Category: Suburban News
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CHRIS KELLY staff Members of the Sayreville Leprechauns’ Midget cheerleaders celebrate their recent national championship with a trip around town on a float with Santa on Saturday. See story, page 16.
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South Amboy co. hopes to score with Password
Board game’s debut comes as TV show begins 2nd season BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent ‘The Price is Right.” “The Newlywed Game. “Family Feud.” What do these game shows all have in common? One, they’re classics, and two, they have been created into popular board games by a business located right in South Amboy. Endless Games,…
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Three seek to fill freeholder vacancy
Party to select successor to the late David B. Crabiel BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Three candidates have filed to fill the former seat of David B. Crabiel on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Democrats Amy Papi of East Brunswick, Carol Barrett of South Brunswick and Charles Tomaro of Edison are in competition…
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DuPont funds squad coats in memory of teenager
SAYREVILLE — A $2,000 award from the Dupont Parlin Community Fund will allow the Sayreville Emergency Squad to continue purchasing new state-of-the-art coats for its members. The squad began the changeover to new jackets last year thanks to a donation from Betty and Vic Dubinin, whose 19-year-old daughter Sara died tragically in a car accident…
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Holiday performance is now a family affair
Three generations of Testas sing in annual choral show BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Elizabeth Testa, son Kevin and granddaughter Amanda have been performing Handel’s “Messiah” in South Amboy every December since 2001. SOUTH AMBOY — A concert Saturday at St. Mary’s Church celebrated two traditions of the holiday season: music and family. At the church,…
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McGovern- Cimino
Kathy and Bob McGovern of Old Bridge announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy McGovern, to Neal Cimino, son of Eileen and Vincent Cimino, also of Old Bridge. Neal Cimino, Amy McGovern The future bride is a graduate of Old Bridge High School and Seton Hall University, South Orange, where she earned a Bachelor of…
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Two arrested in armed robbery
East Brunswick police recently arrested two suspects soon after the men allegedly robbed an Old Bridge motorcycle store at gunpoint. Two suspects entered ER Cycles on Englishtown Road and held up the 26- year-old storeowner and a 25-year-old employee at 3:45 p.m. Dec. 10. One of the suspects assaulted the employee, striking him in the…
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Local 3-year-old girl seeks your vote for BabyGap contest
Ellen Carron, 3, of South River, is among five finalists to be the new face of BabyGap. The picture, taken by the Gap, is up for a vote on the company’s Web site. SOUTH RIVER — Wary Carron had seen the annual advertisements on the Gap’s Web site, seeking to find “the next faces” of…
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Use of soup kitchens, food banks way up
Local organizations struggle to feed all those in need BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Tis the season to be jolly.” But for many this year, it is also a time of home foreclosures, layoffs and cutbacks. As local families struggle to make ends meet, many are turning to neighborhood food banks to stretch their food…
