East Brunswick News
| Online Local News Sources |
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| The Home News Tribune - A very good source of news about central New Jersey |
| The Star Ledger - Content customized by zip code - enter 08816 to get news about East Brunswick. |
| The East Brunswick Sentinel - A great deal of local content and local advertising |
| News Stories |
| November 2008 - East Brunswick Polling Place Changes For school safety reasons, East Brunswick is changing some of the parking arrangements at the polls. Please see the East Brunswick Township notice for details. |
| August 4th- 10th 2008 - Middlesex County Fair FAIR HOURS: Monday-Friday 5pm - 11pm Saturday 11am - 11pm Sunday 11am - 7pm PRICES: Adults - $6.00 Seniors 65+ - $4.00 Kids Age 3-12 - $1.00 Kids 2 and Under FREE Plenty of Free Parking For additional information |
| July 25, 2008 - Route 18 Construction News The following notice contains schedule details for the ongoing Route 18 construction. |
| July 4, 2007 - East Brunswick Fireworks - July 4th Celebration The East Brunswick Independence Day Celebration at Middlesex County fairgrounds is cancelled again this year. East Brunswick Fireworks Cancelled... |
| August 7, 2005 - Middlesex County Fair - East Brunswick This years fair featured carnival rides, tasty food, 4-H displays, animal and agricultural displays, craft demonstrations and pig racing, as well as American Championship Wrestling Alliance exhibitions. In addition, there were pony rides and a petting zoo for the younger kids. Pictures from the fair... |
| July 4, 2005 - East Brunswick Fireworks - July 4th Celebration The East Brunswick Independence Day Celebration was a great success as usual. There were activities for the children, live music from "Jukebox Heroes" and plenty of good things to eat. East Brunswick Fireworks... |
| March 31, 2005 - Chittick Elementary School Student Wins National Contest Apryl Nixon, a fourth-grader at East Brunswick’s Chittick Elementary School, defeated 2,000 other applicants in an essay contest run by the Hans Christian Andersen Foundation. She will get to take a weekend trip to Copenhagen, Denmark where she will meet celebrities and heads of state. Apryl’s teacher at Chittick School, Lauren Gilman, had Apryl’s class discuss lessons they learned as they read Andersen’s books, and in February asked the class to write about them. Complete coverage by the Sentinel - By Vincent Todaro |
| March 30, 2005 - East Brunswick in 100 Best Communities for Music Education Leading music and education groups conducted their annual national survey and selected East Brunswick to be one of the top 100 communities nationally for music education. Complete coverage by Yahoo News |
| March 4, 2005 - Township asks developer to scale back Meyers shopping center plans The East Brunswick Planning Board asked Thomas Pagano, president of Pagano Real Estates Inc., to scale back his plans for Summerhill Square which will be built on the site of the old Meyers shopping center. The next hearing on Summerhill Square is scheduled for April 13. Complete coverage by the Sentinel - By Vincent Todaro |
| December 14, 2004 - School Bond Referendum Passes East Brunswick voted 3,752 to 1,886 in favor of the $106.1 million project that will rebuild Hammarskjold Middle School and add space onto Central and Lawrence Brook elementary schools. The state will contribute $24.7 million for the project. Complete coverage by the Sentinel - By Vincent Todaro |
| November 18, 2004 - Support for Dec. 14th School Building Referendum Expressed Supporters of the referendum at the Nov. 18 Board of Education meeting, pointed out what they believe are poor conditions at the schools included in the plans. Those problems would be eradicated or improved if the $106 million measure passes. Complete coverage by the Sentinel - By Vincent Todaro |
| November 11, 2004 - Suburban Awarded East Brunswick Bus Contract The Township Council passed a resolution Monday night to award a three-year contract to Suburban Bus Company. Suburban will offer passengers a 10-trip package that will cost $60; as opposed to Academy’s proposed $66.50. Those figures are for the first year of the contract only, and the second year will cost $62 for the 10 tickets, while year three will cost $64. Complete coverage by the Sentinel - By Vincent Todaro |
| November 11, 2004 - December 14 School Construction Referendum Large increases in school enrollment since 1994 have caused class sizes to grow beyond the state guidelines. School officials plan to fix the worst first by building a mostly new Hammarskjold Middle School and by improving and adding onto the Central and Lawrence Brook elementary schools. The project would cost $106.1 million, $81.4 from township taxpayers and $24.7 million from the state. For East Brunswick homeowners, the cost per $100,000 of assessed value would be $45 in 2006 and in subsequent years $74, $131, and $140 in 2009. The plan is to follow up in two years with a second, less-costly plan to add onto and renovate the Bowne-Munro, Chittick, Frost, Irwin, Memorial and Warnsdorfer elementary schools. Complete coverage by the Sentinel - By Vincent Todaro |
| November 5, 2004 - Brunswick Square Mall Expansion Brunswick Square Mall is planning an expansion that would add 22,350 square feet of retail space on the side facing Route 18. The new space would have access from the outside and would provide move of a downtown look to the mall. |
| May 4, 2004 "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" Competition Champs Again East Brunswick High School has won the "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" competition for the second year in a row, lead by coach Alan Brodman. This is a very prestigious national competition held in Washington, DC. Three of the 26 team members: Dan Gartenberg, David Goldstein, and Andrew Sliver were quoted in a prominently featured article in the Home News Tribune. Complete coverage by the Home News Tribune - BY LISA VERNON-SPARKS |
| March 4, 2004 East Brunswick Transportation East Brunswick township and Academy Express, of Hoboken lost their appeal of the 2002 Superior Court ruling that the commuter service RFP was ambiguous. Suburban Transit will continue to provide transportation until the legal issues have been resolved. Complete coverage by the Sentinel - BY VINCENT TODARO |
| January 1, 2004 Anthony W. Alexander gets his WWII medals Anthony Alexander, East Brunswick resident and parishioner of Saint Mary of Ostrabrama Church in South River, was finally presented his WWII medals, including a Bronze Star, by Congressman Rush Holt. During the Battle of the Bulge, he single handedly captured 7 Nazi prisoners. He was later captured himself and during 3 months of captivity he lost 50 pounds and would have soon starved to death had he not been rescued by the 6th Armored Division on March 30th 1945. Complete coverage by the Sentinel - BY VINCENT TODARO |
| January 1, 2004 Trinity Presbyterian Church pastor retires Rev. Richard Smith is planning on retiring after 25 years as pastor of the Trinity Presbyterian Church in East Brunswick. Smith and his wife will relocate to eastern Pennsylvania to be closer to their daughter. Complete coverage by the Sentinel - BY VINCENT TODARO |
All information from sources deemed reliable but not guaranteed