Category: Suburban News
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Car windows broken in incident at motel
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Criminal mischief was reported Monday night at the Parkway Motor Inn on the southbound side of Routes 9 and 35. Police were dispatched to the motel shortly before midnight on a report of a fight involving a large crowd. Several police officers responded and…
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Metuchen woman walking to fund suicide prevention
All-night charity walk to raise money/awareness for depression/suicide BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer METUCHEN – Sometimes it is in the darkest of hours that healing begins. That is the theme of the “Out of the Darkness” walk, a 20-mile jaunt through New York City from sundown to sunup in the city…
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Standing oration
SCOTT FRIEDMAN In portraying Frederick Douglass Sunday during a performance at Sayreville War Memorial High School, Fred Morsell conveyed the abolitionist leader’s message that, with education, anything can be accomplished. Douglass, one of the most prominent figures in African American history, lived from 1818 to 1895. The program was sponsored by the borough’s Human Relations…
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Green thumb
CHRIS KELLY staff John Chen, of Edison, loosens up the roots of a shrub before planting it during an April 14 reforestation effort by volunteers at the John A. Phillips Preserve, Old Bridge.
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So. Bruns. man charged in sexual assault of boy, 7
EAST BRUNSWICK – Police arrested a South Brunswick man Friday on charges he sexually assaulted a 7-year-old boy in the bathroom of the Macy’s department store in the Brunswick Square Mall. Authorities charged that Charles Waldron, 28, of Ridge Road in the Dayton section, sexually assaulted a boy who went unaccompanied into the bathroom while…
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Sayreville names new construction official
Borough pressed disciplinary charges against predecessor BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer As disciplinary hearings continue for the former head of the town’s construction office, Sayreville officials appointed Kirk Miick as the new construction official Monday. Mayor Kennedy O’Brien and five of the six Borough Council members approved Miick for the position,…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Fred Morsell, of Montana, plays abolitionist movement leader Frederick Douglass during a program sponsored by the Sayreville Human Relations Commission Sunday at Sayreville War Memorial High School.
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Contamination found in ground along creek
DEP testing of tract shows high levels of lead BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Unusually high levels of lead were discovered in the ground along Margaret’s Creek in Old Bridge, according to tests conducted by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). “While this is certainly nothing for residents to panic…
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Event to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research
Parents of 2-year-old with disease advocate for medical research BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent Above: Anthony Silvestri, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 10 days old, plays with a toy train set. His parents describe the 21/2–year-old as a playful and happy child. Below: Kerryann and Ken Silvestri watch Anthony…
