Category: Suburban News
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Police plan second session of youth police academy
By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Citing an overwhelming response from residents, township police have scheduled a second section of the weeklong Youth Police Academy training program. The Police Department is now accepting applications for the second session, scheduled to run Aug. 18-22. As with the first…
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Mayor’s budget calls for
3-cent munic. tax hike$45M package for by outgoing mayorStaff Writer 3-cent munic. tax hike $45M package for ’04 described as ‘austere’ by outgoing mayor By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Property taxes would increase by an average of $44 under a $45.3 million municipal budget introduced by Mayor Barbara Cannon Tuesday. The…
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Author’s idea to preserve old missile site doesn’t fly
Old Bridge parcels willbe saved as open space,but buildings will be razed By jamie dougherStaff Writer Author’s idea to preserve old missile site doesn’t fly Old Bridge parcels will be saved as open space, but buildings will be razed By jamie dougher Staff Writer A former generator building on the Nike missile property (above) sits…
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Greater Media ad director wins national honor
Greater Media ad director wins national honor Sandy Theo Jonathan (Sandy) Theophilakos, advertising director for Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold, has been named Advertising Director of the Year by Suburban News-papers of America, a nonprofit professional trade association based in Traverse City, Mich. Membership includes approximately 2,000 suburban newspapers throughout the United States and Canada. The…
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GOP challengers use props in protest of property sale
By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer Kitchen sponges spread across a 1,100-acre site that Perth Amboy will sell to Middlesex County for open space were laid out to show that the land is too soaked to ever be developed, according to Republican freeholder candidates. Standing outside the gates of the…
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New chief called ‘best of the best’
Lieutenant is selected over five senior officers to head the department By sue m. morganStaff Writer New chief called ‘best of the best’ By sue m. morgan Staff Writer Thomas Collow An Old Bridge native and 25-year police department veteran has been named chief of police by Mayor Barbara Cannon. Lt. Thomas Collow’s appointment, effective…
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JEFF GRANIT Cold War historian Don Bender sits at the playground of the long-abandoned Nike missile site in Old Bridge. The property was recently purchased by the township, and Bender wants to see its structures preserved. See story and photos, page 3.
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Sayreville hears plans for 208 housing units
Traffic patterns, future commercial component concern officials By jennifer domeStaff Writer Sayreville hears plans for 208 housing units By jennifer dome Staff Writer A plan for 208 single-family homes has Sayreville Planning Board members concerned about traffic patterns and safety. Peter Mocco, the attorney representing Loraine Mocco, his wife, presented an informal site plan for…
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Man charged with contact
Man charged with contact SAYREVILLE — A South Amboy resident was arrested and charged with criminal sexual contact at Morgan Wine, Liquors & Bar on Route 35 south, Friday. Frank Kovics, 70, of Feary Place, was charged after he allegedly grabbed the right breast of a female patron twice, police reports said. Following the incident,…
