Category: Suburban News
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A ‘classy’ proposal for OBHS teachers
Pair gets engaged amid roar of students in h.s. gym BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer When special education history teacher Jessica Sastoque got ready to go to work at Old Bridge High School last Thursday, she dressed to get popped in the face with pies, not to have the question popped. JEFF GRANIT staff Old…
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Golf course partner may be out of the game
Officials speculate market changes made project unfeasible BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Though it first seemed like a hole in one, a longtime plan has gone off course. Old Bridge officials are considering seeking out a new potential redeveloper for a proposed municipal golf course, as they said the current one is not following through…
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Schools super defends 13.9% salary increase
Bosco will earn $188K when contract takes effect July 1 BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Simon Bosco OLD BRIDGE – Superintendent of Schools Simon Bosco is not a part of the 9- to-5 grind. He says his workday begins around 7 a.m., when he arrives at the administration building at Old BridgeHigh School. Though the…
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Retail vacancies on rise on central N.J. corridors
Rates still lower than northern areas, brokerage firm says The vacancy rate in retail properties along central New Jersey’s four largest shopping corridors edged up to 4.7 percent in 2007 from 4.3 percent a year ago, according to an Old Bridge-based retail real estate brokerage. In its annual study of the markets along routes 1,…
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Local firefighter leads new statewide alliance
SAYREVILLE- Richard J. Kosmoski, of the borough’s Parlin section, has been selected to lead the New Jersey Fire Chiefs Alliance. The alliance is comprised of the top three fire chiefs’ associations in the state – the New Jersey Career Fire Chiefs, the New Jersey State Fire Chiefs Association and the New Jersey Volunteer Fire Chiefs…
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Walkers, donations sought for ‘Miracle Mile’ in O.B.
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Participants in last year’s walk-a-thon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, raised more than $2,000, and organizers hope to top that with this year’s event, set for May 4. Robert Hollenfer, event coordinator and owner of Vogue Hair and Nail Salon, is standing at far right with the…
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Stylin’ Scouts
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top: Isabella Niedzwiecki, 6, was among the Girl Scouts from St. Ambrose Troop 81297 who visited Old Bridge High School Friday to have their hair cut by the high school’s cosmetology students. Working on Isabella are Jaclyn Pynckels and Michele Miglino, both 17. Bottom: Mia Ovalle, 6, has her nails…
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Voters OK incumbents but not their school tab
Macagnone, Lembo, Batko win second Board of Ed. terms BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Phyllis Batko SAYREVILLE – Three Board of Education members won re-election, but their celebration was cut short by the defeat of the budget last week. “I take this as a failure and we need to fix this,” board President Michael Macagnone…
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Beck proposals address commuter bus service
State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-12th District) announced that she has introduced a package of three bills designed to improve commuter bus service in New Jersey, and said she has written a letter to Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Sen. Nicholas Sacco, requesting that the bills, along with three others she had previously introduced, be posted at…
