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Area residents among suspects in drug sweep
Some 21 adults and a 15-year-old boy were arrested last week in connection with a heroin-trafficking ring in Middlesex and Somerset counties. The roundup followed a six-month investigation by the Somerset County Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force and the Middlesex County Gangs, Guns and Drugs Task Force; authorities in both counties arrested the suspects…
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Council may give green light to camera system
Drivers who run red light at Rt. 18, Tices Lane would receive ticket in the mail BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Digital cameras designed to catch drivers who run a red light at Route 18 and Tices Lane will soon be installed after over a year of setbacks. A resolution awarding a…
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Bonnet & Top Hat Contest
ERIC SUCAR staff Paige Scheid (c) of Monroe gets ready to impress the judges at the Bonnet & Top Hat Contest during the annual Easter Egg Hunt held at Dey Farm in Monroe on March 27.
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S.R. council decides against taping business meetings
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Residents who want to hear what is being said at the Borough Council’s business meetings will have to come out and attend them. The council voted 5-1 recently against broadcasting the business meetings on local TV-35. Councilman Rui Almeida had broached the idea, saying that this was…
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Bunny love
Kelsey Parker, 8, and Julianna Franco, 12, get to know one of the bunnies during the Breakfast with the Easter Bunny event at the Middlesex County 4-H Center on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick March 27. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Police officers honored for role in large pot bust
Tamburro: Good police work turned a bad-news story into a good one BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — Stay out of Monroe. That’s the message Mayor Richard Pucci has for anyone considering breaking the law in his town. The Township Council meeting room was packed with police officers and their families on Monday…
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Helmetta, Sayreville to share more services
Latest agreement involves construction, zoning office services BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Helmetta residents and businesses that use construction and zoning services will now get them from the borough of Sayreville. The towns have entered into a shared services agreement that gives Sayreville control of Helmetta’s construction department. The agreement is expected to generate some…
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Corrections officer admits theft
MONROE — The former president of a labor union for corrections officers pleaded guilty last week to stealing $66,300 from union coffers. William R. Reilly Jr., 36, of Carlstadt, pleaded guilty to a count of theft during a hearing before Superior Court Judge Frederick P. DeVesa at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick on…
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East Brunswick board sends budget to voters
Board members say they tried to be fair, do their best ‘in very difficult times’ BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Amid widespread concern from residents and district employees regarding its proposed cuts, the East Brunswick Board of Education unanimously adopted its 2010-11 budget at a recent public hearing. School officials reviewed plans during the March…
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