Tag: Monroe Township

  • Middlesex County adds pickleball courts to Thompson Park, fitness course at William Warren Park

    Middlesex County adds pickleball courts to Thompson Park, fitness course at William Warren Park

    Middlesex County opened new recreation facilities and exercise equipment in two county parks. The additions include six new pickleball courts at Thompson Park located in Monroe Township and Jamesburg, and a new outdoor fitness circuit at William Warren Park in Woodbridge Township. “The new pickleball courts and fitness circuit are excellent additions to these parks,”…

  • Remembering ‘the mother of elder care’ during Women’s History Month

    Remembering ‘the mother of elder care’ during Women’s History Month

    “The mother of elder care” is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick at the base of a Roman-style monument. On March 29, representatives from Parker Health Group walked to Parker’s grave and placed a bouquet of flowers to mark her birthday, according to information provided by Parker Health Group. For Chief Administration and Talent…

  • Show appreciation for Monroe Falcon families today at 4 p.m.

    Show appreciation for Monroe Falcon families today at 4 p.m.

    The Monroe Township School District will show its appreciation during Family Appreciation Week, Nov. 9-13. Today, Monday, Nov. 9, there will be a community-wide sound off. Residents are asked to go outside with noise makers, instruments, outside voices, music, horns and sirens at 4 p.m. to show Monroe Falcon spirit. No large group gatherings. Wear…

  • Cranbury notified by DOT of reinvestigation into Monroe truck ban ordinance

    Cranbury notified by DOT of reinvestigation into Monroe truck ban ordinance

    The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) will reexamine Monroe Township’s potential weight restriction for Cranbury Station Road. The weight restriction is part of Monroe’s truck ban ordinance enforcing no more than 8 tons on commercial trucks that are permitted to travel on Cranbury Station Road. For the ban to go into effect it needs…

  • State officials do not green light Monroe’s truck ban ordinance that affects Cranbury

    State officials do not green light Monroe’s truck ban ordinance that affects Cranbury

    The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) did not approve Monroe Township’s truck ban ordinance that would have put weight restrictions on three county routes. If the ordinance had been approved by DOT, the law would have enforced a weight restriction of no more than 8 tons on commercial trucks that are permitted to travel…

  • Incumbent Democratic mayor faces Republican councilman in mayoral race in Monroe

    Incumbent Democratic mayor faces Republican councilman in mayoral race in Monroe

    MONROE – Democrat Mayor Gerald W. Tamburro will face Republican challenger Charles DiPierro, who currently serves as the Ward 3 councilman, for the open four-year mayoral position in Monroe in the upcoming November election. Tamburro is seeking his second term while Dipierro, who is serving his first term as councilman, is seeking his first mayoral…

  • Monroe mayor continues feud with Cranbury Township

    Monroe mayor continues feud with Cranbury Township

    Monroe Township Mayor Gerald Tamburro has escalated a feud with Cranbury officials, when he declared that local roads  in his municipality would not serve as access points for any new warehousing in Cranbury. “I will not allow tractor trailers on our residential streets,” Tamburro said. The issue specifically for Tamburro stems from 43 acres of…

  • Voters defeat $146M referendum for new middle school, addition to high school

    With the defeat of a $146 million referendum that proposed the construction of a new middle school and an addition to Monroe Township High School, the need for additional facilities remains unchanged, Monroe Township School District Acting Superintendent of Schools Robert Goodall said. “The district administration and the Board of Education will formalize a plan…

  • Monroe referendum proposes new middle school, addition to high school

    Monroe referendum proposes new middle school, addition to high school

    MONROE – Administrators in the Monroe Township School District said they will find themselves with a “huge gaping hole” in the educational system if the need for a new middle school is not addressed. That is why district administrators are set to present a two-question, $146 million referendum to residents in a March 12 election.…