Category: Suburban News
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Memorial Day services set for this weekend
Local communities are gearing up to honor those who have fought for their country with a host of events this weekend, including parades and more solemn services. Residents are invited to attend the Memorial Day ceremonies, watch the parade or simply do their part by reflecting on those who fought to protect the nation in…
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Town mourns loss of friend, dispatcher
Libby Anne Flynn, 50, helped save lives via assistance over phone BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Libby Anne Flynn OLD BRIDGE – A police dispatcher who is credited with saving lives passed away last week after falling unconscious during her midnight shift at the police station. Libby Anne Flynn, 50, a…
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Program hits the right notes at cancer center
Live music used to relieve stress, lift spirits of patients BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Jim Nuzzo, of Edison, plays some mellow tunes on the keyboard for patients in the waiting room at the Central Jersey Oncology Center in East Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK – – Patients at the…
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Tavern, boro come to terms on license
Johnny G’s has been operating on temporary license since last fall BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Johnny G’s bar will stay open for business after all. The borough is expected to issue a permanent liquor license for the bar in the coming weeks as per a settlement reached in…
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Food drive
PHOTO COURTESY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE Kersten Roehsler, a Sayreville resident and promotions director for Middlesex County College’s radio station, delivers food to Jackie Goedesky of the food pantry at Saint James Episcopal Church, Edison. The radio station, WMCC, collected donations of money and nonperishable food to benefit the pantry in response to the severe…
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Reviving the lost art of good manners
Teaching etiquette in an age of e-mails and texting BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent For etiquette expert Laurajane Wikoff, good manners are more than knowing the proper use of a dinner napkin. They are an antidote to the stresses of today’s hectic, computer-focused lifestyle and a crucial component of social, interpersonal and business…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Sayreville Middle School students Davyon Macklin (from left), Shivam Dalal and Javed Shah use all their might during the tug-of-war event in the Sixth Grade Olympics Friday. That and other physical challenges followed a series of academic and strategy contests.
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Council, board agree on school budget cut
Revenues, grants help to reduce tax hike to average of $78 BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer The Sayreville Borough Council voted unanimously Monday to reduce the defeated school budget by nearly $750,000. The move, which saves taxpayers an average of $44 annually, was made without having to cut school staff or…
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County program could mean ‘greener’ future
Local officials meet to discuss county’s sustainability plan BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – Middlesex County is coming out of its industrial past and trading concrete gray for environmental “green.” Two hundred local, county and school officials met May 2 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Hall in Edison to…
