Category: Suburban News
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Boro sets rules, fees for well-used park
BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Boro sets rules, fees for well-used park BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Robert Vargo, 13, of Sayreville, uses his in-line skates on the facilities provided at the skate park in Sayreville Tuesday afternoon. SAYREVILLE — Since its opening eight months ago, the borough’s skate park has become a…
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Crossroads project
OK BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer OK’d in Old Bridge Plan for 1,000-unit adult community still requires ordinance BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A plan to pave the way for nearly 1,000 age-restricted housing units combined with commercial uses at routes 9 and 18 has received the blessing of the township’s…
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Hefty cuts proposed for Sayreville budget
New and existingpositions to be cutfrom 2004-05 tab BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Hefty cuts proposed for Sayreville budget New and existing positions to be cut from 2004-05 tab BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer At least $1.9 million is expected to be cut from the defeated Sayreville school budget as the result of an initial meeting between borough…
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$3 million grant to help build YMCA
Old Bridge, Piscataway each buildingrecreational facilities BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Old Bridge, Piscataway each building recreational facilities BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — The Middlesex County Board of Freeholders has agreed to give Old Bridge $3 million toward the construction of a long-awaited YMCA off Route 516. The $3 million grant,…
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FARRAH MAFFAI staff Huyen Chau, 14, gets a surprise washdown Saturday when she and others with the Sayreville War Memorial High School band held a car wash fund-raiser.
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Residents against cell tower: No gaps here
O.B. group tells zoners 130-foot pole near their homes not needed BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Residents against cell tower: No gaps here BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer Several Old Bridge residents living near Amboy Road who say their cell phones work just fine in and around their homes are questioning a proposal to…
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Legislators seek changes in liquor license appeals
BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Legislators seek changes in liquor license appeals BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A change in state legislation could make it easier for residents to bring testimony against what officials refer to as "nuisance bars." If the proposed legislation becomes law, testimony given in municipal courts will hold up in…
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Local man may be reigning ‘Birdhouse King’
BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer On quiet Christie Street in Edison sits a house enveloped by trees. Look a little closer and one can see that on a lot of the trees, most of them in fact, birdhouses hang. There are also bird feeders, bird baths and, of course, birds. One…
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Police chief selection withstands challenge
Old Bridge captainargued former mayoracted against ordinance BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Police chief selection withstands challenge Old Bridge captain argued former mayor acted against ordinance BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Former Mayor Barbara Cannon is pleased that Police Chief Thomas Collow, whom she promoted last summer, can carry on without…
