• Scout builds storage shed for community gardeners

    Fellow Boy Scouts work with Suneel Kabadi, 17, of East Brunswick, on his Eagle project, the construction of a shed at the township’s Community Garden. EAST BRUNSWICK — Those who take advantage of the township’s Community Garden will now have an added amenity in the form of a storage shed, thanks to a local teenager.…

  • Automated garbage trucks discussed in S.R.

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Borough officials may consider using automated garbage trucks for sanitation pickup in town. During the Nov. 9 Borough Council meeting, Councilman Rui Almeida suggested looking into the trucks, also called “one-armed bandits,” for cost-saving purposes. Almeida said the borough’s longrange planning committee is discussing similar ideas. “I…

  • E.B. woman calls it a day after 80 years of work

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Marion Brun EAST BRUNSWICK — Marion Bruno doesn’t believe in early retirement. In fact, she really doesn’t think much of retirement at all. But when she suffered a fall last July, she had to stop working for the first time in eight decades. Bruno, 97, has been employed by the…

  • Jamesburg officials look at master plan

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer JAMESBURG — Borough officials are reexamining its master plan with hopes of improving it to spur the type of development they believe is needed. Councilman John Longo, who has been revisiting the plan as a member of the Land Use Board, said one goal is to stop the growth of…

  • Newly revived Playhouse sets up acting academy

    Four categories of classes will kick off in January BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Aspiring actors, even those with no experience, can learn the craft at the new Playhouse 22 Acting Academy. The community theater troupe, which is in its first season of shows at the township’s new Community Arts Center, Dunhams Corner Road in…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Cindi Hixon of East Brunswick and daughter Grace, 6, have fun competing in the wheelbarrow race during the township’s 47th annual Turkey Trot, held Nov. 15 at Heavenly Farms, Dunhams Corner Road. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Dalina seeks recount due to 31-vote margin

    Hearing set for Dec. 3 in state Superior Court BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer With vote tallies indicating that he lost by a margin of less than 1 percent, Monroe Township Council candidate Stephen Dalina has filed for a recount of votes in the Ward 3 election. Reports show Dalina, a Democrat making his first…

  • Monroe, EBHS go for titles

    PHOTO BY JEFF GRANIT staff Top: Members of the Monroe Township High School football team celebrate after defeating Ocean Township 31-20 in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III semifinals last Friday. The Falcons will play in the sectional finals at 11 a.m. Saturday at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, against top-seeded and undefeated Middletown…

  • Dorothy G. Cornell

    Mrs. Cornell, 82, of South River, died Nov. 19, 2009, in Summerhill Nursing Home, Old Bridge. Prior to her retirement in 1989, she was employed as a bus driver for the South Brunswick Board of Education. She was predeceased by her husband, Peter Cornell; a brother, George “Butch” O’Brien; and a grandson, Gene Cornell. Surviving…

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