Category: Suburban News
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Pair achieves excellence in the face of adversity Shulman, Look among 607 set to graduate Old Bridge Monday
Staff Writer By sue m. morgan Pair achieves excellence in the face of adversity Shulman, Look among 607 set to graduate Old Bridge Monday Melissa Shulman When they graduated Salk Middle School four years ago, honor students Justin Look and Melissa Shulman ranked first and second, respectively in academic standing. Now, as they prepare to…
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Juvenile charged in graffiti incident at Cougar Field
Staff Writer By sue m. morgan OLD BRIDGE — Police have arrested and charged a township juvenile in connection with vandalism to seven storage trailers and a flatbed truck parked at the Raritan Bay Cougars football field. The suspect, a 16-year-old boy from the township’s Parlin section, was taken into custody by Old Bridge Police…
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VERONICA YANKOWSKI During a test of Old Bridge’s emergency operation and crisis management plans, local firefighters and students held an emergency drill Saturday at Memorial School, pretending a train derailment caused a fire at the school. Ray Hackett, 12, and volunteers act out the evacuation and treatment. See page 14.
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Family recalls 23-year-old brother, son as a hero
Staff Writer By jennifer dome Family recalls 23-year-old brother, son as a hero Robert Hughes Jr. SAYREVILLE — Passing by lower Manhattan on the way to a baseball game last summer, Bobby Hughes pointed to tower one of the World Trade Center and told his father, "There’s my building." It seemed such an innocent thing,…
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County to give court $4M for taking of National Lead Agency expected to file for condemnation by July 1
Staff Writer By jennifer dome County to give court $4M for taking of National Lead Agency expected to file for condemnation by July 1 The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders was expected to approve a resolution today to help the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA) in its effort to condemn the National Lead Industries’…
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Board to continue review of Legacy Grande tonight
Staff Writer By sue m. morgan Board to continue review of Legacy Grande tonight OLD BRIDGE — Testimony supporting a controversial application to construct an age-restricted condominium community on Cottrell Road will continue before the Zoning Board of Adjustment at its meeting tonight. The testimony by representatives of the Jerald Development Group will begin sometime…
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Checkers vote postponed at request of attorney
Staff Writer By sue m. morgan Checkers vote postponed at request of attorney OLD BRIDGE — The vote on an application to build a Checkers restaurant on Route 516 has been postponed until July 18. With six of seven members present at its June 6 meeting, the Zoning Board of Adjustment was scheduled to hear…
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Plan would ease tie-ups at Route 18, Tices Lane East Brunswick hopes to get $3M from state for $6M project
Staff Writer By vincent todaro Plan would ease tie-ups at Route 18, Tices Lane East Brunswick hopes to get $3M from state for $6M project 1 Widen Tices Lane eastbound 2 New jughandle 3 Close jughandle 4 Convert Tices Lane from one way to two way 5 New traffic signal at Tices Lane and Old…
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Town’s emergency plans tested in derailment drill
Staff Writer By sue m. morgan Town’s emergency plans tested in derailment drill VERONICA YANKOWSKI A firefighter prepares the entrance to the Memorial School, Old Bridge, for evacuation during a mock emergency event on Saturday. OLD BRIDGE — Passing through Laurence Harbor Saturday morning, the uninformed visitor might have thought that a real disaster and…
