allowed the borough to be in a pretty good spot with its 2010 budget, despite a 20.4 percent cut in state aid, according to officials. And the near future may hold the same fate. “The year 2011 will not be much different than this…

  • Twilight Tour will bring figures of the past to life

    Re-enactors to discuss lives of those buried at Chestnut Hill from 4-7 p.m. April 24-25 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Residents will have the opportunity to trek through one of the township’s historic cemeteries this weekend, but don’t expect to encounter any ghoulish hauntings. The first-ever Twilight Tour, an East Brunswick Museum-hosted…

  • Monroe Community Center work to get back on track

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — Work on the township’s Community Center should resume soon, after stalling earlier this year when the primary contractor walked off the job. Eighty-five percent of the work on the expansion project was completed by the time the contractor, Holmdel-based Monmouth Construction LLC, stopped work on Jan. 19,…

  • Spotswood officials move ahead with vision plan

    Recommendations include interconnections for parking lots behind businesses BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer An improved Main Street is among the goals of Spotswood officials as they look to guide future development in the borough. Mayor Tom Barlow and the Borough Council are moving forward with work on their Community Vision Plan, which seeks to provide…

  • Monroe Township Shade Tree Commission,

    Karen Lafata, a volunteer with the Monroe Township Shade Tree Commission, chats with Township Councilman Michael Leibowitz and township Tree Assessor Richard Bentz during the first-ever Farm Fest at the Monroe Township Public Library on April 17. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • E.B. council sets utility dissolution in motion

    Officials say May approval could bring savings of $500K just for balance of 2010 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Township officials have taken the first few steps in a lengthy process to dissolve the East Brunswick Sewerage Authority (EBSA). Mayor David Stahl presented a tentative update on the proposal to eliminate the EBSA at the…

  • Municipal taxes to rise due to economy, state aid loss

    Township will continue to scale back operation through attrition BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Homeowners here would see a “minimal” increase in their municipal taxes to support the 2010 budget, Monroe Mayor Richard Pucci said. “This is a challenging budget,” Pucci said in his annual budget message. “State aid is down and appropriations revenue…

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