Category: Suburban News
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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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Alfieri board hearings are coming to a close
BY ZACH LEVINE Correspondent OLD BRIDGE — There may be an end in sight to the lengthy series of hearings on M. Alfieri Co.’s plans to build office and retail buildings, single-family homes and a hotel off Laurence Harbor Road. The application, which dates to 1985, has been before the township Planning Board about 11…
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City: Commuter ferry to arrive in mid-2009
Commuters eagerly await service to Manhattan BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Area commuters will have to wait until next summer to see the return of ferry service to New York. CHRIS KELLY staff John Goley of Old Bridge races to the finish line during the Haunted 5K and Family Fun Run in Aberdeen, Monmouth County, on…
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Tough times for political fundraising
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer As the stock market plunges and credit dries up, political leaders from both parties reported an increased difficulty in securing funding for local campaigns, a phenomenon that could be attributed to the nation’s economic climate as well as the presence of presidential races this year. In separate interviews with the…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Doug Mount and Norman Thime, both Old Bridge residents and members of the New Jersey Civil War Historic Association, speak with Bob, Kyle and Julia Frankenbush at the Madison Township Historical Society’s annual Apple Festival. The event was held Sunday at the Old Bridge municipal complex.
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Connecting those in need to what they need
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The Middlesex County Info-Line developed as a solution to two separate problems: people who needed community assistance didn’t always know where to find it, and people who provide community assistance couldn’t always reach those who need it. It’s a common issue, said Steven Nagel, executive director, and with the nation’s…
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Wal-Mart, restaurants proposed on Rte. 18
New retail center planned at Legends Golf Center site BY ZACH LEVINE Correspondent Not everyone was happy to hear that Wal-Mart may soon be moving into the neighborhood. Many residents turned out at the Oct. 28 Old Bridge Planning Board meeting, some armed with multicolor signs stating “Stop Corporate Greed!” Others wore T-shirts reading Wal-Mart…
