Category: Suburban News
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Democratic candidates hope to preserve quality of life
Staff Writer By jennifer dome Democratic candidates hope to preserve quality of life Tom Pollando SAYREVILLE –– The borough’s Democrats are hoping to retain their only two seats on the Borough Council when voters step to the polls Nov. 6. The seats of the only two Democrats on the council, Councilmen Fred Semoneit and Jeff…
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GOP candidates hope to boost visions of mayor and party
Staff Writer By jennifer dome GOP candidates hope to boost visions of mayor and party Joan Gotta SAYREVILLE — Borough Republicans are hoping to gain total control of the Borough Council when they attempt to win two seats now held by Democrats in the Nov. 6 election. Two Republicans and two Democrats, all newcomers, have…
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OLD BRIDGE — Agreeing that community awareness and education are the keys to success, the mayor, the Township Council and a police captain plan to work with Morganville Road area residents to deter vehicular speeding on a stretch of the road.
OLD BRIDGE — Agreeing that community awareness and education are the keys to success, the mayor, the Township Council and a police captain plan to work with Morganville Road area residents to deter vehicular speeding on a stretch of the road. VERONICA YANKOWSKI Stephanie Pulido, Jenifer Niemi and Lindsy Pruneau (l-r) make bracelets to be…
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Texas Road residents still thirsting for water supply
Staff Writer By sue m. morgan OLD BRIDGE — Frustrated with the feedback she’s received from government agencies, Cynthia Rodriguez-Salvesen appeared before the Township Council Monday hoping to soon get a permanent water supply flowing to her home and those of seven neighbors. The eight homes, dependent upon individual water wells on their properties that…
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‘Township with a Heart’ raises $66K
Families of 11 victims of Sept. 11 attacks will split money raised last Sunday By sue m. morgan Staff Writer Some sat outside in the raw, damp air, answering the donated Voicestream cellular phones and recording pledge amounts. Others set up a table inside the Old Bridge High School east campus cafeteria and sold commemorative…
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VERONICA YANKOWSKI Rhiannon Karpiak and her grandfather, Joe Canepa, make a drawing during Grandparents Day at the Grissom School in Old Bridge on Tuesday.
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GOP: Dems violated sign ordinance
Staff Writer By jennifer dome Supporters of Democratic candidates running for Sayreville Borough Council reportedly displayed campaign signs a few days prior to the date allowed by borough ordinance, according to local Republican Party Chairman Ken Olchaskey. A borough ordinance states that political signs are permitted to be displayed no more than 40 days prior…
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Former tennis champ tells of making narrow escape
Staff Writer By vincent todaro Former tennis champ tells of making narrow escape EAST BRUNSWICK — All the sports training in the world couldn’t have prepared him for this. Robert Chess, 27, who as a student at East Brunswick High School was the state’s first-singles tennis champion, was at the start of a normal business…
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Forensic dentist recalls ground-zero experience Millstone man assisted two weeks with massive identification effort
Correspondent By jane meggitt Forensic dentist recalls ground-zero experience Millstone man assisted two weeks with massive identification effort Stuart E. Alexander, Mill-stone, is a dentist with a practice in Cranbury. He also volunteers as a forensic dentist with the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams (DMORT), a branch of the U.S. Public Health Service. Forensic dentistry…
