Category: Suburban News
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Imaginative Parlin girl is ‘just like you’
Fighting spirit of 5-year-old thrills parents, doctors BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent ‘Thomas the Monster” is an imaginary friend of 5- year-old Naiya Newton. He is also the title character in a children’s book she and her mother Nikki have written. CHRIS KELLY staff Don and Nikki Newton watch their daughters, Aila, 3, (l) and…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN The Fallon family, of Old Bridge, enjoys a hike through the woods of Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge on a cool fall afternoon Sunday.
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Marching unit takes top honors
SAYREVILLE – It was hooray for the home team during a recent statewide band competition. During the USSBA New Jersey State Championship event Oct. 27 at Sayreville War Memorial High School, some 40 bands from three groups, or categories, competed from all over for the state title. Sayreville competed against 20 bands to win the…
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‘Team Old Bridge’ wins mayoral, 2 council seats
Republican Cahill wins first term on town council BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer James T. Phillips* (D) OLD BRIDGE – Democratic incumbents took the majority of the seats up for grabs in Tuesday’s election. Mayor Jim Phillips won his second four-year term, and Township Council members Patrick Gillespie and Ed Testino were both re-elected. However,…
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Three proposals pitched for Robert E. Lee site
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – Three firms have expressed interest in redeveloping a 4-acre parcel of waterfront property formerly home to the Robert E. Lee Inn. The companies, which each submitted statements of interest to the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA) by last week’s deadline, are Visionary Marina Associates, of Old Bridge; Vithal…
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O’Brien, Republicans sweep in Sayreville
Incumbent mayor defeats Pollando to win third straight term BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer For the first time since 2003, a Republican has won in Sayreville. In fact, all the Republicans won. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL ACKER Council President Thomas Pollando congratulates Republican Councilman Elect David Kaiserman at GOP headquarters Tuesday night. Incumbent Mayor Kennedy O’Brien,…
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Town invests in computer software to save on paper
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Taxpayers and trees will have township officials to thank. Township Council agenda packets will soon be distributed through an Internetbased system, eliminating the expense and environmental impact of using paper. “It was, in part, to try to save some trees, and to save money and time,” Council…
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Plan calls for ‘signature’ building up to 13 stories
Would include hotel, conference center visible from Raritan bridges BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – A developer was recently designated to build an eight- to 13- story building at the entrance to the former National Lead property. The Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA) unanimously approved a resolution Oct. 29 designating Surrey Equities, LLC, as…
