Category: Suburban News
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Old Bridge official to lobby for traffic light
Councilman also wants state DOT to reconfigure two exit ramps BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Old Bridge official to lobby for traffic light BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A township official expects to start a petition to persuade state transportation authorities to install a traffic signal at Ticetown Road and Valley…
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Students get real feel for writing, performing
One-act plays to beperformed for publicin Old Bridge next week BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer One-act plays to be performed for public in Old Bridge next week BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Playwright Philip Vassallo of Sayreville talks to students (l-r) Nina Marques, 13, Joey Dunn, 13, Brittany Kadin, 13, and Kathy Bui,…
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Woman charged with neighbors’ burglaries
BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Woman charged with neighbors’ burglaries BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MONROE — Police have charged a Monmouth Road woman with stealing several thousand dollars worth of jewelry from two neighborhood homes. Shannon Hesdra, 20, a resident of the Mill Lake Manor development, was charged in the burglaries of two area residents,…
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Lawsuit challenges racetrack approval
Manalapan says course approval came from wrong Old Bridge board BY SUE M. MORGAN and DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Lawsuit challenges racetrack approval BY SUE M. MORGAN and DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer Manalapan has taken legal action against neighboring Old Bridge in an effort to reverse a decision permitting a new track at Raceway Park. The…
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Sec. of state stops by with message: Read
Students learnabout MLK duringstate official BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Sec. of state stops by with message: Read Students learn about MLK during state official’s visit BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff New Jersey Secretary of State Regena L. Thomas reads from “Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King…
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Officials will try to close Breakfast Club 340 patrons counted
at club Sat. night; 200 are permitted BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Officials will try to close Breakfast Club 340 patrons counted at club Sat. night; 200 are permitted BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer Lingering concerns that Breakfast Club 80 is truly a nightclub, not a sit-down restaurant, have prompted Old Bridge officials to…
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FARRAH MAFFAI staff New Jersey Secretary of State Regena L. Thomas reads to first-graders when she brought her message to the Cooper Elementary School last week. See story, page 8.
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Street design causes concern for planners
Sayreville board hears informal plans for 92 homes BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Street design causes concern for planners BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer An informal appearance by developer Kaplan Cos. before the Sayreville Planning Board last week offered members and residents an early glimpse at the design of Towne Lake West. At the Feb. 4 meeting, owner…
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Remains likely those of former Sayreville man
Hunters found remains on grounds of juvenile prison in Monroe BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Remains likely those of former Sayreville man BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer MONROE — Skeletal remains found in the township Saturday are believed to be those of an elderly man who disappeared from a nursing home last spring. According to police,…
