Category: Suburban News
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Skaters take advantage of a Dec. 30 open session at the Old Bridge Sports Arena, which held extra public sessions over the holidays. The rink operates through March. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Photographers pick best of 2011
Members of the Old Bridge Township Raceway Park at the 36th annual Night of Thrills. JEFF GRANIT staff Students at Dwight D. Eisenhower School in Sayreville decorate Principal Justin Fiory as an ice cream sundae. JEFF GRANIT staff Jennifer Bookbinder crawls her way through the mud-drenched course during the Rock Solid Mud Run in Old…
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Republicans take reins in Old Bridge
Henry pledges to help make township ‘a better place’ BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Owen Henry One day after the new year arrived, a new era officially began in Old Bridge. Mayor Owen Henry and Township Council members Brian Cahill, James Anderson and Eleanor “Debbie” Walker, all Republicans, were sworn in to four-year terms during…
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Historical society off to active start in S. Amboy
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The city’s new Historical Society already has been having an impact on residents. The society recently partnered with the City Council in an inaugural holiday trolley tour, during which participants heard from society members about the history of the town many of them call home. “It was a…
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Local historian pens book on Sayreville’s cultural past
Explores what town means to its residents, and how it became a sprawling suburb BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer A new book detailing Sayreville’s rich yet little-known history is available for purchase this month thanks to a sixthgeneration resident. Jason Slesinski, vice president of the Sayreville Historical Society, spent the last year and a half combing…
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Some appointments on hold in Sayreville as year begins
GOP mayor and Democratic council majority at odds during reorganization meeting BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Mayor Kennedy O’Brien and the Borough Council greeted the new year with disagreements as the governing body reorganized on Jan. 1. The Republican mayor began a new term as a 4-2 Democratic majority took over the council. The…
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Marine a bit homesick, but proud to fight for country
Cpl. Suannette Rios, 22, of Sayreville, is serving her first tour in Afghanistan BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Cpl. Suannette Rios SAYREVILLE — Making good on the promises stipulated in the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement, all American troops withdrew from Iraqi territory by the end of 2011. Most of those service men and women formerly…
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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…
