Category: Suburban News
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EPA prepares cleanup at Horseshoe Rd. site
Contaminated soil to be removed via rail spur, starting in May BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Federal officials plan to remove almost 900,000 cubic yards of contaminated dirt from a local Superfund site in May. The potential for human exposure to toxic substances at the Horseshoe Road site in Sayreville requires immediate action, according to…
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Opening of new wing heralded at SWMHS
Sayreville district enters second phase of $47 million project BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Sayreville High school students are now using a new classroom wing at the school, completed as part of the ongoing $47 million construction project. Top to bottom: One of the new science labs in the D wing at Sayreville War Memorial…
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County budget needs boro’s $9M, quickly
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – The Borough Council will vote Saturday on allocating $9million to Middlesex County so that the county’s 2008 budget can be adopted. Mayor Kennedy O’Brien and council members are at odds along party lines over the proposed bond ordinance, needed to pay back part of the $42 million loan…
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Local officials, farmers fight to keep Ag. Dept.
Corzine’s proposal criticized as quick way to get rid of farms BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE- Township and county officials have planted a seed of opposition in response to Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposal to do away with the state Department of Agriculture. Old Bridge farmers John and Carolyn Hauser, of Ticetown Road, put…
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Boro employees honored for saving sewer worker
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – Three municipal employees have been credited with saving a man who had fallen into a large hole and became buried when the walls collapsed on him. MICHAEL ACKER Richard Bauman, Joseph Damion and Kevin Kania (front, from left) hold up their certificates of commendation at the March 10…
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Career in film industry provides script for book
O.B. native has made a life of reinventing her roles in movie biz BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Long before Sharon Badal’s filmmaking fantasies became a reality, their celluloid seeds were planted in Old Bridge. “When I was 14, my dad opened a movie theater in town called Fairway Cinema, and that’s…
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Event will benefit teen who had heart transplant
EAST BRUNSWICK – More than 25 teams have already signed up for the Ryan Miller Heart Foundation soccer-athon, set for April 5 at Dideriksen Park and Heavenly Farms, sponsored by the East Brunswick Soccer Club (EBSC). There are still time slots available for small- and full-sided afternoon games on the grass at Dideriksen Park, Cranbury…
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Old ferry being removed from turnpike landscape
Mary Murray was part of Staten Island ferry system from 1930s-1960s BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer PHOTOS COURTESY OF VISUAL DISTRESS The former Staten Island ferry known as the Mary Murray, seen in photo from two years ago, has sat beached on the side of the Raritan River in East Brunswick since 1975. It is…
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Bowling benefit to aid children with cancer
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Nick Barracato, 15, of Old Bridge, watches his ball roll down the lane at the Woodbridge Bowling Center as part of Prodigal Foundation Inc.’s second annual High School Bowling Tournament on March 15 to benefit children impacted by cancer. The organization raised $5,000 to continue their missions and goals of reaching out to…
