Category: Suburban News
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Religious group presses on for O.B. development
DRSANA planner to testify before zoning board July 16 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer After a dozen hearings over the course of two and a half years, the Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America (DRSANA) will return to Old Bridge town hall for more testimony July 16. The religious group has been appearing before…
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Robert Murdock Band brings ’60s back to S.A.
July 15 show is second of eight at Waterfront Park BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The British are coming … to South Amboy. That’s because on July 15, the Robert Murdock Band, playing the hits of the 1960s British Invasion bands and more, will take the stage at the Raritan Bay Waterfront Park on O’Leary Avenue…
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Facts R Us Museum
Clockwise from top: Gianna Russo, 2, gets a close look at Jack Neilson as a crocodile during the Facts R Us Museum event held at the end of the school year for first-graders at Voorhees Elementary School, Old Bridge. Children dressed as nonfiction characters they studied. Fabio Ng (l) and Aiden Aisenberg portray characters. Nicolette…
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Once-accused conspirator sentenced to probation
SAYREVILLE — A former borough woman who was previously accused of conspiring to kill her husband will serve two years of noncustodial probation after pleading guilty to a single charge of being an accomplice to a terroristic threat. Christine Palumbo, now 49, was indicted in January 2007 on charges she attempted to have her husband…
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Ex-firefighter will serve up to four years in prison
SAYREVILLE — A volunteer firefighter was sentenced last week to serve up to four years in prison for stealing nearly $2,500 worth of gasoline and diesel fuel from the borough over a two-year period. Mark A. Johnson, 43, of Sayreville, also was ordered by state Superior Court Judge Frederick P. DeVesa to reimburse the borough…
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Fourth of July fireworks
GREG HOLMES Fireworks explode over Kennedy Park July 3 as cars drive by on Ernston Road as a day of Fourth of July festivities come to an end in Sayreville.
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Fundraisers
July 10 • Art Auction, sponsored by the Monroe Township Public Library Foundation, preview at 6 p.m., event begins at 7 p.m., at the Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza. Walltodo Ltd., of New York will conduct the event. Framed original oils, signed and numbered limited editions, serigraphs, lithographs, sports memorabilia, more. Featured artists…
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Star-spangled celebration
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff From top: Johnny Soto of North Brunswick takes in the festivities during Sayreville’s Independence Day celebration, held Friday in Kennedy Park. Children enjoy some jumps on the inflatable rides. Karisa Quinn, 12, of Parlin, tries the Bungee Run.
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Jersey Kidz ready to rock the masses
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Above: Jackie “Cole” Miskanic (r) with singer-songwriter Demi Lovato, one of her influences. Right: Miskanic (r) performs with Jersey Kidz at the Bamboozle Festival outside Giants Stadium in East Rutherford. The band, whose average age is 12, secured the gig by winning a four-month battle of the bands. EAST BRUNSWICK…
