• Reusable tote bags better for environment

    Kudos to the New York City Council for introducing a bill that would impose a 10-cent fee on all plastic and paper grocery bags. If the bill passes, it will help clean up our environment and save countless animals. According to Rebecca Hosking, who made the riveting documentary, “Hawaii: Message in the Waves,” plastic bags…

  • FOR THE RECORD

    The proposed 2014 municipal budget for the borough of Spotswood calls for a tax rate increase of 2 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. According to Business Administrator Dawn Mc- Donald, the owner of a home assessed at the borough average of $255,026 would pay $46.37 more in municipal taxes for 2014 if the budget…

  • Sunday comic offers religious ‘gems’

    Reading the Sunday comics or even the daily ones is a way of life for many here in America. This tradition has been going on for many decades. The comics can make you laugh or make you think about the theme it portrays. Recently, a long running-comic staple “The Family Circus” showed the family coming…

  • A binding arbitration law is needed

    Few things in government are ever black and white. Most fall within shades of gray, to be parsed out by policy makers. But the current issue of the expired binding arbitration cap is not one of these. The message is simple — we must make this law permanent. Allowing this critical law to expire is…

  • Photo

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The remains of the boardwalk along the beaches of Long Branch as seen on April 17.

  • Vo-Tech tricky tray slated for April 25

    Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High School in East Brunswick will hold a tricky tray from 6 to 10 p.m. April 25. Admission is $20 and includes a sheet of small tickets, a door prize ticket, and coffee and tea. Advance ticket packages are available. Contact Kathy DeSimone at [email protected].

  • Egg hunt

    FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Kids scatter during an Easter egg hunt organized by the East Brunswick Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 145 at the Warnsdorfer Elementary School in East Brunswick on April 19.

  • N.J. native follows calling to wildlife sanctuary

    By CHUCK O’DONNELL Correspondent As the director of Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary on Martha’s Vineyard, Suzan Bellincampi watches over gardens, marshes, nature trails and wildlife at the 320-acre preserve. Her new book serves as a field guide and a love letter to nature. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Suzan Bellincampi spent one recent sun-splashed…

  • Alternate routes best option during Pulaski closure

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Traffic is moving with relative ease, but officials with the state Department of Transportation are urging commuters to ditch their cars in the wake of the closure of the Pulaski Skyway. “So far, traffic has been flowing fairly smoothly,” Steve Schapiro, Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesman, said on April 22.…

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