Category: Suburban News
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Adopt a Pet
Emma Name Breed domestic shorthair Color grey and white Sex female adult Age large; very sweet; loving; Description lap cat; up-to-date distemper and rabies vaccines; dewormed; FELV/FIV negative; Frontlined 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 &…
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Adopt a Pet
Kittens & cats available Troubles Name Breed collie/chow mix Color golden/rusty brown spayed female Sex Age senior beautiful; loving; companion Description dog; calm; gentle; easy to walk; great on leash; adores people; healthy; acts like a young dog; housebroken; dewormed; up to date with vaccines; heartworm negative; should be an only pet Sayreville Pet Adoption…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Trish Chambers, wearing a type of bonnet women would wear in 1860, gives a presentation in period dress on the Underground Railroad. The event, including a brief history and with a focus on the quilts that played a key role in preparing and guiding slaves to freedom, was held at the Old…
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Animal shelter expansion to get under way in O.B.
Officials say facility will have pets happier, other towns jealous BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Though some would say the process has taken a dog’s age, the Old Bridge animal shelter expansion project will prove worth the wait, according to officials. “It simply came down to, we wanted to move with speed and not haste,…
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Mayor calls DPWhead underworked, overpaid
Council Dems defend official, but give him additional title BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Sayreville officials engaged in a politically charged debate regarding a longtime department head’s role and salary level at borough hall Monday night. The dispute, centering on Public Works Director Bernie Bailey, came about after Democratic Council President Dennis Grobelny made a…
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‘Of Mice and Men’
ERIC SUCAR staff Cast members with the Sayreville Main Street Theatre Company run through a scene from “Of Mice and Men” during rehearsal Tuesday at the Theatre at Garden Friends, Bordentown Avenue in Parlin. The shows will run Feb. 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 and 23 at 8 p.m., and Feb. 10 at 2 p.m.…
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Board, builder agree on final sections of LaMer
Market conditions prompt changes to remaining 481 units BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – With the go-ahead from borough officials, the developer of LaMer is drafting a new site plan for the final sections of the sprawling housing complex. Professionals from Kaplan Cos. discussed their new concept plan at the Jan. 16 Planning Board…
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Crackerjack cartoonist
ERIC SUCAR staff A young artist finishes one of his sketches during a morning cartooning class at the Mickey Sedlak Recreation Center in Sayreville last week.
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For the love of furry friends ‘n’ squishy faces
Bulldogs strut their stuff at local puppy match BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Abby Goldstein, 2, of East Brunswick, comes face to face with Bowser during the Bulldog Club of New Jersey’s puppy match, held Sunday at the Middlesex County 4-H center on Cranbury Road. EAST BRUNSWICK – Beauty is in…
