Category: Suburban News
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Old Bridge roadwork continues to end of year
Staff Writer By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — The township’s roads, highways and infrastructure will continue to undergo massive repairs continuing through the end of the year. Expect detours and delays. Middlesex County will be conducting extensive repairs to local roadways. The county will be replacing a drainage culvert located on Morganville Road near…
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Sayreville mourns death of 16-year-old
Staff Writer By takesha Pettus SAYREVILLE — A borough teen died Friday as a result of injuries in an automobile accident in Old Bridge last week. Patrick T. McCarthy IV died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, after suffering serious head injuries in an accident last Wednesday night. According to Old Bridge police,…
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Climb!
Climb! Nicky Lessi, 5, of Sayreville, gets near the top of the mountain at a rock climbing wall at the St. Ambrose Church carnival in Old Bridge on Thursday.
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O.B. youth arrested for starter pistols Police warn that they can look like real-life guns
Staff Writer By Natalie M. Vena O.B. youth arrested for starter pistols Police warn that they can look like real-life guns Teens carrying starter pistols that resemble real-life guns, similar to the Beretta, could get themselves arrested or even killed. On Thursday at 10 p.m. Old Bridge police responded to a call on Darlington Drive…
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Senior Prom Royalty…
Senior Prom Royalty… Prom Queen Eleanor Wilkinson and Prom King George Perry take their seats on the thrones after being voted the king and the queen of the prom at the Old Bridge senior center on Saturday.
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Retail store plan upsets residents Main Street building would also have apartments
Staff Writer By takesha pettus Retail store plan upsets residents Main Street building would also have apartments Sayreville residents who live in the surrounding areas of a proposed refurbishing project on Main Street say the renovation will only add to their traffic woes. Several residents who live on Kupps and Main streets and McCutcheon Avenue…
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Demolition of Superfund site is delayed by lack of funding
Staff Writer By Takesha Pettus SAYREVILLE — Demolition of several buildings at the Horseshoe Road Superfund site will have to wait until funding is available, officials have announced. John Osolin, geologist and project manager for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, announced last week that the estimated $1.3 million needed to demolish nine buildings at the…
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Police raid rave party at Birch Hill Night Club
Staff Writer By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — During a private party at a local night club, police made 32 arrests, including eight juvenile arrests for underage drinking and the use and sale of drug paraphernalia. Approximately 5,000 people attended a private rave party, promoted on the Internet by One Productions, at Birch Hill…
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O.B. drafts five-year renewal for Cablevision Cable company can still object to the township’s ordinance
Staff Writer By natalie m. vena O.B. drafts five-year renewal for Cablevision Cable company can still object to the township’s ordinance OLD BRIDGE — After months of negotiations, the Township Council has drafted an ordinance granting municipal consent of a five-year contract renewal for the operation of a cable television system within the township. Cablevision…
