Category: Suburban News
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Boro renews clubs’ licenses amid concerns
New conditions imposed due to several violent incidents BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Sayreville’s four largest clubs can continue pouring drinks. Borough officials, however, imposed several new conditions on the establishments while approving their liquor licenses at a hearing held Tuesday for the Colosseum, Club Abyss, Club Deko and Starland Ballroom.…
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Traffic light approved at fatal accident site
Signals coming to Rt. 34 at both Spring Hill and Amboy roads BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer State officials approved the installation of a traffic signal where an Old Bridge teen was killed in an accident last year. After conducting a study requested by Old Bridge, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) informed township…
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Kaplan seeks to change LaMer’s final sections
Board concerned about proposed increase in 3-bedroom units BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – A changing marketplace has prompted developer Kaplan Cos. to ask the borough for permission to change its approved plans for both the LaMer and Towne Lake developments. Michael Kaplan, former president of Kaplan Cos., returned to…
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Handlin chosen Assembly deputy minority leader
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Amy Handlin Hoping to “have a stronger voice in the Assembly,” Amy Handlin was recently appointed to the position of deputy minority leader of the New Jersey Assembly. Handlin (R-Monmouth/Middlesex), a Middletown resident who was elected to the Assembly in November 2005 and started her tenure…
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Over $1M in grants aid police, recreation
N.J. 911 Commission funds equipment for emergency services BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Two grants awarded to the township this week will bring improvements to services and infrastructure. “It’s a very good day for Old Bridge,” Mayor Jim Phillips said. “That’s over a million dollars in grants we’re…
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Monsignor John Szymanski helps plant a flowering dogwood at St. Thomas the Apostle School, Old Bridge, to commemorate his 50 years in the priesthood and 40 years as pastor at the Route 18 parish.
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EWA files intent to sue over river contamination
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer The Edison Wetlands Association, an environmental watchdog group, has filed a notice of intent to sue Basell USA Inc. and Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc., Edison, for the alleged seeping of contaminants into the Raritan River. EWA Executive Director Robert Spiegel announced the group’s intent to file…
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Pre-wedding dinner brings back memories of little boy
Clare Marie Celano Girl Talk Like most little boys tell their moms, when my son was very young, he told me he wanted to marry me. “I wish I had a tape recorder to play those words back to you when you grow up,” I’d respond. Sitting in a beautiful waterfront restaurant in Rumson, I…
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In the Service
Air Force Senior Airman Michael Cleary, son of Stephen J. Cleary of Old Bridge and Linda G. Crenshaw of Staten Island, N.Y., has deployed overseas to a forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Mission objectives focus on force protection, peacekeeping, stabilization, security and counter-insurgency operations. Cleary is a security-forces journeyman normally assigned…
