Category: Suburban News
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Council votes out fast-food despite planners’ decision
Decision means Wendy By sandi carpelloStaff Writer By sandi carpello Staff Writer MILLTOWN — The unyielding opposition of area residents to a proposal for a Wendy’s fast-food restaurant on Ryders Lane was mollified Monday night when the Borough Council voted to change an ordinance regarding permitted uses on the site. Rejecting a recommendation issued Friday…
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Resident cracking down on illegal cigarette sales
Local man uses new law, Web sitein his crusade By sue m. morganStaff Writer Local man uses new law, Web site in his crusade By sue m. morgan Staff Writer If Madison Park resident Louis Valentino hears that merchants operating in Old Bridge have sold cigarettes to minors, he says he will personally visit their…
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Art project’s broken tiles symbolize broken emotions
Sandburg students express feelings through art on anniversary of 9/11 By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Eighth -graders Jessica Pittius (l) and Jessica Dobbin grout and caulk between the painted tiles on the Sept. 11-themed memorial mosaic created by their art class last week at the Carl Sandburg…
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Skate park construction likely to begin this winter
By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council is expected to approve a bid Monday from an Old Bridge-based contractor for the construction of a skate park. As the result of recent negotiations with the borough, Star of the Sea Concrete Corp. is expected to receive the contract to…
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O.B. victims remembered in beachfront ceremony
By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — As bagpipes wailed, hundreds of mourners, mostly township residents, approached the shoreline carrying red and white carnations. Some held candles, shielding their flames from the brisk winds. Upon reaching the water, five police officers, all of whom had witnessed the devastation…
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Councilman wants last call at clubs earlier
O.B. council tablesmeasure, with oneofficial fearing impact on the By sue M. morganStaff Writer O.B. council tables measure, with one official fearing impact on the ‘nice bars’ By sue M. morgan Staff Writer Bars, restaurants and other establishments with a liquor license will be able to keep serving drinks until 3 a.m. for now, thanks…
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VERONICA YANKOWSKI A participant in the pre-season hockey clinic run by former New Jersey Devils player Alexei Kasatonov takes a break from the drills Sunday at the Old Bridge Township Ice Arena. The clinic was sponsored by the township’s Junior Knights Hockey League.
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State: Borough had the right to revoke club’s liquor license
Krome owners plan to pursue all options to get license reinstated By jennifer domeStaff Writer State: Borough had the right to revoke club’s liquor license By jennifer dome Staff Writer A decision by a state administrative law judge to uphold the revocation of a Sayreville nightclub’s liquor license was affirmed last week by state Division…
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O.B. man is victim of murder/suicide
Vincent LaBianca, 33, is among three dead in Manhattan office By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A township man who a year earlier escaped from the burning north tower of the World Trade Center was killed Monday when he and a female co-worker were reportedly shot by…
