Category: Suburban News
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Exxon Mobil to seek LNG facility off Jersey coast
COA opposes offshore gas terminal BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Rendering of the proposed Safe Harbor Energy facility SEA BRIGHT – After Exxon Mobil Corp. announced plans to seek regulatory approval for a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal off the coast of New Jersey Dec. 11, state officials and local activists are speaking…
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Family works to bring all a brighter holiday
Visitors invited to walk display of lights, animation BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Top to bottom: To say the Apruzzi property on Central Avenue in Old Bridge is festive would be a mild understatement. The property is lit up with intricate displays that even extend onto a neighbor’s property. Santa…
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Holiday spirit
SCOTT FRIEDMAN The sign on the front of a borough truck sends Christmas wishes to all residents at Sayreville’s “Parade of Lights” Dec. 9.
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Farmers’ feed-the-needy effort survives setback
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – A local farm may be able to give food to New Jersey’s poor after all. Recent state cutbacks threatened to end a program whereby farms throughout the state give 1.5 million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to 6,000 needy New Jerseyans each year. The program, New…
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Slight increase coming in O.B. municipal taxes
State aid helps, but rising, mandated costs have town in bind BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Thanks to state aid, residents will see a smaller tax increase than anticipated in the new Old Bridge municipal budget, approved Monday. Township Finance Director Himanshu Shah said at a Dec. 10 Township Council meeting that there would be…
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New children’s hospital specializes in rehab care
NEW BRUNSWICK – Children’s Specialized Hospital has expanded to include a 60-bed pediatric rehabilitation center on Somerset Street. The new PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital, which opened earlier this month, is located on the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital campus. It is adjacent to the Child Health Institute of New Jersey and is connected to the…
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Council minority called for array of budget cuts
Repubs, one Dem oppose filling vacant municipal positions BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer “I just felt that the taxpayers deserved a break if they could get it from these cuts … .” – Bob Volkert Councilman OLD BRIDGE – Not every member of the governing body was satisfied with the new municipal budget approved Monday.…
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Gunman robs Quick Chek
SAYREVILLE – An armed robber stole an unknown amount of money from a borough convenience store yesterday. The suspect entered the Quick Chek on Main Street at 2:35 a.m., pulled out a silver handgun and demanded money from the clerk, according to Sayreville Police Detective Mathew Bandurski. The suspect then walked around the counter and…
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Human remains found in woods
OLD BRIDGE – Two off-duty township police officers discovered the remains of a township resident in a wooded area near Route 9 last week. The officers, Jerry Palumbo and Greg Goy, found the body while they were hunting, roughly 50 yards deep into a wooded area off Route 9 and Perrine Road at 11:45 a.m.…
