Tag: Monroe
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Monroe Board of Education begins new chapter
MONROE – The Monroe Board of Education reorganized with new leadership and new faces. Kathleen Belko, Karen Bierman and Christine Skurbe were sworn in to their board seats at the reorganization meeting on Jan. 4. The newcomers won the three, three-year terms available on the Monroe Board of Education (BOE) for the election on Nov.…
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Monroe School District offers free breakfast program for students
MONROE – With “food insecurity at an all time high and food pantries bursting at the seams with demand,” the Monroe Township School District is offering a free breakfast program for students five days a week. The program began on Jan. 11. The Monroe Board of Education (BOE) approved the Emergency SSO Food Service Management…
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Change at water treatment plants will affect customers in Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset counties
As part of an annual maintenance program for its water distribution system, New Jersey American Water will temporarily change the water treatment process from a chloramine (combined) residual to free chlorine residual at the company’s Raritan-Millstone and Canal Road water treatment plants. These surface water treatment plants serve New Jersey American Water customers in Essex,…
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Monroe reports 130 new COVID-19 cases in seven-day period
MONROE – Monroe officials reported 130 new COVID-19 cases over a seven-day period, which brings the total number of cases to 2,290, according to the Monroe Township Office of Emergency Management. The seven-day period was from Dec. 31 to Jan. 6. The new cases community-wide includes a 7-year-old male, an 11-year-old female, a 12-year-old male,…
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Alleged drunk driver accused of fatally injuring co-worker during work
A New Brunswick man has been charged with the killing of another man who he fatally struck with a vehicle on Jan. 8. Leovigildo Comisario-Salazar, 32, of New Brunswick, charged with vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated following an investigation by Officer Daniel Mosakowski of the Monroe Police Department and Detective Jonathan Berman of…
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Monroe mayor remembered as ‘tireless’ and at times ‘feisty’ advocate for his constituents
MONROE – With the passing of Mayor Gerald Tamburro, the Monroe Township Council is in the process of appointing an interim mayor to serve until a special election is held in November. Council President Miriam Cohen, by state law, assumes the role of acting mayor during the process of filling the mayor vacancy. The council…
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Skeet’s Pantry aids families facing issue of food insecurity
Across New Jersey the state has seen an increase in food insecurity since the coronavirus pandemic began to hit residents in 2020. Feeding America, a national hunger relief organization, projected in its latest report last fall that New Jersey would see the food insecurity rate increase by 56%, and that child food insecurity is also…
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Funeral arrangements for Mayor Tamburro
The funeral procession will depart DeMarco Funeral Home in Monroe at approximately noon today, Jan. 3, and travel to the Monroe Township Senior Center-expect delays. Due to the circumstances surrounding COVID-19, a drive through visitation will take place from 1-4 p.m. today at the Monroe Township Senior Center, 12 Halsey Reed Road. Mayor Tamburro’s body…
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Monroe reports 117 new COVID-19 cases in a week, township has lost four more residents
MONROE – Monroe officials reported 117 new COVID-19 cases over a seven-day period, which brings the total number of cases to 2,102, according to the Monroe Township Office of Emergency Management. The seven-day period was from Dec. 24-30. The new cases community-wide includes a 2-year-old female, a 5-year-old male, a 6-year-old female, a 10-year-old male,…
