Category: Suburban News
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‘Millions’ of dead fish wash ashore
Officials believe lack of oxygen may have killed bunkers BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer What one county official estimated as over a million dead bunker fish washed up on the Raritan Bay’s shores in Keyport last week. SAM SNYDER The waters near Brown’s Point Marina in Keyport were thick with the carcasses of rotting…
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Goodies from the garden
Above: Frank Ricchiari of Old Bridge grew a tomato that was shaped like a duck. At right: Frank Pacheco of Parlin found a 4-foot-long cucumber while cleaning up his vegetable garden. Something was in the air, or the ground, in Old Bridge this summer, as evidenced in photos two residents recently sent to the Suburban.…
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Rush Holt advocates equal pay for equal work
House passes bill that counters recent Supreme Court ruling BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-12, a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, recently expressed his support for women in the workplace by his sponsorship of H.R. 2831, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007. U.S. Rep. Rush…
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Adopt a Pet
Jude Name Breed domestic shorthair/tuxedo Color black & white Sex neutered male Age 2 years Description sweetest cat; long; large with a sleek build; super-friendly; up to date with vaccines; FeLV/FIV negative; dewormed; litterbox trained; front-declawed Sayreville Pet Adoption Center 1400 Main Street Sayreville, NJ 08872 (732) 727-3895 www.sayreville.petfinder.org Hours: Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat.…
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Lifesaving pooch enjoys her day in the sun
Lulu gets a visit from Jay Bush during special BBQ BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer If Duke thought Lulu was going to be a pushover, easily impressed by his celebrity status, he was quickly disabused of that notion on their first and likely only date Sept. 5. ERIC SUCAR Hal Eisen (l), his wife, Peggy,…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Parlin resident Tony Tafuni walks his poodles, Daisy (at left) and Pooch, at the annual Sayreville Day festival Sunday.
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Developer sought for ex-Robert E. Lee site
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Sto usher in a new day for a long-abandoned site alongside the Raritan Bay. COURTESY OF SAYREVILLE ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY The Robert E. Lee Inn, between Route 35 and the Raritan Bay, which burned down in the 1980s, is being advertised as the potential location of a restaurant or banquet…
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Data center concerns are traffic, terror, taxes
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer For at least one Old Bridge resident, the touted benefits of a proposed data collection center simply do not compute. Brian Adams, of Marlboro Road, lives adjacent to the township owned Crossroads redevelopment property, where a developer has proposed a corporate campus for the storage of data from various corporations.…
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Council OKs appraisal of Washington Rd. site
Residents join in debate over whether to purchase land BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer “Every parcel of land in this town is valuable. That land can be built on.” – Kathy Makowski Councilwoman SAYREVILLE – The potential acquisition of 3 acres of vacant land across from the borough’s 9/11 memorial is the focus of an…
