Category: Suburban News
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Jeff Alai (l-r) of Metuchen, Lee Howard of Old Bridge and Robert Murdock of Edison perform as the Robert Murdock Band during a concert at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy July 15. The band played tribute to rock’s “British Invasion” period.
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State expected to keep funding EMT training
May extend recertification time from three to five years BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Sayreville officials are urging Gov. Jon Corzine to leave a $4 million training fund intact so that volunteer emergency medical technicians throughout the state do not have to pay for their own training. The Sayreville Borough Council approved a resolution that…
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Planner makes case for ‘faith-based use’
Group continues testimony for prayer hall, residences BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America (DRSANA) will move on to a 14th hearing in October in its quest to secure building approval from the township. The religious group has been appearing before the township Zoning Board of…
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Fun and games
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Stephen Boyle, 11, of Old Bridge, competes in an oversized volleyball game against Edison during the fourth annual Community Friendship Games at Geick Park July 15. Kids ages 10 and 11 from summer camps in Monroe, Edison and Old Bridge competed in a day of games. Monroe’s Alexis Goswick shows…
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Meeting to offer veterans info on rights, benefits
BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYERVILLE — The American Legion Post No. 211 will host an all-day informational seminar for veterans Wed., July 29 at its MacArthur Avenue building. The event, which will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., is intended to give insight into the rights and benefits that veterans have earned through…
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Heated debate marks City Council session
Officials, residents tout need for openness in gov’t, postings BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The City Council held a public hearing on the proposed 2009 budget last week, but what most in attendance wanted to talk about were the rumors of government wrongdoing. During the council’s comment portion of the meeting, Mayor John…
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Charity pond tour returns Saturday
A local business will sponsor its fourth annual Parade of Ponds garden and pond tour Saturday, with all proceeds going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The all-day event begins at 9 a.m., with check-in at 8:30 a.m. at Grounds Keeper’s Pond Shop, 798 Route 34, Matawan, near the Old Bridge border. The charity event…
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Volunteers look out for the isolated elderly
Local residents among a thinning group of advocates at nursing homes in N.J. BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Phil Zipser For Phil Zipser, it’s the friendships that have kept him visiting nursing homes for the past 13 years. The Monroe resident spends several hours every week at a long-term facility in Englishtown, trying to reach…
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Psychologist, patients to appear on ABC show
‘Primetime’ episode will focus on OCD BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Dr. Allen Weg EAST BRUNSWICK — A local psychologist and some of his patients will be featured this month on an ABC News “Primetime” show focused on obsessivecompulsive disorder. Dr. Allen Weg is expected to appear on the July 21 edition of “Primetime.” Weg…
