Category: Suburban News
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DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS
The stars are aligned LIZZ DINNIGAN I n my youth, my family spent summers at the Pine Knoll bungalow colony in Monticello, N.Y., a small town in the heart of the Catskills’ Borscht Belt. It was the late ’70s, and we had tremendous freedom to run around barefoot and scamper about our private community of…
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O.B. honors late volunteer for service to community
OLD BRIDGE — Township officials paid tribute to a longtime volunteer during its Jan. 2 meeting, honoring the late George Grieco for his service to Old Bridge. Then-Mayor Patrick Gillespie and township Councilmen G. Kevin Calogera and Reginald Butler presented the Grieco family with a plaque to honor George, noting his loyalty, commitment and dedication…
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Bringing the blues to South Amboy
Christopher Dean Band comes home to Middlesex County BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Christopher Dean, who has lived in both Old Bridge and Edison, was a traditional blues player until about 10 years ago, when he started incorporating other styles of music. SOUTHAMBOY — It’ll be a homecoming party of sorts when the Christopher Dean Band…
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Old Bridge High School students Megan Torruella (l-r), Katherine Amato, Mikhail James and Magda Stepien wrap shoeboxes full of toys, toothpaste, toothbrushes, socks and other items to be sent to children in Third World war-torn countries through the Samaritan’s Purse organization’s Operation Christmas Child program. The high school’s peer leaders engaged the freshman class in…
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WCTC to be recognized for promoting hiring of veterans
NEW BRUNSWICK — WCTC radio, “The Voice of Central Jersey,” will be recognized Jan. 5 by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve of New Jersey (ESGR) for its role in promoting the hiring of veterans. WCTC will receive a personalized statement of support from the Guard and Reserve in acknowledgment of the station’s…
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DIY authors realize challenges, rewards
Many local writers take self-published route BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Uta Burke of East Brunswick self-published a young-adult paranormal novel, “Immortal Link,” which finds a teenager in Jim Thorpe, Pa., taking revenge on her attacker and receiving more justice than she thought humanly possible. Soccer is kind of Ken Jones’ thing. The Old Bridge…
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So. Amboy police arrest five after alleged assault, gunfire
SOUTH AMBOY — Five people were arrested during the early hours of New Year’s Day after an altercation involving an automatic weapon and a baseball bat, police said. Police were called at 3:35 a.m. Jan. 1 in response to a complaint on the 200 block of Bordentown Avenue, but an investigation led the officers to…
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Middlesex sheriff hires officers laid off by police departments
Middlesex County Sheriff Mildred Scott announced Friday that she has hired 13 police officers who had been laid off by the Paterson and Newark police departments. “We were fortunate to be able to replace many of our retired officers with well-qualified officers who were unemployed due to layoffs in Newark and Paterson,” Scott said. “Because…
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Cahill, Panos to lead O.B. council in 2012
BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Brian Cahill OLD BRIDGE — Under Republican control for the first time since the 1990s, the Township Council selected two familiar faces as leaders under the new administration. During its re-organization meeting Monday afternoon, the councilmembers unanimously elected Brian Cahill to serve as president for 2012, succeeding Democrat G. Kevin…
