• Late aid figures hamper ‘arduous’ budget process

    E.B. board prepares school tab for April 2 adoption BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — State aid for the 2009-2010 budget will remain at the same level as the current school year. “We did an analysis and we are seeing state aid is flat,” school Business Administrator Bernardo Giuilana said during the March…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Shayna Altein helps a child make hamantash during a Purim party sponsored by the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe March 10 at the Forsgate Country Club. The event, Purim on the Lower East Side, included a megillah reading and the celebration included a trolley, push carts, a kosher deli, Yiddish theater and…

  • Spotswood school board proposes no tax increase

    BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer For the second year in a row, the Spotswood Board of Education is proposing a school budget with no tax increase. Board President Richard O’Brien said the school district will receive an additional $250,000 in state aid this year, and it will go a long way towards keeping the tax…

  • Shopping center OK’d at Rt. 33, Butcher Rd.

    Wawa/gas station removed from builder’s application BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Ashopping center proposal that was rejected by Monroe Township last year has been scaled back and approved. The plan known as Monroe Towne Plaza now calls for 142,235 square feet of retail space at Route 33 and Butcher Road. The Planning Board voted Feb.…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff This week marked the 40th St. Patrick’s Day for Shanahan’s Bakery in Milltown, which is known to sell thousands of Irish soda bread loaves on the holiday. Tuesday morning, owner Colm Shanahan takes hot tea bracks and soda bread out of the oven. More photos, page 18.

  • Bernice Schmitt

    Mrs. Schmitt, 86, of Sayreville, formerly of East Brunswick, died March 6, 2009, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a secretary with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, East Brunswick, where she worked for many years. She was predeceased by her husband, Stephen Schmitt. Surviving are a son, Robert, and his wife,…

  • Richard T. Geipel

    Mr. Geipel, 81, of Old Bridge, died March 6, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by two sons-inlaw, Kevin Costigan and John Sengstack. Surviving are his wife, Irene Malkiewicz Geipel; three daughters, Karen Sengstack and Patricia Costigan, both of Sayreville, and Jo-Anne Fallon of South River; two brothers, Robert Geipel…

  • George R. Currie

    Mr. Currie, 70, of East Brunswick, died March 7, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a marketing-services supervisor with Johnson and Johnson, North Brunswick. A daughter, Darlene Fresta, died in 2002. Surviving are his wife, Lorraine Gurdinak Currie; a daughter, Colleen Currie of East…

  • John J. Rutkowski

    Mr. Rutkowski, 54, of East Brunswick, died March 10, 2009, at home. He was a vice president for the past 10 years with Premium Assignment Corp., East Brunswick. He was predeceased by his father, Joseph John Rutkowski. Surviving are his wife, Joanne Santoro Rutkowski; his mother, Leona Mantik Rutkowski of Towson, Md.; two stepsons, Nicholas…

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