Category: Suburban News
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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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Data center proposed for 300 acres in O.B.
Township to start review of plans for Crossroads tract BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Acorporate data processing center may take the place of proposed senior housing on part of Old Bridge’s Crossroads redevelopment tract near Routes 9 and 18. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Raritan Bay Cougars Coach Bob Franqui instructs his Pop Warner team during a time-out…
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All in the family
All in the family SCOTT FRIEDMAN Ken and Kerryann Silvestri (r) look on as grandmother Evelyn holds their son, Anthony, 3, during the Mayor’s Trophy Game between the Raritan Bay Cougars and Sayrewood South Rebels Pop Warner football teams. The family has long volunteered for the Cougars, which have helped to raise $80,000 for…
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Parlin childhood set stage for Diaz’s acclaimed works
Best-selling author to visit Barnes & Noble in E.B. on Sunday BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer When Junot Diaz arrived in the Parlin section of Old Bridge from the Dominican Republic in 1974 at age 6, he noticed profound differences from his country of birth. LILY OEI Old Bridge native Junot Diaz will make an…
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Lawmakers face roadblocks on the hard road to success
Some say system in Trenton must be changed BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer The idea that there is too much politics in Trenton has been around for so long, it has become a cliché. The familiar bugaboos of partisanship and petty rivalries disrupting the legislative process are well known and well despised. The jockeying for…
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