Category: Suburban News
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Kaplan seeks townhomes for final LaMer sections
Builder’s proposal would change character of 399 housing units BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – The developer of the LaMer community has some changes in mind for the development’s final phases. Michael Kaplan, the former president of Kaplan Cos., told the Planning Board about the firm’s proposed changes during an informal hearing recently. The…
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Cool new car for DARE
Old Bridge DARE Officer Michael Korygoski and Police Chief Thomas H. Collow stand beside the department’s new DARE car. The 2006 Dodge Charger was seized as a result of a narcotics arrest. Collow said that police also used funds seized from narcotics-related arrests to convert the vehicle into a fully equipped black and white police…
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Boro wants more cops at apartment complex
Mayor, council say Winding Woods needs added security BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Sayreville officials are asking the owner of the Winding Woods apartment community to hire off-duty police officers for security in light of ongoing reports of crime. Borough Business Administrator Jeffry Bertrand said he sent a letter Friday to the owner of the…
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Jersey bands pay tribute to Johnny Cash Saturday
Michael Patrick (front) and the Ring of Fire band, Mike Bisozio (l-r), Mike Rosenow and Dan Markovitch, will perform Saturday at the Starland Ballroom. SAYREVILLE – The music of the “man in black” will be celebrated Saturday during a benefit concert at the Starland Ballroom, Jernee Mill Road. The Johnny Cash tribute, an all ages,…
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Legislators debate need for capital punishment
BY CHRIS MURINO Staff Writer People on both sides of the death penalty debate are striving to have their voices heard as the New Jersey Legislature inches toward abolishing capital punishment. On Dec. 3, after a hearing on the issue, the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee approved a bill by a vote of 8-4 that…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Gavi Goodman, 3, gets a helping hand while making a candy menorah during the Hanukkah Carnival sponsored by Bris Avrohom at Old Bridge High School on Sunday.
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Data center zoning OK’d despite concerns
Data storage campus proposed for 300 acres of Crossroads property BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Township officials amended the Crossroads redevelopment plan Monday to allow for a controversial corporate campus of data storage centers. “It looks like we actually have the prospect of providing tax relief,” Township Council President Pat Gillespie said.…
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Old Bridge man robbed at home; shot 3 times
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A 68-year-old man was shot three times by two men who invaded his Emerald Lane home last week, taking cash and jewelry. The suspects, two middle-aged white males, allegedly went to the victim’s home posing as police officers around 8:30 p.m. Dec. 5. When the victim answered…
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Honoring Pearl Harbor
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Clockwise from top: John Nawoj of American Legion Post 211, Sayreville, marches along Main Street Friday morning to commemorate the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which occurred shortly before 8 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, some 66 years earlier. Rich Swan of Post No. 211 marches in the…
