Category: Suburban News
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Teens’ driving habits placed under scrutiny
Special commission hears suggestions from parents, students BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer What can be done to decrease the startling recent spike in motor vehicle accidents involving teenagers was the topic of a public hearing conducted by the Governor’s Teen Driver Study Commission on Nov. 19 at Colts Neck High School. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR…
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All aboard!
Local artist’s steel train sculpture nearing completion BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer KATHY CHANG Sculptor Glenn Murgacz has built a stainless-steel train, 4 feet wide, 13 feet long and about 6 feet 7 inches tall, that will be placed in front of the J.J. Bitting Brewing Co. on Main Street in Woodbridge before Christmastime. WOODBRIDGE…
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Just curious
ERIC SUCAR staff Old Bridge High School students Ross Hecht (from top), Lina Dorkham, Kacie Frey, Camille Frey and Evan Ruggiero run through a scene Tuesday for “The Curious Savage,” the school’s fall show. Performances run tonight through Saturday at 7 p.m. in the main auditorium. The John Patrick show was voted the No. 8…
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Police seek info on ’06 hit-and-run
SAYREVILLE – Borough police are continuing to investigate a hit-and-run collision that killed a former Old Bridge police officer one year ago last week. Peter J. Ewtushek, 35, who lived in the borough’s Parlin section, was killed at 10:10 p.m. Nov. 23 when he was struck by a car on Route 9. Ewtushek had been…
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Holiday helping hands
PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER staff Girl Scouts and Brownies from Schirra Elementary School in Old Bridge pack up boxes of food Nov. 15 to donate to the Old Bridge Food Bank. Three troops collected food for Thanksgiving baskets for those in need. From far left: Brownie Troop 80729 members Erin Handy, 7, (l) and Amanda…
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Book writing is new goal of hockey player
Former New Jersey Devil Chico Resch meets fans, signs autographs BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer MICHAEL ACKER Former NHL hockey player Chico Resch (r) signs a copy of his new book “Chico Resch’s Tales from the Devil’s Ice” for Diana Ladd. Ladd went to the North Brunswick Barnes & Noble bookstore from her hometown of…
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Get the word out: Poets bring art to sports town
Wordsmith eager to start weekly poetry nights at E.B. café BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Cyndi Dawson will launch a weekly poetry night at Via Dolce in East Brunswick Dec. 13. EAST BRUNSWICK – The world of poetry seems to be beckoning Cyndi Dawson, and she is whole-heartedly heeding the call. After a hiatus from…
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County expected to buy township land for $2M
Extended care center to be built on Crossroads tract BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Old Bridge is moving closer to bringing the first element of development to the Crossroads property at the town’s southern border. After holding an executive session to discuss the price, the Township Council voted Nov. 19 to sell a 14.8- acre…
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Work to begin on place where wishes come true
Make-A-Wish group gets started on ‘magical’ building in Monroe A rendering from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey shows the future 20,000- square-foot building that will become the chapter’s headquarters. MONROE – The Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey will break ground tomorrow on a castle-like building that will be one of a kind on the…
