Category: Suburban News
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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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‘Psycho’ for the Sayreville Bombers
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer School spirit is alive and well at Sayreville War Memorial High School. JEFF GRANIT staff Sayreville War Memorial High School students Joe Larocca (l-r), 17, Jared Christensen, 16, and Adam Mendez, 17, apply blue and silver paint to Marco Colandrea as they prepare to cheer on the Bombers at Friday’s…
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State unlikely to OK Cottrell Farm purchase
Developer moving ahead with plans for housing, retail BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer The hopes of some that the Cottrell Farm in Old Bridge would be preserved through the state Farmland Preservation Program have apparently been dashed. The farm, which dates to the 1700s, may instead become home to a large-scale development of housing and…
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Flooding problems lead to beaver traps in park
Resident: Euthanizing wildlife inappropriate for conservation area BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer HELMETTA – In an effort to thwart recurrent flooding in areas of town, state and county officials are allowing lethal trapping in the Jamesburg Park Conservation Area, so as not to “leave it to beaver.” “It’s a fairly common problem statewide,” said Steven…
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State expands health study in Sayreville
Initial review of cancer cluster concerns criticized as hurried BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE – The state health department is expected to present an expanded study next month in response to concerns that a cancer cluster exists in the borough. State Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D- 19) made the announcement during a meeting on environmental…
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Detective tells how CSI works in the real world
O.B. officer: TV shows paint a simple picture of tedious procedures BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Above: Old Bridge Police Detective Bryan Doel describes the key ingredients of a crime scene investigation to his audience at the township’s public library Aug. 30. Below: Doel shows an example of the forensic science used to look at…
