Category: Suburban News
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Religious leaders gather to stress peace and love
Staff Writer By sue m. morgan I Samra, 14, and Maidah Khalid, 16, (above) sing “Kingdom of God,” a traditional Islamic song, during the Interfaith Conference for Peace and Tolerance at the Bait-ul-Hadi mosque in Old Bridge Saturday. Muhammad Akram Khalid (l) welcomes visitors to the conference. OLD BRIDGE — Still feeling sorrow for the…
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Council approves house renumbering amendment Measure is designed to give Sayreville more leeway in dealing with problem addresses
Staff Writer By jennifer dome Council approves house renumbering amendment Measure is designed to give Sayreville more leeway in dealing with problem addresses With the exception of Councilwoman Phyllis Batko, Sayreville Borough Council members voted Tuesday to approve the amendment to an ordinance that may conceivably change the street addresses of up to approximately 400…
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These 16 women treasure their ‘red hattitudes’ The Red Hat Society has ‘no rules’ other than, of course, donning red hats
Correspondent By lori elkins solomon These 16 women treasure their ‘red hattitudes’ The Red Hat Society has ‘no rules’ other than, of course, donning red hats FARRAH MAFFAI Ida Kuhn (l) of East Brunswick tells a story that provokes a laugh from Anne Wendling of Old Bridge at the Nov. 2 meeting of the Red…
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Surprise party honors 80-year-old tax clerk Old Bridge mayor calls Bob Bozian an exemplary employee
Staff Writer By sue m. morgan Surprise party honors 80-year-old tax clerk Old Bridge mayor calls Bob Bozian an exemplary employee JERRY WOLKOWITZ Tax office clerk Bob Bozian smiles at his 80th birthday party thrown as a surprise by his co-workers at the Old Bridge Municipal Complex Friday. The full-time employee and township resident is…
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Zoning Board holds off on cell tower decision
Two competing firms seek to install monopole in O.B.; third also seeks to use tower By sue m. morgan Staff Writer After hearing from two radio frequency experts from competing cell phone companies who are seeking a use variance to build a proposed 156-foot-tall cell phone tower off Route 18, the Old Bridge Zoning Board…
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Voters say yes to saving open space, tax increase
Referendum triples assessment; $14 million for possible purchases Voters have passed a referendum which raises the amount residents pay into the county Open Space Trust Fund each year. Taxpayers in Middlesex County will now pay 3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation each year for the program. Previously the fund collected only 1 cent per…
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DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT David Demiranda, 11, of Old Bridge carefully selects apples during the Old Bridge Apple Festival on Sunday. Baked goods and fall-themed crafts were also sold at the festival sponsored by the Madison Township Historical Society and held at the municipal complex.
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Former Hercules plant gets boost to stay open Parlin-based Green Tree to benefit by corporate dissolution
Staff Writer By jennifer dome Former Hercules plant gets boost to stay open Parlin-based Green Tree to benefit by corporate dissolution SAYREVILLE — Alliant Techsystems informed investors last week that the company is in the process of dissolving the joint venture with General Dynamics that has threatened to put Green Tree Chemical Technologies, Parlin, out…
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Planning Board OKs site plans for development One hundred homes to be built near East Main Street, Ernston Road
Staff Writer By jennifer dome Planning Board OKs site plans for development One hundred homes to be built near East Main Street, Ernston Road SAYREVILLE –– The final site plans for the construction of 100 single family homes by JKA Associates in the area of Ernston Road and East Main Street were approved at the…
