Category: Suburban News
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JEFF GRANIT staff Civil Air Patrol Chief Master Sgt. Phillip Giannace (l) and Senior Master Sgt. Blaise Hode, graduates of St. Stanislaus Kostka School, Sayreville, fold an American flag during the school’s Veterans Day program Tuesday. The flag was presented to U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Louis Kosa, honored as “Veteran of the Year.”
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Late South Amboy man honored at memorial
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Leon Durko was remembered Tuesday as a dedicated father and soldier. “He was a good man, my father was. LHe was proud of his country, proud of his family. Everybody who met the guy loved the guy. He was too young to go,” Lynn Weber said prior to a ceremony that…
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Couple pleads guilty to fleecing investors
Defrauded about 47 clients out of almost $2.5 million Ahusband and wife from South River who operated a tax preparation business pleaded guilty last week to scheming investors out of nearly $2.5 million and evading the payment of federal income taxes. Charles Neely, 60, and Janet Neely, 54, who owned a tax preparation business in…
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Most beautiful words she heard: You are free
Holocaust survivor recalls liberation from Nazi camps BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer JESSICA SMITH Holocaust survivor Elisabeth Gelb talks with Old Bridge High School student Jessica Lupo during Gelb’s recent visit to the school. Note: This is the second in a two-part series on Elisabeth Gelb. OLD BRIDGE — Elisabeth Gelb recounted a year of…
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Eicher, Kelly elected to Sayreville council
Council to be split evenly among GOP, Democrats BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Lisa Eicher SAYREVILLE — Voters elected two candidates from opposing political parties last week, balancing power on the Borough Council for the first time in three years. Kenneth Kelly, a Republican and retired police detective, and Lisa Eicher, a Democrat and local…
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OBHS student, 15, dies in Monroe crash
Driver of other vehicle gets DWI, leaving scene BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer A15-year-old girl from Old Bridge suffered fatal injuries after the car in which she was riding was struck by an alleged drunken driver in Monroe Nov. 3. Jacklyn Gavares, a sophomore at Old Bridge High School, was flown by helicopter from the…
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Businesses reach out to help infant in need
Girl, 8 months, has been hospitalized most of her life BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Ava Loren Barbarino has been fighting for her life since she was born eight months ago, having undergone several surgeries related to her three rare and complicated illnesses. OLD BRIDGE — Christine and Larry Ciccone were dishing out love along…
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Residents: Bypass will destroy neighborhoods
Officials plan special meeting to accommodate large crowd BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Scores of residents told Sayreville officials Monday of their opposition to the Main Street bypass that has been proposed near their neighborhoods. “Putting this thing through the heart of our community is very upsetting to all of us,” said Stephen Weinrib, trustee…
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Dems keep three seats on freeholder board
Party has maintained sole leadership for 13 years BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer While voters on the national level supported a platform of change, those in Middlesex County indicated their satisfaction with the way things are. The Democratic candidates for county freeholder swept at the polls Nov. 4, with 27-year board veteran David B. Crabiel…
