Category: Suburban News
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Teen rides off with equestrian crown
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Stacy Butewicz is going to be a busy young lady this year. On Jan. 25, the student at Cardinal Mc- Carrick High School, South Amboy, was crowned “New Jersey Equestrienne of the Year” at the New Jersey-bred Equine Breeders Awards dinner in Freehold Township. Representing the Garden State Horse and…
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Man, 42, guilty of sexually assaulting boys in Old Bridge
Also charged with sexual assault in East Brunswick A 42-year-old man is facing up to 30 years in prison after being convicted of charges that he sexually abused two boys, ages 13 and 9, in Old Bridge in 2004. Robert Morrissey of Manasquan was found guilty on Jan. 29 of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault…
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Jump for Heart
Above left: James Silva, 8, a third-grader at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Old Bridge, takes part in a cat and mouse game with other students underneath a parachute. Games were held as part of a fundraiser the school had Jan. 30 for Jump for Heart. Above: kindergartner Bridget Boyle, 6, tried to keep…
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GOP refuses to amend law, despite litigation
Dems, Repubs in dispute over SERA membership BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A Democrat failed to win the support of a Republican-controlled governing body in his appeal to remain in two borough posts he has held for several years. Michael D’Addio, a Democrat who has been serving as a commissioner on the Sayreville…
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Showtime
CHRIS KELLY staff Angela Pontoriero of Kenilworth, Patsy Palma of Parlin and A.J. Meeker of East Brunswick rehearse a scene Monday night from “Love, Sex & the IRS.” The Main Street Theatre Company will perform the shows at its theater on Bordentown Avenue, Parlin, Feb. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m.…
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Appeals court upholds ’95 murder conviction
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Astate appeals court on Jan. 26 upheld the second conviction of a 41-yearold man who murdered a South River business owner in July 1995. In 2006 after his second trial, Michael S. Behn, formerly of Middlesex and Piscataway, was sentenced to consecutive life sentences, with 30 years before parole eligibility…
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Six more weeks …
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Milltown Mel saw his shadow Monday morning, Groundhog Day, thus predicting six more weeks of winter. Jerry Guthlein, holding the groundhog in front of the other Groundhog Wranglers, is raising Mel and plans to have Punxsutawney-like festivities at his North Main Street home each year.
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JEFF GRANIT staff Alexah Listash, 7, a second-grader at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Old Bridge, tries to find another student under the parachute during one of the games held as part of a fundraiser Jan. 30 for Jump for Heart. See photos, page 10.
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Hearing set on plan for worship ctr., residences
Religious group makes case for location near racetrack BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Aspiritual group looking to make its home in Old Bridge will soon continue testimony before the Zoning Board of Adjustment for an application that has thus far been three years in the making. “It’s been a long haul,” said David Himelman, the…
