Category: Suburban News
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Milltown brings scares with annual River Walk
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Tim McGowan (l) and Randy Farkas get ready for a spooky evening at the entrance of the Milltown Haunted River Walk. MILLTOWN — The borough’s annual Haunted River Walk is a community affair. Now in its eighth run, the October event is one of the highlights of the year. “It…
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A terrorific library event
Paranormal investigator regales patrons with tales of hauntings at New York/New Jersey sites BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The Olde Spye Inn, which stood in the Morgan section of Sayreville, was purportedly owned by relatives of the famous pirate Captain Henry Morgan. It is said that after a hanging occurred there, the spirit of the…
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Fall fun
Above: Justine Smith (l) and Alea Ye, members of the Interact Club at Old Bridge High School, decorate pumpkins to be sent to Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge on Oct. 19. Below: A student paints a face on a pumpkin. Danny Lad works on one of the pumpkins. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff
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October: Fresh direction
GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.” — Janet Kilburn Phillip The summer of 2010, as it stands now, looks to go down as one of, if not the, hottest summer on record. Was the complex La Nina cycle in the equatorial Pacific responsible for this disorderly conduct? High heat was…
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Buyin’ local”
Above left: Shoppers pick out some veggies. Right: Patrons look through the produce available at the Buy Local Farmers Market in the parking lot of the Old Bridge municipal complex Oct. 6. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff
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Students are teachers for O.B. Tykes program
Teens give preschoolers lessons in computers, social studies, science and other subjects BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer It may be one of Old Bridge’s best-kept secrets, but the Knights ‘n Tykes preschool program has been quietly filling classrooms for the past three decades and establishing itself as an educational staple in town. Old Bridge High…
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South Amboy adopts budget with $251 tax hike
DCA disallows city from using $800K in proceeds from pending land sale BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Councilman Mark Noble seemed to sum up the feelings of many during his comments at a special budget meeting held Oct. 13. “It’s a sad day for the taxpayers of South Amboy,” he said, referring to the ruling from…
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Rafano: County is meeting challenges of the times
Director discusses issues facing Middlesex in annual address BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Middlesex County is in good shape, despite the poor economy and cuts in state aid, Freeholder Director Christopher D. Rafano said in his recent “State of the County” address. “All the while, we maintained our AAA rating from Standard & Poor’s,…
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HSA Fall Crafts & More Show
Joan Moser of Perth Amboy works on a design at her Bay View Baskets table during the annual HSA Fall Crafts & More Show in the auditorium of the St. Thomas the Apostle School, Route 18 in Old Bridge, on Oct. 16. More photos on page 55 and at gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
