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December 3, 2008
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Ensemble's 'Nutcracker' to christen new theater
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent
The holiday season came alive on stage when New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble brought "The Nutcracker" to East Brunswick. The classic Christmas fairy tale ballet will be the inaugural performance at the new 1,000-seat East Brunswick Performing Arts Center at Hammarskjold Middle School, Rues Lane. More...
Crabiel, 78, devoted life to public service
Longtime freeholder director dies weeks after re-election
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer

Middlesex County has lost a long-standing and perhaps its most prominent public servant. Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel died Monday after being rushed to the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick that morning. He was 78 years old. More...

SCOTT FRIEDMAN One of two horse-drawn carriages make their way down Main Street during The Main Street Merchant Association's "Holiday Spirit" event in Woodbridge on Nov. 22. More...


Route 1 ramp causing resident complaints
Twp. officials feel state DOT didn't consult them enough
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

Discontent from the West Kelly Street residents receiving the brunt of the traffic coming off the new Route 1 ramp resulted in a conference call Nov. 28 with N.J. Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials. Woodbridge Township officials said the conference call was productive. More...


It's that time of year again

PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Top: Santa and Mrs. Claus greet old and new friends during The Main Street Merchant Association's "Holiday Spirit" event in Woodbridge on Nov. 22. Bottom: Mrs. Claus greets her old friend, Kaitlyn Lowey, 8, of Woodbridge. More...


McGuire murder book released
Book documents Woodbridge murder through McGuire's eventual conviction
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

Ayear and a half after Melanie McGuire, now 36, was sentenced to a lifetime in prison for fatally shooting her husband, William McGuire, in their Woodbridge Plaza Drive apartment in 2004, a book has been published on the gruesome murder. More...


 Bulletin Board
•Woodbridge YMCA holiday event Dec. 5
The Woodbridge YMCA at the Woodbridge Community Center, 600 Main St., will host a free Holiday Extravaganza 1-2 p.m. Dec. 5. There will be a concert with performances by the Woodbridge Township school choirs. The Y is asking concertgoers to bring an unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots drive. More...
•Church to hold calendar raffle
•'Passport Satellite Office' program Dec. 4
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 Letters
•AHA offers winter weather warnings
The American Heart Association's (AHA) Operation Winter Weather Warnings launched today with an educational campaign targeted to individuals with heart disease or history of stroke, and those who may be at high risk. More...
•Corzine urged to propose revote on stem cell issue
•New administration needs to stick to facts
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 Editorials
•She's not feeling holiday spirit yet
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH
My day was running smoothly until I rose up out of the office chair and to the tune of "The old gray mare, she ain't what she used to be," I pulled a muscle in my back. More...
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 Greg Bean's Column
•This season, blow up the TV and read a newspaper
Coda • GREG BEAN
This is going to be a strange holiday season indeed. I knew it was off to a weird start when I stopped by the neighborhood liquor store the day before Thanksgiving to buy my annual bottle of Boggs Cranberry Liqueur. I buy one bottle of the stuff every year, and I pour myself one shot over ice to ... More...
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 Red State / Blue State
•A Red/Blue imbroglio: one cheats, the other freaks
Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN
Dear Greg: Not far up the interstate from where I live, in a little town you've driven through hundreds of times, gasoline was selling for $1.39 a gallon last weekend. Pretty cool, huh? More...
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 Sports
•Colonia can't run away from Woodbridge
JEFF GRANIT staff Colonia's Jordan Edmonds finds some running room against Woodbridge during their game on Nov. 26, which was won by Woodbridge by a score of 14-12. More...
•Sports Shorts
•Underdog Metuchen pulls another playoff upset
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