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E.B. golfers have high hopes for tourney play
BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Consider the regular season to be practice for the East Brunswick High School golf team. The real action starts when the tournaments begin. The Bears are reining GMC Red Division titlists, captured the GMC Tournament, and finished the regular season unblemished at 11-0. With the return of its entire lineup, including…
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Monroe boys lacrosse team pleased with start
Coach encouraged by wins over Edison, Hamilton West BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent You have to appreciate the enthusiasm of Monroe Township High School boys lacrosse coach Joe Yanonne as he talks about his team’s 2-3 record. The Falcon program is only in its third year of existence and has only four total victories. JEFF GRANIT…
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Spring fever
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Angie Freese, 4, of Milltown, negotiates a turn on her Disney bike at Bicentennial Park in East Brunswick on Sunday. The weekend’s warm temperatures brought many out to the local parks. Right: Tony “The Pro” Esposito of North Brunswick returns a shot during a paddleball match.
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Ed. Foundation hopes to win big on April 24
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — A fun night to raise money for local school projects and programs is scheduled for April 24. The Monroe Education Foundation (MEF) will present its third annual Casino Night at the Knight of Columbus hall in Spotswood. Proceeds will be used to fund technology and educational programs in…
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Dallas Brass to perform at school’s arts center
EAST BRUNSWICK — The renowned Dallas Brass will headline a concert Saturday in the new performing arts center located at Hammarskjold Middle School, Rues Lane. The concert is the last in a series of arts education performances held at the stateof the-art venue, which opened last fall after being built as part of the school…
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Departing BOE member will focus on HEROES
Ostrager was often minority voice on board for last 3 years BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MONROE — Although Rita Ostrager will no longer be on the Board of Education, she said she will still be working hard for young people. Ostrager is establishing a nonprofit organization called HEROES, or Higher Education Resources for Outstanding…
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E.B. officials chip away at ’09 municipal budget
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council is considering making more cuts to this year’s proposed budget, but the cuts being discussed would have a minimal effect on the proposed tax rate. Mayor David Stahl said last week that the process of deciding what to leave in and what to cut…
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‘Big box’ closures cause jump in vacancy rate
Ongoing troubles in the retail industry caused the vacancy rate along central New Jersey’s four largest shopping corridors to rise for the third straight year in 2008. A recent study by R.J. Brunelli & Co. placed the vacancy rate at 9 percent, up from 4.7 percent a year earlier. The 2008 performancemarked the region’s highest…
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Housing is proposed on E.B.’s Foerter Farm
Plans call for 10 new homes off Riva Avenue BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer FILE PHOTO Ten single-family houses are proposed at the Foerter Farm in East Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK — A piece of the township’s agricultural past could soon be left behind. The Planning Board will hear an application calling for the construction of…
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