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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.

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?

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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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

What Is That Mountain on Edgeboro Road?

Thousands of us drive past the mound on Edgeboro Road every day. It began as a sand-and-gravel quarry before 1954, it is really two landfills stacked on top of each other, and almost everything it does is invisible from the road. Part 1 of a four-part Eyes on EB series.

East Brunswick Approved a Lidl on Route 18 Four Years Ago. The Site Is Still an Empty Lot.

The store the township will get is a quarter smaller than the one it approved, the drive-through added alongside it has no tenant, and nobody has said when it opens.

In One Year, East Brunswick Council Members Cast Just One No Vote

Eyes on EB reviewed every recorded vote the Township Council took across 25 meetings over twelve months. In 118 roll-call votes, council members cast exactly one No — and the records also show discussion before 94.1 percent of substantive votes.
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