Category: Suburban News
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Fundraiser hopes to ease burden of breast cancer
Women invited to enjoy complimentary salon, spa services at Avanti with $25 donation BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Avanti Day Resort is the kind of place a woman goes to feel better about herself. Now Avanti, named national Salon of the Year by Salon Today, is doing something to help many women who are fighting…
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Biz owner charged in murder plot
FBI says Passalaqua offered to kill four for $10K each BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Alocal resident and business owner is accused of setting a scheme to murder four people in exchange for money, and also taking part in a series of burglaries in Middlesex County. Joseph Passalaqua, 55, of East Brunswick, the owner of…
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Rt. 35 traffic signals to get camera system
Those who run red lights will be mailed a summons BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Surveillance cameras may soon catch motorists who run red lights at two Route 35 intersections in Sayreville. The violators caught on film would be mailed a ticket from the police department and have to pay an $85 fine. The red-light…
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Afternoon showers didn’t dampen the festivities for Kamryn Kasper, 4, of Perth Amboy, as she decides which balloon animal to get from Spotswood’s Diane Charmers during Old Bridge Day, held Saturday at the municipal complex on Route 516. Another photo, page 25.
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Eight suspects charged in robberies, break-ins
‘Crew’ accused in home invasions, civic hall burglaries BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Eight men have been arrested on charges they worked as a crew over the past two years, burglarizing and in some cases robbing businesses, civic halls and homeowners around Middlesex County. Between November 2007 and June 2009, the group of mostly local…
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Council approves bond amid debate over farm
BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The passage of a $1.8 million bond ordinance evoked heated emotions from the public and officials at a Township Council meeting Monday night. The bond, which relates to the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Loan, is one of the funding sources set aside to help Old Bridge…
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Marcus, Panos to vie for council seat in Ward 6
OLD BRIDGE — A new Democratic candidate has entered the race for Township Council. Allan D. Marcus has replaced Joseph Soresi on the ballot. Soresi withdrew from the race due to a job relocation. Marcus, 44, a general manger for a real estate company, is a life member of the Red and White First Aid…
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Business owners set bake sale to benefit toddler
Event to raise money for youngster now receiving post-transplant treatment BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A few philanthropic storeowners in the township are giving back to the local community. Vendors in the Ticetown Square Mall, at Route 9 north and Route 516, will band together for an Oct. 17 charity bake sale…
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Tom Holthausen of Sayreville maneuvers Charlie through an obstacle course during the borough’s Bark in the Park event at Kennedy Park Sunday. Working with him are daughter Victoria, 6, and son Spencer, 8, and trainer Robin Geller-Caristo.
