• MVC moving E.B. office to So. Bruns. site

    Ground broken on new ‘model’ facility on Route 130 BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission will relocate its East Brunswick branch to a new $4.9 million facility in the Dayton section of South Brunswick. State officials recently broke ground on the new, larger building on Route 130. The proposed 6,950-square-foot…

  • Deficit expected due to Triangle lawsuits

    Stahl seeks more cuts to defray expected $4M shortfall BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer East Brunswick is facing a financial shortfall that would amount to a 20- cent increase in the municipal tax rate this year. The anticipated budget deficit is a result of the legal battle between East Brunswick and Toll Brothers, the builder…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Tasha Robinson of South River leads the congregation in song during a Black History Month celebration service Sunday at Union Baptist Church, Washington Street.

  • John F. McDonald

    Mr. McDonald, 78, of the Browns Mills section of Pemberton, formerly of Spotswood, died Feb. 14, 2009, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1995, he was employed as the code-enforcement inspector for the borough of Sayreville for 25 years. He was predeceased by two sons, William and Michel. Surviving are his wife, Margaret LeForestier…

  • Christine Zywot Niles

    Mrs. Niles, 64, of South River, died Jan. 29, 2009, in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City. She was employed as a clerk for 33 years with New Jersey Bell, East Brunswick, and then worked for Macy’s for 11 years. She was predeceased by her husband, David Niles, and by her father, Stanley Zywot.…

  • Mary Grabowski Lagoda Mutilitis

    Mrs. Mutilitis, 90, of Sayreville, died Feb. 12, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement, she was the owner and operator of Sayreville Recreation Bar and Bowling (“The Red Top”) for 40 years. She was predeceased by her first husband, Louis Lagoda, and by her second husband, Anthony Mutilitis.…

  • Doris Force Meyers

    Mrs. Meyers, 83, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 7, 2009, in Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Prior to her retirement in 1989, she was employed as a secretary with the East Brunswick Township Clerk’s office, where she worked for 15 years. Her husband, Harold, died in 1985. Surviving are two sons, Stewart, of East…

  • Robert J. Baranoski

    Mr. Baranoski, 70, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 5, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 2003, he was an engineer with Verizon, North Brunswick, where he worked for 47 years. Surviving are his wife, Janet Funk Baranoski; two children, Robin Baranoski of East Brunswick and Mark Baranoski,…

  • Joseph A. Hickey

    Mr. Hickey, 84, of Metuchen, died Jan. 28, 2009, at JFK Haven Hospice, Edison. Born in Rahway, he had been a resident of Metuchen for over 50 years. He worked for Chevron Oil, Perth Amboy, for 33 years before retiring in 1983. A veteran of World War II, he was in the 99th Infantry Division…

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