Category: Suburban News
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Sneak preview
Sneak preview Sneak preview PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Eric Applegate as Jack from Jack in the Beanstalk sings with his fellow Arleth School classmates during a visit to the Carriage House Manor in Sayreville May 14. Students in the drama club from the Arleth School in Sayreville (above) perform several songs from their upcoming play The Granny…
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Salk eighth-graders take top prize in Academic Challenge
By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Like their athletically talented counterparts, eighth-grade students in the Jonas Salk Middle School’s gifted program now have a trophy they can put on display. Led by their coach, Anita Ecker, a math teacher at the school, the 10-member Salk team took…
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Groups want parks smoke-free
EAST BRUNSWICK — Two East Brunswick-based groups are asking municipal officials to consider making the Butterfly Park a smoke-free place. REBEL (Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies), and CAT (Communities Against Tobacco) spoke to the Township Council at its May 5 agenda meeting and were expected to return at Monday meeting. The state-run groups, who have Middlesex…
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Husband-and-wife team to run Sayreville VFW
By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY As the first husband-and-wife team to serve as commander and president of Sayreville’s VFW Post No. 4699 and the Women’s Auxiliary, Frank and Val Olszewski hope to bring in new members. SAYREVILLE — Whatever they do, they do it together. About 20 years ago,…
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Towns plan variety of Memorial Day activities
By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer Municipalities across the state are working diligently to ignite the patriotic spirit with upcoming Memorial Day events. Most towns covered by Greater Media Newspapers enlist the help of veterans organizations, such as the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, or local residents to pull…
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Fire dept. reaches out for more volunteers, cadets
By jennifer domeStaff Writer Fire dept. reaches out for more volunteers, cadets CHRIS KELLY Sayreville Fire Department cadet Brian Travinski, 18, resets a hose on a firetruck at the Morgan Fire Company Sunday. By jennifer dome Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The passengers aboard that huge, red truck that regularly sails through traffic with lights flashing…
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Couple test-driving car fail to return, police say
Pair faces theft, drug charges in three towns in Middlesex, Ocean counties By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer A couple suspected in an Ocean County carjacking face multiple charges in at least two municipalities after Old Bridge police caught them with a vehicle reported stolen from an East Brunswick car…
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Local artist transports viewers with paintings
By jennifer domeStaff Writer Local artist transports viewers with paintings By jennifer dome Staff Writer STEVEN M. BARON Darryl David Jensen, a local artist whose work was displayed at the South River Old School Baptist Church Museum, speaks with Borough Councilwoman Linda Ejk at the May 4 art show. SOUTH RIVER — Since he was…
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Council upholds defeat of two ballot questions
By sue m. morganStaff Writer Council upholds defeat of two ballot questions By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — In April, 10 percent of district voters decided against spending $526,000 to fund four police officers and two more substance awareness counselors at the secondary schools. Monday night the Township Council voted 4-3 to…
