• ACES Day

    ERIC SUCAR staff Kindergartners run in place during ACES Day May 6 at East Brunswick’s Memorial Elementary School, which is temporarily located in South River. ACES Day is an annual event designed to have children all over the world exercising at the same time.

  • Council urged to keep twice-weekly pickup

    Condo association says switch will be costly, unfair BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Complaints continue to come over the possibility that township officials will vote to reduce garbage collection services. During the May 4 Township Council meeting, Lisa Herrera, president of the Villages at Country Woods homeowners’ association, spoke to the council,…

  • Spotswood to see water rate hike of 36 percent

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Residents will see a 36- percent increase in their water rates beginning in the middle of this year. Borough Council President Curtis Stollen said the borough was forced into raising rates, which have been stable for seven years, due to a variety of factors, including less water use…

  • Corzine places conditional veto on bill

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — Gov. Jon Corzine has issued a conditional veto of a bill that would have permitted the elimination of age restrictions on senior housing units. William Dressel, executive director of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, informed officials, including Mayor Richard Pucci, who opposed the legislation, that while…

  • May 17 horse show/fair to benefit Special Strides

    MONROE — Members of the public are invited to enjoy music, food, games and activities during a first-ever Special Strides Country Fair & Horse Show. The event will be held at Congress Hill Farm on Federal Road from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. May 17. The Horse Show and Country Fair will benefit the Steven Werthan Memorial…

  • Police: Elderly woman’s death was a homicide

    Neighbor: Victim was mostly homebound in recent years BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Authorities are looking for clues in the murder of an 84-yearold woman who was found dead in her home on May 1. Ellen Elfstrom, who lived on Lee Street, off Old Bridge Turnpike, died as the result of blunt…

  • Monroe municipal tab keeps tax rate stable

    Budget includes elimination of four municipal positions BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer There will be no municipal tax increase in 2009, according to a budget approved unanimously at the May 4 Monroe Township Council meeting. The budget also keeps the water/sewer rates stable for the next two years. Mayor Richard Pucci congratulated the governing body…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Richard Dvorin (r), whose son Seth, of East Brunswick, was killed while serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq in 2004, looks on during the annual New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremony May 7 at the state memorial in Holmdel.

  • Council, board agree to $601,000 in cuts

    Avg. Monroe Township school tax increase reduced from $67 to $50 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer A$601,000 reduction in the school budget ordered by the Monroe Township Council will not have an impact on educational or sports programs, Board of Education President Amy Antelis said. At its May 6 meeting, the school board unanimously agreed…

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