Category: Suburban News
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N.B. soldier fundraises for Marine Corps scholarship
Maj. Chris Ieva wants to support children of Marines BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – An Iraq veteran who will be deployed again in 2009 is currently fundraising in support of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. Maj. Christopher Ieva, 34, a 1991 graduate of the North Brunswick Township High School, is seeking donations…
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Adopt a Pet
Name: Cloe Breed: domestic shorthair Color: black Sex: female Age: young adult Description: loving young mom and foster mom; current with distemper vaccine; Frontlined; dewormed; FELV/FIV negative Old Bridge Animal Shelter 1 Old Bridge Plaza off Route 516, near municipal complex (732) 721-5600, ext. 6300 www.oldbridgeanimalshelter.petfinder.org Hours:Mon.& Fri. 10 a.m. to noon & 1 –…
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O.B. woman charged with theft
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Police say an elderly resident who could not get up after falling in his home was the victim of an attempted theft recently. Police arrested Marguerite Stringer, 61, of Old Bridge, and charged her with theft at a Nevada Court residence at 12:47 p.m. June 13. Stringer…
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SERA hopes firms soon close on Nat’l Lead sale
Parties have yet to sign contracts on $83M purchase BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Despite reaching an agreement to purchase the former National Lead site in April, Sayreville’s appointed redeveloper is still engaged in talks with the land’s previous owner. Discussions between the redeveloper, O’Neill Properties, of King of Prussia, Pa., and National Lead (NL)…
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Shooters from near, far try their hands in O.B.
Kids and adults alike compete in the annual Speed on Steel tourney BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Top pistol shooters from all over the Northeast battled it out in Old Bridge last weekend to see who was the fastest and sharpest. Chris Lombardo, of Aberdeen, fires a .45-caliber semiautomatic at a target. The World Class…
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N.Y. Giants score big for two kindergartners
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Kindergarten students Joseph Lakhman (l) and Kevin Asamoah show one of the footballs they received, signed by every New York Giant. Also pictured are Shepard Principal Kathleen Hoeker (standing, left) and paraprofessional Beth Bashkoff. OLD BRIDGE – Though two township kindergarten students at the Alan B. Shepard School might be…
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Police: Two arrested after alleged road rage incident
Two area men were arrested in what police described as a road-rage incident that began in Sayreville and ended in East Brunswick on June 6. Police said the incident began around 8 p.m. when Samuel Cruz, 25, of East Brunswick, accused 29-year-old Christopher Ohara, of Sayreville, of striking Cruz’s 1999 Honda at a merge near…
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Local man charged with running investor scheme
Allegedly defrauded real estate investors by nearly $55 million BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE- FBI agents andManalapan police arrested an Old Bridge man alleged to have swindled investors and mortgage lenders out of about $75 million. Wayne Puff, 60, founder and former president of N.J. Affordable Homes (NJAH) Corp., was arrested June 10…
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Greater Media’s CEO stresses sense of community in media, banking
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Members of the New Jersey League of Community Bankers were treated to a presentation on the benefits and future of the radio market by Peter Smyth, president and chief executive officer of Greater Media Inc. Peter Smyth, president and CEO of Greater Media Inc., speaks at the annual marketing conference…
