Category: Suburban News
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Winter wonders
Students from St. Thomas the Apostle School, Old Bridge, brought Santa Claus and gifts to visitors of the community outreach program at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Freehold, on Dec. 12. The youngsters also sang holiday songs for those present. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY Eighth-graders from St. Thomas the Apostle School, Old Bridge, brought some musical…
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Visit With Santa
More than 300 toys were collected for Toys for Tots during the annual “Visit With Santa” at the Old Bridge home of Joseph and Cathy Mahoney on Dec. 9-10. One reason the event was so successful was the idea of Samantha Zino, who was turning 6, to donate all her birthday gifts. Surrounding Samantha in…
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‘Kids at College’
Above: Jason Schifter (l) and Anthony Falu from Old Bridge’s Schirra Elementary School engage in a lesson at the Floriculture greenhouses on the Cook College campus of Rutgers University. The day of learning activities on Dec. 2 was part of the Old Bridge Public Schools’ Kids at College program. Old Bridge has formed extensive collaborations…
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N.J. managers’ association honors Greater Media reporter
Chris Zawistowski Just six months into his career as a reporter with Greater Media Newspapers, Chris Zawistowski is already an award-winning journalist. Zawistowski, of Spotswood, was recently presented with the prestigious Press Award from the New Jersey Municipal ManagementAssociation, an organization of professional local government administrators and assistants whose goal is to improve the quality…
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As part of the Old Bridge Public Schools’ Kids at College program, students from Schirra Elementary School visited the Floriculture greenhouses on the campus of Cook College, Rutgers University, for a day of learning activities developed by university faculty members on Dec. 2. More photos, page 27. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Plans on target for beachfront cleanup in Laurence Harbor
Report on contamination expected, with cleanup proposal likely by May BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Slowly but steadily, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working toward its proposal to clean up the Laurence Harbor beachfront Superfund site. Tanya Mitchell, the EPA project manager for the site, said the agency expects to release its remedial investigation,…
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Hindu temple hearing focuses on residences
Residents: Expansion will worsen traffic problems BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Residents voiced disapproval of a proposed expansion to the Shree Dwakadhish Temple on Washington Road at a Sayreville Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting Dec. 14. Shree Bhaktinidhi Inc. is seeking approval from the board to construct an 86,700-square-foot, two-story Hindu house of worship that includes…
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Bob and Karen Aperawic, along with their children and friends, greet Santa Claus at their home on Cori Street in Sayreville Dec. 17. The family invited the community to view its Christmas light display, take pictures with Santa and donate to the Sayreville Food Bank and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.…
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$40M secured for military suicide prevention efforts
East Brunswick’s Linda Bean says services must be immediately accessible, 24 hours a day BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The figure, Rep. Rush Holt said, is stunning: Eighteen veterans commit suicide each day. “That’s a daily average that is intolerable,” he said. “We can’t let that continue.” And now, after years of advocacy and the…
