Category: Suburban News
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Woman, 23, dies after being struck by car on Route 35
SAYREVILLE — A 23-year-old woman died last week from injuries sustained when she was struck by a car while attempting to cross Route 35 at 2:30 a.m. Nov. 8. Lorena Di Bello, 23, of Dover, Morris County, was hit by a 1990 white Lexus early on the morning of Nov. 8 while attempting to cross…
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‘Guys and Dolls Jr.’
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Brianna Brice rehearses as Sarah Brown for the upcoming production of “Guys and Dolls Jr.” Triple H Productions and the Hernandez Theatre Workshop will present the musical, featuring student performers in third through 12th grades, at 8 p.m. Nov. 20-21 and 2 p.m. Nov. 22 at the South Amboy Middle/High School, Governor Hoffman…
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Students celebrate life of young friend Austin
St. Thomas School holds prayer service, dedicates tree BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer An Old Bridge student may have lost his battle with a debilitating heart condition, but his spirit will remain with his classmates and teachers at St. Thomas the Apostle School. Nick Reilly pours holy water onto the tree planted in memory of…
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Old Bridge GOP making gains on Twp. Council
Republicans seek recount in close Ward 1 race BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Voters elected three Democrats and three Republicans to six seats on the Old Bridge Township Council on Nov. 3. Reginald Butler Five of those elected to Old Bridge’s six ward seats were incumbents. The only exception was in Ward 2, where Republican…
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Edison firefighter John Kantra shows (l-r) Adjoa Carson of Perth Amboy, Alexis Lockwood of Old Bridge and Shannon Williams of New Brunswick, of the Middlesex County College Child Care Center, the department’s thermal imaging camera, which allows firefighters to detect people in smoky buildings. The presentation was part of the college’s Health and Safety Fair…
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Bella, Perrette give GOP a 5-1 majority
Republicans defeat former councilmen for two seats BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The Republican Party has taken back its majority on the Sayreville Borough Council. Sayreville Republicans Frank Bella and Nick Perrette (r) celebrate their victory on election night, Nov. 3. On Nov. 3, GOP candidates Frank Bella and Nicholas Perrette defeated Democrats Dennis Grobelny…
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South Amboy man pleads guilty to fatal stabbing
SOUTH AMBOY — A city man pleaded guilty last week in the 2007 murder of his girlfriend and the stabbings of four children. Daniel Charron, 49, is expected to serve 30 years for the death of Myra Morrissey, 38, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan. At 11:44 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2007, South…
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Sayreville family opens new combat sports gym
John Narleski touts quality of trainers, equipment BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Erik Matevosyam, 14, trains with Vincent Labbate at the Strategic Combat Academy, which opened recently on Bordentown Avenue in Sayreville. SAYREVILLE — The owners of a new gym that shadows the Ultimate Fight Club (UFC) and offers training in a variety of combat…
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Two Old Bridge residents rescued from E.B. lake
BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Firefighters were able to rescue two people Monday after their boat capsized in Dallenbach Lake, off Dunhams Corner Road. Three Old Bridge residents had been fishing from the 15-foot aluminum boat when it capsized shortly before 6 p.m., sending them into the water. One of the fishermen,…
