Category: Suburban News
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Toys for Tots drive ongoing in Sayreville
The Sayreville Department of Recreation is holding its annual Toys for Tots drive through Dec. 3. Interested individuals may donate new, unwrapped toys; gift certificates; or a check made payable to the Sayreville Recreation Department Toy Drive. Donations may be dropped off 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, at the Recreation Center, Dolan Street. For more information,…
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VFW ladies auxiliary plans Nov. 23 meeting
The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699, Sayreville, will hold its next monthly meeting at 8 p.m. Nov. 23 at the post home, 575 Jernee Mill Road. Refreshments will be served. All women are invited. Guests are invited to bring knitted scarves, hats and booties to be sent to U.S. solders…
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Adam Bloom of East Brunswick and other members of the Middlesex County Conservation Corps clear trails and pick up debris off Riva Avenue last week. The corps is administered by the county Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Democrats win races for freeholder, clerk, sheriff
Rafano: Board will continue work toward reducing taxes, county work force BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Despite a record number of victories for Republicans nationally and in many local races, the Democrats maintained their hold on Middlesex County, sweeping the races for freeholder, sheriff and county clerk on Nov. 2. Voters re-elected incumbents Christopher Rafano,…
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Gabriel Kelmansky, 6, runs under the parachute during the Toddler Dance Party at the Old Bridge Public Library on Nov. 6. The program has youngsters reading, rocking and rolling each Saturday in November. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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O.B. residents kill open space tax after 10 years
Mayor: Vote represents ‘a sign of the times’ BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Residents have put an end to a decade-long tax levy dedicated to open space preservation. Voters in the Nov. 2 election shot down a public question asking to extend the open space tax, with 5,032 against the levy and…
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Henry elected mayor by single-vote margin
O’Connor seeks recount in So. Amboy mayoral race BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent It turns out that every vote really does matter. DemocraFred Henry was declared the winner of South Amboy’s mayoral race by just one vote after provisional ballots were counted Friday. Fred Henry The initial tallies after the Nov. 2 election favored 2 election…
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Split vote amounts to denial of plan for 14 townhouses
Residents raised concerns about density, water runoff BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Though developer Thomas Galante is currently constructing a Route 516 office building approved three years ago, his plans for an accompanying senior townhouse community have been denied. The development, which was to include 14 age-restricted condominiums, was rejected by the…
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Denial of Main Street bypass plan celebrated
Sayreville to appeal DEP’s decision on proposed east-west roadway BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Opponents of the Main Street bypass proposal endured pelting rain and cold winds coming off the Raritan River to announce the good news, as they see it: The project may never see the light of day.E nvironmental groups and residents of…
