Category: Suburban News
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Soldier on leave tells tales of life in Baghdad
Woodbridgeresident servesas MP in Iraq BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer Soldier on leave tells tales of life in Baghdad Woodbridge resident serves as MP in Iraq BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer Pfc. Yvonne Alers, 20, of Woodbridge, poses with Iraqi children near a police station in West Baghdad. The boy in the purple shirt was shot…
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Officials offer software to detect pedophiles
CD-ROM scans for images and offensive language on computer BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Officials offer software to detect pedophiles BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office has a new way to protect children. Several local police stations as well as the Prosecutor’s Office have purchased about 12,000 Computer COP CD-ROMs, a software…
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FARRAH MAFFAI staff Samantha Goldberg, 8, was among those enjoying a self-made hill at the Glenwood Apartments in Old Bridge on Sunday after two days of snowfall.
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Valuable bird is stolen from canary store
BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — As the snow was falling this past weekend, police say someone entered an Englishtown Road canary shop and either stole or released an exotic bird from its cage. The bird, a blue and gold macaw valued at $1,000, was reported missing…
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Weapons surrender
program set for Dec. 14 program set for Dec. 14 Owners of firearms and other weapons are invited to surrender them Saturday at the Old Bridge Police Department, Route 516. As part of a program implemented by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, weapons will be accepted on a "no questions asked" basis from 11 a.m.…
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Nightclub is asked to control its patrons
Stabbing, reports of gunshots fired draw response by police BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Nightclub is asked to control its patrons BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Changes may be in store for the Krome nightclub. With a plan to build senior housing on the site looming, the club will have to change or face…
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Strange tales of E.B.’s
past will be unveiledResidents will sharestories of murder, ghosts, rumrunners and more BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Strange tales of E.B.’s past will be unveiled Residents will share stories of murder, ghosts, rumrunners and more BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Those wanting a trip down memory lane, with bumps and all, should pay…
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Arts center may be site of new 9/11 memorial
BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The PNC Bank Arts Center is one of the spots being considered as a site for the National Police Defense Foundation’s 9/11 memorial for all law enforcement personnel who died in the World Trade Center attacks. The foundation wants the memorial in…
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Pretrial date is set for county official
Pretrial date is set for county official SAYREVILLE — The case of former Middlesex County road supervisor Alan Haag, charged with making plans to have sex with a woman and her 7- and 10-year-old daughters, will soon appear in court in Delaware County, Pa. According to Delaware County Assistant District Attorney Michael Galantino, a pre-trial…
