• E. Bruns. taps security firm for commuter parking decks

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — A new firm has been hired to provide security at the township’s park-and-ride facilities. During its Dec. 7 meeting, the Township Council voted unanimously to award a threeyear contract to Security Guard Inc. at an annual cost of $75,246. The company will provide guards for the Neilson…

  • Couple succumbs to injuries from November car accident

    Ahusband and wife from Spotswood died Dec. 17 while they were being treated for injuries suffered in a twovehicle crash in Sayreville three weeks earlier, on Nov. 27. Ricardo Clarin, 83, was pronounced dead at 2:10 p.m. His wife, Aida Clarin, 80, died at 9:54 p.m. at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.…

  • Spirit of giving

    Left: Brian Wolverton, 13, of East Brunswick, helps arrange the donations for Project Gift at the 4-H Center on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick Dec. 12. Right: Volunteers with the Middlesex County 4-H Teen Council sort out donations for the annual day of shopping, which allows local families of limited resources to pick out gifts…

  • Police tout upgraded fingerprint technology

    Live Scan said to be more accurate, cut down process time BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Five local police departments will get upgraded technology for its fingerprinting process. A grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will enable the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders to purchase the Live Scan technology for the Milltown, South…

  • E.B. man, 23, charged in series of burglaries

    Police: Suspect broke into 10 homes in two months BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Police have arrested a township man on charges he committed 10 burglaries throughout the township over the past two months. The arrest of Brian Robinson, 23, of Hillsdale Road, came after East Brunswick police formed a task force…

  • Clock no second-hand addition to Milltown

    Committee effort represents ‘investment in small-town life’ BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The Milltown Revitalization Committee is expected to install this old-fashioned street clock at the intersection of Main Street and Washington Avenue this spring. MILLTOWN — The Milltown Revitalization Committee is well on its way to installing a new Victorian-style street clock at the intersection…

  • Sports complex looks to score big in Monroe

    SportsZone, Sports Center offer indoor turf fields, tennis, & basketball courts BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Mike Hammer and Todd Berman are successful businessmen who have played sports all of their lives. Kansas City Royals leftfielder David DeJesus signed autographs recently at SportsZone, which has opened at the Monroe 33 Sports Center, Perrineville Road. DeJesus,…

  • E.B. aims to buy back Golden Triangle site

    Mayor says builder has not responded to town’s offer BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer East Brunswick’s legal team has made at least one offer to reacquire the Golden Triangle from Toll Brothers and settle litigation with the builder. Mayor David Stahl said Toll Brothers has thus far been unreceptive to the offer. However, he said…

  • Principal, police officer placed on admin. leave

    Principal thought bullets were blanks, from police drill BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer In the wake of questions about how South River officials handled the Dec. 10 finding of bullets in the middle school, a school principal and a police officer have both been placed on leave. South River Middle School Principal Richard S. Sternberg,…

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