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Your :a Connection January 15, 2004 Worth Brunswick • South Brunswick Beating the yellow brick road S.B. police Capt Mark Montagna graduates from FBI National Academy Page 7 F-ARRAII MAFFAI stuff Goldle Asimov and her daughter, Shani, 2, braid a chaliah together during an event for mothers and children at the Chabad Center of South Brunswick on Jan. 9. Board warns school L'Oreal closing Familiar results tax hike is likely Locals dominate action There are several factors at GMC Relays to lay off 85 State aid freeze that may cause an increase in Page 24 challenges budget taxes of at least 6-8 cents per $100 of assessed value, he said. Rte. 1 facility committee Some of those factors include a shutdown not BY CHARLES W. KIM 20 percent increase next year Quote of the week: Stuff Writer for health-insurance premiums, costing the district about $2.4 BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP chool taxes are likely to go million; a 1.5 percent increase in Stuff Writer "I am here to bury Cablevision, up in South Brunswick, prescription drug benefits that not to praise them." S school officials have said. will cost the district about $1.5 hen the North Bruns- "We don't have any numbers wick L'Oreal USA plant ~— Gene Dwyer million; and the 15 percent yet, just bad news," Paul increase in teacher salaries W on Route 1 closes this North Brunswick Prodromo, Board of Education spring, 85 employees will lose 1 Page 4 during the next three years that JENNIFI.H KOHLIIH'I member and budget committee their jobs, according to company L'Oreal USA, Route 1 in North the board agreed to last month, officials. chairman, said Monday night. according to Prodromo. Brunswick, will cease operations Prodromo and the commit- The L'Oreal USA plant, and close by IV! ay X, tee met for the first time last He estimated that taxes which is located next to the Index week and will meet six more could increase for residents 6-8 Johnson & Johnson Consumer facility will be "let go." Business .25 cents per $100 of assessed value Products'Co. that will also close "Some of the employees will times before submitting a budg- relocate to other New Jersey Classified 29 et to the board. "right off the bat." this year, notified its employees State aid to the district will Despite the gloomy outlook and the township that it will facilities, including those in Milestones 21 cease operations and close by Clark, Piscataway and West likely remain flat for the fourth for the budget, Prodromo said Caldwell," Caruso said, "Others Obituaries ,, .22 year in a row, despite an there was some good news. May 1, according to L'Oreal Opinion 12 spokeswoman Rebecca Caruso. have expressed desires to relo- increase of an expected 266 new "This is the first time in three cate out of state to facilities in Police Beat 23 students in September, years that we are not opening a Although the company will Prodromo said. transfer 33 full-time employees areas like Ohio." Sports .24 new school," Prodromo said. None of the employees at the "The state budget will have The district opened the addi- to other L'Oreal facilities within far-reaching consequences. the United States, Caruso said facility are union workers, tion to the high school on Ridge 10 full-time employees and 75 www.gmnews.com State aid will probably be flat," (Continued on page JK) Prodromo said. part-time employees at the (Continued on page IS) 2 SENTINEL, January 15, 2004 NS Greater Media Newspapers' 0 Enter each week to win a four pack of passes for Six Flags Great Adwenture^s 2004 season. 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We coidd not force a developer to put nance to let residents know what may be a sign up," Watkins said. "We have noth- built on a piece of land slated for devel- ing to hold the developer to." opment is on hold. Watkins said the town could bring the "Let's see how it works in North developer to municipal court, but could Brunswick before we take action on this," not refuse to hear the application, if the Mayor Frank Gambatese said Tuesday sign was not in place. He said the pro- night. posed ordinance would only be for "major The proposed ordinance mirrors one subdivisions," and not there for average in North Brunswick, approved last residents. month, that makes developers place a "This is not where a resident is put- sign on the piece of property that they ting up garage on their house," Watkins want to build on. The sign is put on the said. land while the application is being con- Deputy Mayor Carol Barrett said that sidered by the town's various boards. perhaps signs should be placed on the There, developers seeking approval land after an approval is given so resi- for a variance or a change in variance dents know what, is coining to that site. from township officials must post the "When they start breaking dirt," sign in a "clearly visible" location on the Barrett said. property they want to develop, at least 10 Barrett said placing a sign at a poten- days prior to the public hearing and until tial building site may give the wrong idea board officials grant or deny final to residents.