Category: Suburban News
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Sayreville council clarifies use of benefits
Officials discuss statement of GOP mayor’s assistant BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – Borough officials engaged in another heated discussion Tuesday over the elimination of their health benefits. Democratic Councilman Stanley Drwal broached the issue, disputing a statement attributed to Republican Mayor Kennedy O’Brien’s volunteer assistant, Karen Surratt, in last week’s Suburban. Drwal said…
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Teen band makes name in local music scene
Ages of members may surprise some: rockers are 11 to 14 years old BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The Stolen Band, (from left) Rob Chiarappa, Dominic Cuce, Mike Chiarappa and Charlie Costello, have played more than 50 gigs in the area. OLD BRIDGE – The Stolen Band is stealing shows – and hearts – with…
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PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER staff Michelle Curtis, an English teacher at Old Bridge High School, walks across the Burma Bridge on the Project Adventure course behind the school Monday. Teachers came in for the in-service day to participate in team-building activities. Forty volunteers were instructed by physical education teachers on how to use the ropes…
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Local man is N.J.’s first case of W. Nile in ’07
Man, 88, has had symptoms since Aug., remains hospitalized BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER – An 88-year-old borough man has contracted West Nile virus, the first confirmed case in New Jersey this year. Middlesex County Public Health Department’s Director David A. Papi announced Tuesday that the illness had been confirmed through testing at…
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Dog days of summer yield new friendships
Sayreville park became the place to be on Wed. nights BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER staff Sammy (l), a golden retriever, and Kooper, a yellow Lab, begrudgingly share a stick in the dog park at the Julian L. Capik Nature Preserve Sept. 26. SAYREVILLE – Dogs aren’t the only ones socializing…
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Turning the tide at Cliffwood Beach
Aberdeen hopes to upgrade and beautify beachfront, seawall BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer Fifty years after it was destroyed in a hurricane, the boardwalk at Cliffwood Beach is poised for a rebound. Plans call for the rough terrain of Cliffwood Beach’s seawall to be smoothed over. On Sept. 18, Aberdeen unveiled design plans for…
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ATV driver gets DWI, assault with auto charges
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Police say a Manalapan man was intoxicated when his four-wheel allterrain vehicle (ATV) struck and injured three children. Bryan L. Wrobel, 24, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and assault with an automobile following the incident in the rear parking lot of Raceway Park, Pension…
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Boro recognizes old Reading Room site
Was used as the town’s unofficial library, and for graduations BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Now the site of a deli and residential apartments, few may have realized that the building at 365 Main St. is one of Sayreville’s most significant historic landmarks. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Anna Aschkenes, of the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission,…
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Cty. warms up to solar energy
Technology expected to cut building’s power costs by 40% BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer The sun peeks through a solar panel grid as Middlesex County officials take a closer look at the county’s first large-scale solar power project, which will reduce energy costs at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Services building at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park…
