Category: Suburban News
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Town, firm working on golf course lease
Lambertson house, to be near the 8th hole, may be used for storage BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – With lease negotiations well under way, the township is one step closer to teeing off at the proposed municipal golf course. For several years, township officials have been planning for…
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‘Make the World a Better Place’
Some 53 Girl Scouts who attend M. Scott Carpenter School in Old Bridge planted flowers and a dogwood tree, all donated by various businesses, in a new garden outside the school. The program was titled “Make the World a Better Place.” PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Cliff Hughes, of the Route 516 company Grounds Keeper,…
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Middlesex bird population an example of diversity
Report: county is home to 308 species of birds, some rare, endangered BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer COURTESY OF THE EDISON WETLANDS ASSOCIATION A new report by the Edison Wetlands Association shows that Middlesex County has 308 different species of birds. It turns out, the human population isn’t the only thing…
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Locks of Love
Mary Ellen Redmond, 9, a fourth-grader at Raymond Voorhees School in Old Bridge, recently cut 12 inches of her hair, which she’d been growing out since the age of 3, for donation to Locks of Love. The youngster, who is a travel soccer player and Junior Girl Scout, wanted her hair to be used to…
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Firms make pitches for Nat’l Lead project
Proposals call for housing, retail, offices, sports, rail and a ferry BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer “It’s very good for the town.”- Dennis GrobelnySERA commissioner A dozen firms seeking to redevelop the former National Lead site presented their concepts to Sayreville officials this week, all agreeing the riverside location that straddles…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Erin Handy, 6, readies the ground for a tree planting at Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge Saturday. Brownie Troop 729, which is working toward badges in ecology and planting, took part in the park’s Arbor Day activities.
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Town looks at ways to diversify OBPD
Squad’s 104 officers include two women, one African American BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer In an effort to create more diversity on the police force, officials are looking to make changes to Old Bridge’s police hiring ordinance. Proposed changes include allowing for the chief of police to recruit officers from other…
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Newspaper group boasts banner year for awards
Latest tally is 28 awards in state press contest Greater Media Newspapers photographer Jeff Granit won a second place for his portrait “Protegee.” It was an exceptionally good year for Greater Media Newspapers, when the New Jersey Press Association awarded the group 28 awards for writing, photography, advertising and circulation excellence in its Better Newspaper…
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Remains found of woman, 24
SAYREVILLE – The skeletal remains of a 24-year-old Perth Amboy woman who was missing since Sept. 29 were found on borough land near the Raritan River Saturday. Police did not have a cause of death for the woman, identified as Ziomara Rivera. However, an autopsy conducted Sunday showed no signs of foul play, and the…
