Category: Suburban News
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New police officers all military veterans
Five sworn in to Sayreville P.D. have served U.S. overseas BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer MICHAEL ACKER The five new officers with the Sayreville Police Department, sworn in at the Feb. 25 Borough Council meeting, are (from left) Gabriel Lugo, Jose Arroyo, Rebekah Morales, Steven Maslowski and Brian Szkodny. SAYREVILLE – Five new members have…
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Council votes 3-2 along party lines for attorney
Mayor opposes Hak’s reappointment; calls for review of legal costs BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – Democrats have approved the appointment of BoroughAttorney Brian Hak, despite Republican opposition. The borough had issued a request for proposals from law firms after Republican Mayor Kennedy O’Brien refused to reappoint Hak to the position in January. But…
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One car stolen, four burglarized at residences around Sayreville
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE- Severalmotor vehicles were burglarized throughout the borough and one was stolen from the parking lot of an apartment building recently. The burglaries occurred outside residences, sometimes while the car was parked in the property owner’s driveway. In some cases, the victims had left expensive items in plain sight, which…
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Bedtime Pajama Party
JEFF GRANIT staff Paige Neugent (from left), Kimberly Barberio and Cassidy Lipierre look on as Old Bridge police officer Mike Korygoski reads during the Bedtime Pajama Party held Feb. 28 at the M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School in Old Bridge. More photos, page 27. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Paige Neugent (from left), Kimberly…
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Rt. 35 club’s liquor license is suspended
Charges stem from events at Colosseum, now Club 35 BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer ASayreville nightclub that was the scene of several violent incidents last year was given a 60-day suspension of its liquor license during a hearing Monday. MICHAEL ACKER The former Colosseum nightclub is now an all-nude juice bar on Routes 9 and…
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School budget comes in with no tax increase
Old Bridge board used additional state to keep tax rate stable BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The Old Bridge Board of Education introduced a tentative budget that would bring no tax increase to residents in the next school year. A 20-percent increase in state aid helped to make it possible. Also, school officials kept the…
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Many disagree on how to fund Lombardi fixups
Potential use of $6M given to town by developer is at issue BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – While members of the township’s governing body agree that Lombardi field is in need of improvements, some officials disagree with a plan for the township to foot part of the bill. “I know the residents…
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Russian art, dance take center stage at Zimmerli
COURTESY OF ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM Leon Bakst’s “Nijinsky as The Faun in Comoedia Illustré,” May 15, 1912, donated by Herbert D. and Ruth Schimmel, is on display as part of the Zimmerli’s “Russian Dance” exhibit. NEW BRUNSWICK – Two ongoing exhibitions spotlight the Zimmerli Art Museum’s unique dance-related Russian artworks. The museum, on the campus…
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Exhibit spotlights Daumier, caricaturist, commentator
To celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of the 19thcentury artist Honoré Daumier, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers is presenting Honoré Daumier and La Maison Aubert: Political and Social Satire in Paris. Honoré Daumier’s lithograph of Jacot-LeFaive from 1833, L.D. 173 is featured in the exhibition focusing on Daumier and La Maison…
