Category: Suburban News
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Find a job on the
Web in Old BridgeMayor invites local employers to postvacancies at no cost BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Web in Old Bridge Mayor invites local employers to post vacancies at no cost BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Residents seeking jobs might have an easier time finding them now that a township-sponsored job…
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Art students dress up gym in patriotic tones
Sayreville high school students volunteer time at police dept. gym BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Sayreville high school students FARRAH MAFFAI staff Above, Sayreville War Memorial High School student Andrew Rice, 17, paints the POW-MIA flag on the Pavlik Gymnasium wall at the Sayreville Police Department. At left, Jim Milligan, 17, works on a mural at…
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Age-restricted zones proceed amid resistance
Hearing and voteon new ordinanceset for April 12 BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Hearing and vote on new ordinance set for April 12 BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Builders looking to construct housing for the older population would be received with open arms by the township under a new measure designed…
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Musician makes waves on the Web
BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Joe Carelli strums a few chords outside his Matawan home on March 28. MATAWAN — It’s no secret that it takes talent, drive and determination to succeed in the music business. Sometimes, it takes a lucky break. And sometimes, it takes two and…
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Support group growing, aims to educate doctors
Area residents who haveankylosing spondylitisshed light on condition BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Support group growing, aims to educate doctors Area residents who have ankylosing spondylitis shed light on condition BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer Howard Feingold Howard Feingold’s efforts to spread awareness about his rare disease are beginning to bear fruit. Feingold has ankylosing spondylitis…
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Pie-throwing stunt raises a lot of dough
Sayreville studentstake aim at teachers in fund-raiser BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Sayreville students take aim at teachers in fund-raiser FARRAH MAFFAI staff Sayreville Middle School student Jonathan Ortiz pies teacher Jim O’Donnell at the culmination of a program that raised $700 for the causes of a school club. BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer There’s nothing like dessert…
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Old Bridge school tax would increase 9 cents
BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Old Bridge school tax would increase 9 cents BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Property owners would see school taxes increase by approximately 9 cents under the Board of Education’s proposed $114.5 million budget for the 2004-05 academic year. Funding to hire four new high school teachers,…
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Residents want geese gone from back yards
Old Bridge asked to helpwith situation aroundWhispering Pines homes BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Old Bridge asked to help with situation around Whispering Pines homes BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Geese hold court beside the pond off Route 516 near Heilbrunn Business Park. On the banks of a detention pond in…
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Driver who mistakes gas pedal for brake hits house
Driver who mistakes gas pedal for brake hits house OLD BRIDGE — A driver backing out of an Englishtown Road medical office Friday morning mistakenly stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake and crashed into a small house across the two-lane county road, police said. No one was injured in the one-vehicle accident,…
