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Elks to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
The East Brunswick Elks will hold its annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Party 5-10 p.m. March 15 at the Elks lodge, 21-B Oakmont Ave. Food will be served at 6 p.m. In the event of snow, the event will be rescheduled to 1-6 p.m. March 16. The celebration will feature a complete Irish dinner (a…
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Jamesburg budget calls for tax increase of $89
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer JAMESBURG — The borough’s proposed municipal budget for 2014 is less than last year’s spending plan, but comes with a proposed increase in the tax rate. Though the tab of nearly $5.3 million comes in $310,377 less than the 2013 spending package, it includes a tax hike due partly to…
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Structural woes close parts of Park Plaza in Monroe
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer The Texas Road Pharmacy on Spotswood-Englishtown Road was torn down after a section of the plaza partially collapsed Feb. 13. STELLA MORRISON/STAFF MONROE — A second building has been deemed unsafe at the Park Plaza Shopping Center after engineers discovered structural failures in some of the building’s supports. According to…
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Parkview fourth-graders to attend Joyce Kilmer
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Fourth-grade classes will be moved to the Joyce Kilmer School for the 2014-15 school year to alleviate limited space issues at Parkview School. According to the Board of Education, which voted in favor of the move earlier this month, the relocation is necessary to create space within existing…
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South River may take grant funding off the mat
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Borough officials want to use federal grant money to benefit the school district but are worried there could be repercussions. The Borough Council voted Feb. 24 to recommend that the town’s 2014 federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) be distributed as follows: $26,000 for solar-powered warning devices for…
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Females still in minority in coaching
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Marilyn McNeil, vice president and director of athletics at Monmouth University, talks about women in sports during a Feb. 26 presentation at Shore Regional High School in recognition of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Women are still being passed over for coaching and sports…
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Construction will close section of Dutch Road in early April
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer A portion of Dutch Road between Puritan Road and Concord Drive in East Brunswick will be closed for a period of three months, Mayor David Stahl said. The roughly 70-foot-long section of Dutch Road, a connector for those traveling between East Brunswick and Milltown, will be closed to all non-emergency…
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Cold snap fuels hot real estate market
By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Real estate professionals in central New Jersey say the sparse inventory of homes on the market this winter has resulted in a greater demand for those that are for sale. Buyers, meanwhile, are taking advantage of interest rates as low as 4.5 percent. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A lthough the…
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New cars that hold onto their value
Here are the models that are predicted to return the highest percentage of their original prices at trade-in time. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Depreciation is typically one of a motorist’s largest ownership expenses and it pays off down the road to choose a model that’s predicted to have the highest resale value in its…
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