Category: Suburban News
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5K celebrates memory of East Brunswick native
The Jersey Shore Running Club will host its fourth annual Lake Como 5K Run Saturday, and as in the past two years it will honor the memory of the late East Brunswick resident Grania Maggio. The Jersey Shore Running Club’s fourth annual Lake Como 5K Run will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in memory…
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Injury association has prevention on the brain
Family support, accident awareness offered by organization BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – A new township agency is getting a head start on preventing potential injuries. The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, a self-funded, chartered affiliate of the Brain Injury Association of America, recently moved from Edison to 825 Georges Road in…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Conner Smith, 6, watches the opening-day ceremonies for the Sayre Woods South Little League Saturday. The league, entering its 48th season, cut the ribbon on its first clubhouse, a 700-square-foot building made possible due to the efforts of league board members and families, and the donations of many local businesses.
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Celebration marks end to a long, bumpy road
Dignitaries help Monroe break ground on new high school BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer MONROE- Some thought it could not be done. Others tried to prevent it. Still others were driven to make it a reality. For all of these groups, Friday was a big day. School, township, county and state officials, along with students…
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Weber back on board; two newcomers get in
Old Bridge voters turn down incumbents, approve their budget BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Voters approved a zero tax increase budget, and opted for a new slate of Old Bridge Board of Education members in the school election April 15. Donna Andriani, Owen Henry and Frank Weber will take the places of board members Frank…
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Play ball
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Second-baseman Demitriue Pate shows his team’s frustration as a ball is hit in the gap. Right: Dylan Maimone pitched a shutout game to lead the Mets to victory on opening day of the Sayre Woods South Little League season Saturday at the field complex, Fox Street.
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Playing up support for youth with Crohn’s
Sixth-grader’s original play will benefit girl, 5, battling chronic disease BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Alexis Vanore, 5, of Old Bridge, pictured with her new cousin Addison, has been hospitalized several times since being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease three years ago. OLD BRIDGE – With Alexis Vanore in kindergarten and Amanda Mulligan in sixth grade,…
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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…
