Category: Suburban News
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SCOTT PILLING staff Joe Chionchio of Sayreville and daughter Gianna, 5, wait for a bite during Take Me Fishing Day at Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge on Saturday. The state Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife stocked the lake for the event.
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Boro to crack down on storage containers
Law would ensure temporary facilities are not kept long term BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Sayreville SAYREVILLE – Borough officials are considering restrictions on the use of portable storage devices on private properties in town. “It’s really another way of keeping Sayreville clean,” Borough Council President Thomas Pollando said of the…
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The race is on to help children with cancer
East Bruns. boy, 10, holding benefit event at Raceway Park BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent Rocky Cagno, 10, of East Brunswick, will hold the second annual “MX Kids Racing for Hope” event Saturday at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Pension Road. He may be just 10 years old, but Motocross racer…
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Theater camp celebrates 10 years of star-making
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Stardust Productions is celebrating 10 years of teaching theater and music to local children. Claire Kraft, a seventh-grade history teacher and one of the organizers of the theater camp, said it has been a huge success over the past decade, with many participants moving…
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Boy, 12, dies after being struck by car
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A 12-year-old township boy died Monday after being hit by a pickup truck on Laurence Parkway. The boy, Wen J. Zheng, was crossing Laurence Parkway with his grandmother, Rui Wang, near Lisa Pizza, off Route 35, when he was struck by the vehicle…
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Missing sex offender found
A convicted sex offender who went missing two weeks ago has been apprehended. Morgan DeGeorge, 28, who last resided on Kierst Street in the Parlin section of Sayreville, was arrested at 4:30 a.m. Friday in a basement apartment in Elizabeth by officers from the New Jersey State Parole Board Fugitive Task Force and the U.S.…
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Pastor reflects on four decades of leadership
Monsignor who came to St. Thomas in 1967 will retire in Sept. BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Monsignor John B. Szymanski, now celebrating his 40th year at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Route 18 in Old Bridge, is known for his many accomplishments with the church and the…
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Many seek probe into ‘cancer cluster’
Resident compiles list of 110 cases from Sayreville BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Residents who have raised concerns about a potential cancer cluster in Sayreville have succeeded in getting the state to assess the situation. Many local people who have dealt with cancer attended Monday’s meeting of the Borough Council for…
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Cottrell Farm builder looks to preserve land
‘Town center’ plan may be scrapped to save farmland BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Old Bridge OLD BRIDGE – A commercial and residential development opposed by some town officials and residents has been thwarted … by the developer himself. The Jerald Development Group, which owns the Cottrell Farm at the corner…
