Category: Suburban News
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Resident does her part to promote awareness
Turn the Towns Teal campaign has personal meaning for local woman BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Despite 90-degree temperatures on Sunday, Old Bridge resident Stephanie Kiss and her family dutifully adorned the municipal complex with teal ribbons in preparation for National Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. Carrie Thomas of East Brunswick gets ready to tie another…
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New YMCA opens in So. Amboy
Tours of recreation center, membership registrations available starting this week BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent After years of planning and waiting, the big day has finally arrived. South Amboy’s new YMCA is opening its doors this week. The first official day in business was scheduled for Sept. 1. To introduce the facility to the community, it…
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Aug. 15 bulldog show
C.J. Dutton, 9, of Old Bridge, makes friends with Sophie during the puppy match part of the Aug. 15 bulldog show at the Middlesex County 4-H building on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick. The club says such events provide an educational forum for the public to learn about bulldogs while affording practice space for would-be…
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Bosco calls on district to unify after tragedy
Conflict prevention programs in works to help OBHS rebuild in wake of June murder Simon Bosco OLD BRIDGE — The brutal murder this summer of a 49-year-old township man shocked the community as a whole, and it will undoubtedly have an impact on Old Bridge High School as students return next week. Five local teenagers…
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Proposal would address flooding in the near term
BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Borough officials have a proposal under review with the state Department of Education to help address the flooding concerns of residents who live near the South River. Borough Engineer Jay Cornell told the Borough Council last week that he submitted a letter sent to the Department of Environmental…
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Officials: $16.5M water plant project ‘necessary’
BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Borough officials are touting the benefits of a now-approved $16.5 million plan to expand the Bordentown Avenue water plant. The bond ordinance approved by the Borough Council on Aug. 23 will primarily fund upgrades to the water processing equipment, as opposed to revamping the treatment plant itself. “It…
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Sale to benefit family of Jamesburg fire victim
Friends organize fundraiser yard sale for Sept. 4 BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MONROE — The news that resident George Lowenberg had lost his wife and the mother of his baby son in a horrific early July fire in their Jamesburg home hit township resident Lori Vreeland hard. Many years ago, her grandmother had…
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Man charged in pharmacy burglary
OLD BRIDGE — Police arrested a 46-year-old township man on burglary and other charges after he reportedly led officers on a foot chase from the Hoffman Pharmacy in the Laurence Harbor section early on Aug. 18. Richard Kassay of Laurence Harbor was charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief and resisting arrest. Old Bridge Police Capt.…
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Pedestrian killed on Rt. 18, Old Bridge; police charge driver with DWI
OLD BRIDGE — An Edison man was fatally struck by a vehicle while walking along Route 18 early Saturday morning, authorities said. The pedestrian, identified as Maikle W. Habib of Marie Lane in Edison, was walking in the left lane of the highway on the northbound side at around 3:30 a.m. when he was hit…
