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Board of Education

East Brunswick Officials Explained Why Redistricting Is Hard. Where It Stands Is Still Unclear.

Four days after Eyes on EB asked what happened to the district's redistricting discussion, the subject returned to the Board of Education's table. Residents heard a detailed account of the complications and a tentative path to September 2027. They did not see a map, a cost estimate or any completed work product.
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HS Sports

East Brunswick Fall Sports Roundup: Tennis Stays Perfect, Field Hockey Stays Unscored On

East Brunswick played twelve varsity contests in three days. Girls tennis went 3-0 to reach 5-0, field hockey won 1-0 for its third straight shutout, gymnastics opened its season with a win at Piscataway, and goalkeepers Caylin Docherty and Rosario Volino each made twelve saves. Every East Brunswick varsity sport, September 6 through 12, 2026.
Vermella redevelopment and District Walk townhomes in East Brunswick, New Jersey
Town Council

At Vermella, 219 Townhomes Are Planned — and a 30-Year Tax Deal Comes With Them

At Vermella on Route 18, 219 townhomes are being sold with a 30-year PILOT attached. Here is how the tax structure works, who pays it, what the schools receive, and how unusual it is in New Jersey.
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Community

EBTV Might Be East Brunswick’s Most Underrated Gem

East Brunswick’s municipal television station has been filming the town since the 1970s. Its public archive now holds more than 6,000 videos — including 1,855 episodes of This Week in East Brunswick, an exercise show called Look Great, Feel Great!, and silent aerial footage of Route 18 from around 1982. And it is still covering council meetings, high school sports and community events today.
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Town Council

East Brunswick Used to Hold Town Council Candidate Forums. Why Not One in 2026?

East Brunswick held Town Council candidate forums for decades — at the public library, in the council chambers, on EBTV. The last one was in 2022. There was none during the 2024 municipal election, and none is currently scheduled for the November 2026 council race. The Board of Education’s Meet the Candidates Night, meanwhile, is set for September 30. There is still time to organize something for the council candidates. Why not?
Children boarding a school bus for an Eyes on EB article about East Brunswick school district redistricting.
Board of Education

What Happened to East Brunswick’s Redistricting Discussion?

A year ago, with no study in hand, every candidate at a public forum was asked about elementary redistricting. The district has since done the study. Now, in another election, the issue has largely disappeared from the public conversation.
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HS Sports

East Brunswick Fall Sports Roundup: Shutouts, Sweeps and a 22-Point Fourth Quarter

Six varsity teams played twelve contests in six days as fall sports opened in East Brunswick. Field hockey and girls tennis both started 2-0 without conceding a goal or a flight, football rallied from behind to win 36-19, and goalkeeper Caylin Docherty made 18 saves across two girls soccer matches. Every East Brunswick varsity sport, August 30 through September 5, 2026.
Two yellow tracked machines working a bare, refuse-strewn landfill surface under a dark overcast sky: a bulldozer with a raised blade in the foreground and a compactor further back along the ridge. Overlaid title card reads: Eyes on EB, Part 4 of 4, The Fights, the Money and What Happens When the Mountain Stops Growing.
History

The Fights, the Money and What Happens When the Mountain Stops Growing

East Brunswick has been paid for hosting the landfill every year since 1985 — about $4.5 million in 2026. It has also been on the receiving end of thirty years of odour complaints, a withdrawn plan to dig up old waste, two federal settlements and a school evacuation nearly four miles away. The final part of a four-part Eyes on EB series.
A close-up of a landfill working face covered in mixed refuse and plastic waste, with the steel bucket of an excavator lowered into the frame at right. Overlaid title card reads: Eyes on EB, Part 3 of 4, The Landfill That Actually Did Close.
History

The Landfill That Actually Did Close

The original Edgeboro landfill had a legal end date written into a state permit in January 1984: December 31, 1992. It did not operate beyond it. It was capped, and it is still there — underneath a second landfill, separately permitted, built on top of it. Part 3 of a four-part Eyes on EB series.
A man in sunglasses and an Eyes on EB t-shirt stands on the bare graded surface of the Edgeboro Road landfill under a blue sky, gesturing back over his shoulder toward the working face, with heavy equipment and a landfill ridge behind him. Overlaid title card reads: Eyes on EB, Part 2 of 4, How Edgeboro Got So Big.
History

How Edgeboro Got So Big

East Brunswick did not choose to take in seven counties’ garbage. A slope collapse in Old Bridge, a court order and a series of state emergency orders took the truck traffic from a few hundred a day to well over a thousand — and Middlesex County went to court to stop it, and lost. Part 2 of a four-part Eyes on EB series.