• Monroe deputy fire chief suspended over petition

    At issue: potential elimination of district’s two paid firefighters BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — The voluntary deputy chief of Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 has been suspended for six months after he created and circulated a petition to stop the possible elimination of the company’s two paid firefighters. Fire Chief Lonnie…

  • Member of ‘Route 35 Crew’ sentenced in robbery spree

    East Brunswick bank among Rahway man’s 14 holdups Aprincipal member of the so-called “Route 35 Crew” was sentenced to nearly 28 years in federal prison Jan. 11 for committing 11 armed bank robberies, home invasion robbery and two other robberies in 2006 and 2007. U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano, sitting in Newark, also ordered…

  • Historical Society

    East Brunswick Historical Society President Estelle Goldsmith and members Carmella Texter, Joan Daskiewicz, Kathryn Sullivan and Ann Alvarez visit Washington Monumental Cemetary on Hillside Avenue in South River where several of East Brunswick’s early mayors are buried. South River was once part of the township, and many officials lived there. The society members photographed and…

  • Author prepares book on mayors of E. Bruns.

    Research spans 150 years and 30 chairmen/mayors BY VINCENT TODARO EAST BRUNSWICK — Through press releases, public meetings, interviews and the Internet, it’s pretty easy to learn something about recent mayors. But research gets much harder as one reaches just a little further back, according to East Brunswick Historical Society member Ann Alvarez, who is…

  • E.B., workers’ union still in contract talks

    Employees working without new contract since 2008 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK— It appears the township is getting closer to striking a deal with the unions representing the majority of its employees. Business Administrator James White, who handling negotiations for the governing body, has met with the unions a number of times, more…

  • E.B. resident organizes large shipment to Haiti

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — As she watched TV newscasts showing the bodies of Haitian earthquake victims alongside the rubble of Port-au-Prince, Lucy Aita knew she had to do something. Aita had lost her fiancé, Paul Innella, 33, of East Brunswick, in the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks, and she…

  • Family able to escape early morning blaze

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Three township residents were able to escape a fire that engulfed the lower floor of their house early Sunday morning, but a dog and two pet birds perished. One of the residents of the home on Pamela Court, off Old Stage Road, called 911 at 1 a.m.…

  • County to consider Foerter Farm funding

    Stahl: Estate has expressed interest in selling land currently slated for development BY VINCENT TODARO Hearings on the development of the Foerter Farm continue to be postponed as officials consider the potential purchase and preservation of the land. A vote expected today by the Middlesex County Open Space and Recreation Advisory Committee will play a…

  • Wii video game tournament

    Candice Nigro and Christopher Gentile, 5, of Matawan, watch the TV screen as Christopher’s dad Paul bowls in a Wii video game tournament held at Yogi’s All-American Sports Bar & Grill inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Monroe Jan. 14. The event raised money for Cure Kids Cancer and The Children’s Miracle Network. JEFF GRANIT…

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