Category: Suburban News
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Fundraisers
Nov. 19 • Basket Raffle, sponsored by St. Thomas the Apostle HSA, doors open at 6:45 p.m., event begins at 8 p.m., in the school auditorium, Route 18 south, Old Bridge. Admission is $20; includes coffee, dessert, door-prize entry, four prize-table tickets. Additional raffle tickets available for purchase. Participants may bring food into the event.…
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Sayreville shooting suspect nabbed in Fla.
Tips led to arrest after America’s Most Wanted’ aired details of case BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The suspect believed to have shot and injured four people outside the Suburban Mall on Ernston Road in Sayreville three years ago was arrested in Florida early Sunday morning just a few short hours after he was featured…
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Foxborough sues O.B. over Wal-Mart plans
Homeowners association, ShopRite seek to overturn retail complex approval BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Another opponent of a Wal-Mart retail complex on Route 18 in Old Bridge is joining in the legal battle seeking to overturn the approved building plan. Old Bridge’s Nicole Vaynshtok, 14, and Taisiya Zaretskaya, 16, (l) of Morganville,…
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Residents robbed at home in two separate incidents
Unknown suspects force way into two Sayreville homes BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Police released this composite sketch of one of the suspects from the home invasion that occurred Nov. 12 on Winkler Street. The Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department completed the sketch. SAYREVILLE — Twice this month, unknown suspects have broken into borough homes and…
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Old Bridge to get $500K for security upgrades
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Police Department will soon be revamping its communications system thanks to a hefty check from the federal government. U.S. Congressman Rush Holt recently secured $500,000 in funding that will be dedicated to improving the township’s public safety communications system as part of a federally mandated project.…
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Sayreville secures grant for Stevens Ave. work
SAYREVILLE — The borough has secured a $300,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to be used on roadway improvements. The grant will target Stevens Avenue, which runs parallel to South Pine Avenue, east of Route 35. The road is in poor condition, according to Borough Engineer Jay Cornell. He said the road…
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Resident wants citizens to have voice on budget
Asks council to form ward-specific committees BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Eileen Ryan heard something at the Oct. 21 City Council meeting that inspired her. At the meeting, a few residents continued to express their dismay over the 38-percent increase to the municipal tax rate, and Councilman William Schwarick then asked if the…
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O.B. police to increase DWI patrols, set up checkpoints
Grant will fund overtime during holiday season BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — ‘Tis the season for family gatherings, holiday office parties and eggnog, which is precisely why township police will be stepping up drunken-driving enforcement next month. The Township Council unanimously voted to approve the use of a $5,000 state grant to…
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Honoring the veterans
The Rev. John Werner accepts an American flag from Edward Strek, a member of the Color Guard at the American Legion Lenape Post 211, Sayreville, during a Veterans Day assembly held Friday at St. Ambrose School, Old Bridge.
