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Snuff mill conversion plan set to be heard
Kaplan seeks to build units without age restrictions BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Helmetta officials are scheduled to begin hearing testimony next week on Kaplan and Cos.’ request to eliminate the age restrictions from its planned housing development at the former snuff mill. Kaplan received approval from the borough Planning Board in 2007 to build…
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Spotswood girls return veteran team to court
BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Spotswood’s girls basketball team finishedw ith a 20-5 record a year ago and captured the GMC Blue Division championship. However, there is a very simple reason why coach Kevin Brady believes his team will be improved this year. The Chargers return all five starters. It will be the first five, plus…
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Donations to holiday food, toy drive go to needy
For some 18 years, the Octagon Community Service Club at Spotswood High School has run a successful holiday food and toy drive. We welcome the support of all local organizations and individuals in this effort. To quote Dickens, “At this festive season of the year … want is most keenly felt, and abundance rejoices.” All…
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‘A Christmas Carol’ will return to stage
Playhouse 22 will present its 13th annual production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” 8 p.m. on Fridays, 4 and 7 p.m. on Saturdays, 3 p.m. on Sundays, Dec. 11-20, at the new theater in the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, Dunhams Corner Road and Helmetta Avenue. The production, which is adapted and directed by…
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Lois L. Krieger, Esq.
Ms. Krieger, 57, of Plainsboro, formerly of East Brunswick, died Nov. 13, 2009, at home. She was a senior attorney of the Community Health Law Project, South Orange. Surviving are her parents, Estelle and Sidney Krieger of East Brunswick; a sister, Karen Krieger of Spring, Texas; a brother, Dr. Lawrence Krieger, and his wife, Jeannette,…
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Split council defeats rate-reduction motion
Mayor breaks ties on use of funds from electric utility BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Worries about excessive increases to the borough’s electric rates in 2012 led to some debate by a divided South River Borough Council last week. Democratic Councilman Anthony Razzano made motions at the Nov. 23 council meeting to draft two ordinances.…
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Monroe, E.B. football teams get ready for title games
Sectional championships Saturday at The College of New Jersey BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Let the games begin! The waiting is over, and for two area high school football teams, Monroe and East Brunswick, each plays for a state sectional championship this Saturday at The College of New Jersey. Monroe (10- 1), seeded second in the…
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It’s time to stop using property taxes to fund education
Another year has gone by and yet nothing has been done by our elected legislators to correct the unfair, and perhaps illegal, practice of funding primary and secondary education with a portion of property taxes. Why has nothing been done? Are our legislators indifferent to the problems this practice causes to the most needy? I…
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Women’s Connection sets holiday dinner
The Brunswick Women’s Connection will hold a Holiday Garden-Party Dinner 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 10 at The Chateau, 678 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Master gardener Pat Scarano and Rita Smith, president of the East Brunswick Garden Club, will demonstrate how to make a floral arrangement for one’s holiday table. Inspirational speaker Shirley Ryder will offer a…
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