Category: Suburban News
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Project ACES: The World’s Largest Exercise Class
Jenna Manlanga (center) participates in Project ACES: The World’s Largest Exercise Class, at the Walter M. Schirra School in Old Bridge May 5. The event takes place each May as part of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. More photos at gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Boro to spend $16.5M on facility expansion
Sayreville expects move to bring self-sufficiency to its water operation BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The Sayreville Borough Council has approved a temporary capital budget for 2010 with a last-minute inclusion of $16.5 million to expand the Bordentown Avenue Water Treatment Plant. The council simultaneously introduced an ordinance at its May 10 meeting that would…
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Sacred Heart School
Bobby Bialkowski and Samantha Eberle, students at Sacred Heart School in South Amboy, showcase the shell of a sea turtle in front of their classmates April 28 when Greg Daggett (l) and other representatives of the Philadelphia Zoo visited the school. More photos on page 24 and at gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Environmental group blasts open space tax cut
Freeholder director: One-cent drop needed to avoid county tax increase this year BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Middlesex County officials have no right to tap into the county’s open space fund to fend off a tax increase in the 2010 budget, the head of an area environmental group said. “This was voted on by…
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Old Bridge officials press for traffic light
Argue that turns from Amboy Road onto Route 34 are difficult, dangerous BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Old Bridge officials recently took the first step in the lengthy process of bringing a traffic signal to the intersection of Route 34 and Amboy Road. During an April 26 meeting, the Township Council unanimously approved a resolution…
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Residents applaud sign’s removal from intersection
BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Public works employees removed a “No Turn on Red” sign on MacArthur Avenue last week, to the relief of many residents. Nellie Malet, who lives on the road, has long opposed the sign and has brought up the issue to the Borough Council several times. On April 26,…
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Panel hears concerns, and hopes, for bypass
Police sergeant says road will help to alleviate some traffic on Main Street BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer More than 100 Sayreville residents gathered at the Senior Center last week to express concerns and ask questions about the controversial Main Street Bypass. The four-mile road would run in an eastwest direction alongside the Raritan River,…
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City considers reducing trash pickup schedule
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — A change in the city’s trash pickup schedule could mean the much-maligned garbage ordinance is off the table for the remainder of 2010. The key change the city is considering is a reduction in service to once a week. Currently, homeowners receive twice-a-week collection, but that requires the…
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DuPont gets OK for new water treatment facilities
Will pump contaminated water to surface for cleaning BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — To expedite the cleanup of decades-old contamination deep underground, DuPont will soon construct a new water treatment facility on its 350-acre site in Parlin. The proposal, unanimously approved by the Sayreville Planning Board last month, is part of an ongoing…
