Tag: Milltown

  • Board of Education overview for the East Brunswick Sentinel

    Board of Education overview for the East Brunswick Sentinel

    The following local races will be held for Board of Education seats on Election Day, Nov. 8: East Brunswick – Robert Cancro, Chad Seyler, Liwu Hong, incumbent Curt Philipczak, Gaurav Panchal and David Cukor will compete for three, three-year terms. Incumbent Barbara Reiss will run unopposed for a two-year unexpired term; Jamesburg – Three, three-year…

  • Election overview for the East Brunswick Sentinel

    Election overview for the East Brunswick Sentinel

    The following races will be held on Election Day, Nov. 8. Middlesex County Sheriff — Incumbent Democrat Mildred Scott vs. Republican Pedro “Peter” Pisar; Middlesex County Freeholder — Incumbent Democrats Blanquita Valenti, Kenneth Armwood and Charles Kenny vs. Republicans Joseph Scillieri, Kathleen Calabrese and Zhiyu “Jimmy” Ju; East Brunswick Mayor — Democrat Brad Cohen vs. incumbent…

  • Milltown offers services for students with special needs

    Milltown offers services for students with special needs

    The Child Study Team for the Milltown School District is seeking to identify preschool age and school-aged students who are in need of special education and related services, including students with disabilities attending nonpublic schools, regardless of the severity of their disabilities. In addition, the district is interested in identifying the needs of migrant and…

  • Officials propose ways to handle increased student enrollment in Monroe

    Officials propose ways to handle increased student enrollment in Monroe

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MONROE — Some 427 new students are projected to come into the Monroe Township School District next school year, according to a recent demographic study. “Student enrollment has been growing leaps and bounds,” Schools Superintendent Michael Kozak said. “It is [taxing] on our available resources.” Nine years ago, the student population…

  • Breakfast with the Villains set for Oct. 29

    Breakfast with the Villains set for Oct. 29

    The North Brunswick Heritage Day Committee will hold a Not-So-Scary Breakfast with the Villains from 8-10 a.m. on Oct. 29 at Applebee’s, 324 Ryders Lane, Milltown. There will be a children’s and adult costume contest. For more information, call 732-247-0922, ext. 475  

  • Milltown council will decide on easement at next month’s meeting

    Milltown council will decide on easement at next month’s meeting

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The Borough Council will decide next month whether or not to approve an easement allowing truck traffic to travel in and out of the Milltown Public Library’s driveway from a heating and air conditioning business that was approved by the Planning Board in June. Attorney Mark Goldstein, of…

  • Bicycle tour to roll out from Milltown

    Bicycle tour to roll out from Milltown

    The 15th annual Water Wheels Bicycle Tour of the Lawrence Brook Watershed is scheduled for Sept. 17. The fun, informative 26-mile ride will have optional add-on loops to Plainsboro Preserve through rural areas. Registration begins 8:30 a.m. with the ride starting at 9 a.m. from the Lawrence Watershed headquarters, 85 Washington Ave., Milltown, by the red…

  • Little Free Library finds a home in Milltown

    Little Free Library finds a home in Milltown

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Residents can now pick up a book on a stroll to David B. Crabiel Park on the border of Milltown and North Brunswick. A Little Free Library has popped up on Cortlandt Street thanks to Jessica Tomkins and her family. “A few years ago, I set up a Little…

  • Milltown returns to county recycling program

    Milltown returns to county recycling program

    MILLTOWN — As of Sept. 1, the Middlesex County Improvement Authority’s (MCIA) Recycling Division added Milltown to its schedule of curbside stops. Milltown became the 15th municipality to have an interlocal agreement with the MCIA for its curbside recycling program, according to information provided by the agency. That program, established in 1995, was credited with sparing local…