• Courses, age groups expanded at Playhouse acting academy

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Due to the success of its first-ever run of acting courses this winter, Playhouse 22’s new Acting Academy will be renewed, and expanded, this spring. The classes are held at the newly constructed Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Kids from ages 8 to 18 have from over a half dozen towns…

  • Monroe mourns sudden loss of recreation superintendent

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — Longtime township Recreation Superintendent Thomas L. Allen could most often be found with a bunch of kids at his side. “He probably had more influence on kids than anybody in the township,” Councilman Irwin Nalitt said. Allen, 61, died suddenly on Feb. 17 at Robert Wood Johnson…

  • Stahl hopes to secure more good deals on road projects

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The recent approval of a bond ordinance marks the second year in a row Mayor David Stahl has pre-emptively set aside money to be used solely for road improvements. The $2.5 million bond, which was approved at the Feb. 8 council meeting, will be dedicated to the…

  • Remembering

    Veteran Chuck Peins looks over pictures on display at the Spotswood American Legion Post 253 on Feb. 7, when the post held a luncheon for residents of the Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Union leader lashes out over axing of firefighters

    Animosity between union and District 1 Board of Fire Commissioners heats up BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer To say the president of the local union for paid firefighters in Monroe is angry over the District 1 Board of Fire Commissioners’ Feb. 17 decision to lay off two career men would be an understatement. “We…

  • South County Day Care

    Adrienne Craparotta, 4, of Monroe, plays darts during the South County Day Care Center’s Winter Festival, held Feb. 12 in Ericson Hall at St. George’s Church, Helmetta. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • E.B. will walk down memory lane Sunday

    Program kicks off series of celebrations as township turns 150 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Stock up on candles and leave room for cake. East Brunswick is celebrating its well-over-the-hill 150th birthday. In honor of the milestone, several events are planned throughout the next few months, but the festivities will kick off with music, reminiscence…

  • E.B. board prepares to make major cuts

    School district facing potential shortfall of nearly $9 million BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer In light of recent word from the state, the potential budgetary shortfall East Brunswick school officials have been mulling over for months is rapidly becoming a reality. School Business Administrator Bernardo Giuliana, in a presentation at the Feb. 18 Board of…

  • Early Act Club’s Pink Hair for Hope program.

    Lawrence Brook Elementary School teachers Nicole Haggiag (l) and Colleen Gill spray the hair of Rosemarie Kiernan pink Feb. 17 as part of the Early Act Club’s Pink Hair for Hope program. Aryaan Athwaal (r) photographs the scene. For more photos, see page 16. JEFF GRANIT staff

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