• Three seat two seats on Milltown board

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Two incumbents and one newcomer are running for the three available three-year terms on the Board of Education. Board member Salvatore Albano declined to seek a new term. Bill Petscavage, incumbent Age: 63 Family: Married, with two sons, one stepdaughter and four grandchildren, three of whom attend Milltown…

  • Three seek two seats on Spotswood board

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Three candidates are seeking two available seats in this year’s Board of Education race. Richard O’Brien, who has served on the board since 2003, including several years as president, has teamed up with newcomer Dan Auciello, who is seeking to fill the seat being vacated by Alan Bartlett.…

  • Jamesburg symposium gets behind the mystery

    Authors and industry pros on hand for all-day event BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Mystery fans are in for a special treat April 25. Sisters in Crime in Central Jersey and New Jersey Press Women will cohost the fifth annual “Give Me a Clue!” mystery symposium at 139 Stevens Ave., Jamesburg. The conference runs from…

  • Photographers recognized in state press association contest

    G reater Media Newspapers photographers won three awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2008. Eric Sucar, Portrait, second place The newspaper group, based in Freehold, N.J., publishes 12 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties. Jeff Granit and Eric Sucar were among the journalists honored at the NJPA awards banquet…

  • So. River to get help from paid EMS staff

    New organization will bill insurance carriers; not boro BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — In an effort to provide a more efficient emergency medical service to residents, local first aid officials have formed the South River Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This organization, which will be overseen by Hank Van de Beek, will use…

  • E.B. gives five-year contract to Suburban

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Township Council has awarded a new five-year contract to the Suburban Transit bus company for service to and from the township’s parkand rides. The council approved the deal at its April 6 meeting, allowing Suburban to continue providing service exclusively to commuters at the Neilson Plaza…

  • School tab carries $52 tax hike

    BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer HELMETTA — School taxes would increase by an average of $52 if a 2009-10 budget proposed by the Board of Education is approved next week. The increase, based on a home assessed at the borough average of $273,784, is the result increased tuition costs paid to Spotswood, where Helmetta sends…

  • Three boys, 15, arrested in burglary

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Three township teenagers were arrested last week after they reportedly burglarized a house and then led police on a foot chase in the nearby woods. Police were dispatched to a residence on Carter Road, off Summerhill Road, on April 7 about a possible burglary in progress. Patrolman Chris Farrace arrived on the…

  • Officials mull future of police training center

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer East Brunswick’s police training facility will be closed to outside police departments as officials consider its future. Mayor David Stahl said no decision has been reached on the future of the firing range, other than to close it to outside users. Stahl said he will meet next week with township…

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