Category: Suburban News
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Bill shifts legal costs to corrupt public employees
MIDDLETOWN — Taxpayers would no longer foot the bill for legal costs for corrupt public employees if a bill proposed by Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13th District) becomes law. Assembly Bill 289, sponsored by Handlin, was released by the Assembly State Government Committee on Nov. 13. "The premise of my bill is simple: public employees who…
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Group seeks to identify graves at old cemetery
Some of those buried are town’s earliest known residents BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer PHOTO COURTESY OF STEPHANIE BARTZ A 1993 photograph of the Old School Baptist Church Cemetery. The stone is one of the many that were restored over the summer by the South River Historical Society, led by Stephanie Bartz. SOUTH RIVER —…
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Voters decide Tuesday on additional $2.2M
Funds would be used to complete high school project BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The Sayreville Board of Education will ask voters Tuesday for their help in finishing what they started. A referendum for $2.2 million, if approved by residents, will address additional costs due to inflation to allow for the SayrevilleWar Memorial High School…
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Crabiel was always in Milltown’s corner
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MILLTOWN — Just as David B. Crabiel often referenced Middlesex County as “the greatest county in the land,” he referred to his native borough as the “greatest town in the land.” Upon talking with fellow residents of the borough, it becomes clear that the late Middlesex County Board of Chosen…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Old Bridge High School students perform a dance during a pep rally held Nov. 26. The day before Thanksgiving is Spirit Day at the school each year, and this time it preceded the ribbon-cutting for the new turf field at Lombardi Stadium.
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Officials hope to buy farm, despite builder
Mayor: Economy may help spare land from development BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — While negotiations for the Cottrell Farm remain at a standstill, a Planning Board decision on the owner’s development plan will dictate the fate of the historic tract. “The asking price is far beyond what the council is willing, or…
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Choirs join together for Christmas concert
Members of two churches enjoy camaraderie, fellowship BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Top: Musical Director Edward L. Krogstad Jr. of Matawan goes over some melodies with Patty Mancuso (l) of Piscataway and Beverly Marsh of South River during a rehearsal Friday for the Dec. 6 combined choir concert. Mancuso belongs to…
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‘Once an Angel’
Above: Ed Weiss and Rachel Zuckerman, as the characters Angels Angelo and Starlite, listen to Maggie Bera, 13, sing in the role of Gracie during a dress rehearsal for the Main Street Theatre Co.’s production of “Once an Angel.” The holiday musical will run Dec. 5-13 at the theater, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin. Left: Kathy…
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Crabiel, 78, devoted life to public service
Longtime freeholder director dies weeks after re-election BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Middlesex County has lost a long-standing and perhaps its most prominent public servant. David B. Crabiel Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel died Monday after being rushed to the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick that morning. He was 78 years old.…
