Category: Suburban News
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Sayreville honors police officers past and present
BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Sayreville police officers honor retired and deceased officers at the annual Police Week memorial service on May 19. The service took place at police headquarters in front of the department memorial. Sayreville as a modern-day Sparta. That is the picture Police Chief John Zebrowski evoked in the minds of attendees at…
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Students Yohith Reddivari (l-r), Tristian Smith and Oscar Perez present a book of thank-you letters to Scott Mitchell of the U.S. Navy during the “Hero Day” assembly at Grissom Elementary School in Old Bridge on May 23. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Summer concerts return to St. Mary’s in S. Amboy
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — This year marks the return of the summer music series at St. Mary’s Church on Augusta Street. The series was launched in 2007 as a “Women Pianists of New Jersey” event, but it has been a few years since St. Mary’s Music Director Christopher Deibert has organized the…
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Republicans duke it out in contested primary
Three Republicans, two Democrats running for two available council seats BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Ricci Melendez Two seats on the Sayreville Borough Council are up for grabs this year, as the terms of the only Republican members, Nick Perrette and Frank Bella, expire in December. Both councilmen are seeking re-election, but on separate tickets. Perrette…
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Drake DeMarco (l) and Brandon Mark wait for their turn to speak about what Memorial Day means to them during a “Hero Day” assembly at Grissom Elementary School in Old Bridge on May 23. Students welcomed veterans to the school and brought in pictures of veterans they considered their personal heroes for a hallway display.…
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O.B. may team with firm to develop sports complex
Mannino Park would be home to major league-size ball fields, new Little League fields BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Old Bridge’s field of dreams may be one step closer to becoming reality as officials are looking into a publicprivate partnership to develop a state-ofthe art baseball and recreation facility at Peter A. Mannino Park. During…
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Graduates find community college experience rewarding
Valedictorian: Class of 2012 is excited, scared … ready BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Members of the Middlesex County College class of 2012 proceed to their seats at the start of the May 17 graduation ceremony in Edison. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Some 1,408 graduates bid farewell last week to Middlesex County College, Edison,…
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Two injured in Sayreville accident
SAYREVILLE — Police responded to an accident involving a Plainsboro Fire Department vehicle on May 22. The accident occurred on Main Street between White Oaks Drive and Kimball Drive West at approximately 4:40 p.m. According to police, a 1997 Ford Crown Victoria fire department vehicle was traveling east onMain Street when it struck a 2009…
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Board unable to pass superintendent deal
Sole ‘no’ vote, conflicts leave board one vote shy of majority approval BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — In a turn of events that seemed to come as a surprise to its members, the Board of Education failed to approve the contract extension of interim Superintendent of Schools Tim Brennan at its May…
