• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Layoffs in offing following aid cuts

    School board, township scramble to offset shortfall By Davy James, Staff Writer    School district and township officials saw their budget plans thrown into disarray with last week’s release of state aid figures, which leaves the district with $6.2 million less in aid than last year and the township with $1.1 million less than planned.    The…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: DiGirolamo case inches ahead, 2-plus years later

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    It has been more than two and a half years since Amy Giordano was killed, allegedly inside her Hightstown apartment.    And it has been one year since her then-married boyfriend, Rosario DiGirolamo, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in connection to the 27-year-old’s death, and still no trial date…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Township to lose $900,000-plus in state aid

    Mayor questions legality; special meeting set By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    EAST WINDSOR – Mayor Janice Mironov repeated the six-figure amount, digit by digit, over and over. She said she had also done so in her sleep.    ”9-0-4-2-1-7.”    ”9-0-4-2-1-7.”    ”9-0-4-2-1-7”    She wasn’t making a joke.    The mayor said Thursday she could not believe the “bomb”…

  • CRANBURY: Civil War group eyes Cranbury for memorial

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — The New Jersey Civil War History Association is eyeing Cranbury as the final resting place for a veterans memorial monument.    The nonprofit organization, looking at the township’s Memorial Park as a site, is offering to provide the monument but is asking the township to take on the landscaping.…

  • MANVILLE: Pickup to continue for material used to make flood repairs

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Although pickups for material, such as lumber and sheetrock, from new construction was suspended as of yesterday, Wednesday,, the Department of Public Works still is ready to collect flood debris on a case-by-case basis.    According to DPW Director Phil Petrone, any resident with flood debris or damage can call the…

  • MANVILLE: Students revive ‘80s faves in high school’s new musical

    MANVILLE: Students revive ‘80s faves in high school’s new musical

    Manville High School’s production of “Back to the ‘80s” features more than 50 students, including (above, left to right) Eddie Alfaro, Claire Kondash, Nick Kita, Lindsay Zaccardi and Diante Hill, shown rehearsing a scene choreographed to the song “Footloose.” Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: East Windsor Regional schools to lose $4 million

    38 positions, including about 10 teachers, expected to be cut By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor, and Sean Breslin, Special Writer    HIGHTSTOWN – The East Windsor Regional School District — hit with about a $4 million cut in state aid – is looking at cutting about 38 employees, including six administrators and the equivalent of 10.5…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Council struggles with budget cuts

    By john Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Township Council members expressed frustration this week with the municipal budget process and state delays in the announcement of state aid.    March 19, Gov. Chris Christie announced cuts in municipal aid throughout the state, including a $617,509 cut in money going to West Windsor.    Township Administrator Robert…

  • MANVILLE: Students revive ‘80s faves in high school’s new musical

    MANVILLE: Students revive ‘80s faves in high school’s new musical

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    The Manville High School Drama Club will present “Back to the ‘80s,” a musical featuring songs many of the students’ parents may find themselves singing along with, this weekend.    Director Stephen Sallach and assistant director Ashley Wollesen have been working with the 50-member cast for several months preparing for…

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