Category: Suburban News
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Rent hike thrown out, at least until August
O.B. helps senior community avoid 2nd increase in 7 months BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Residents of Maher Manor in Old Bridge can rest at ease now that a proposed 5 percent rent increase has been quashed. After the tenants’ association at the state-subsidized senior housing development on Route 18 brought their concerns to township…
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Dems tap Pollando to run for mayor
Thomas Pollando Buchanan, Misiewicz get party nomination for Boro Council seats BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Sayreville Borough Council President Thomas Pollando is expected to represent the Democrats this year in a bid to win the mayor’s seat from Republican incumbent Kennedy O’Brien. Pollando was endorsed by the Sayreville Democratic Party, along with two Borough…
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Got milk?
SCOTT PILLING staff Monica Rolin, 5, of Old Bridge, gets a firsthand lesson in milking a goat during a tour of the Cook College farms in North Brunswick Saturday.
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Amy Rosen
Around Town Being kind is not a major operation I’ve always secretly wanted to be a singer, but don’t have the voice to follow through. I’m told I recently had my five minutes of fame when I got to sing in front of others, but just my luck, I remember none of it. I was…
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Manufacturing switch seen as positive for borough
Guest Supply seeks OK for change of use at Sayreville facility BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – A company that manufactures hotel supplies is planning to expand the manufacturing component of its facility on Main Street Extension. Representatives of Guest Supply Inc. presented their proposal to redevelop much of its…
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Fundraisers
March 29-April 5 + Book Sale, sponsored by the Spotswood Public Library, during regular library hours, at the library, 548 Main St. Hardcover books, paperbacks, children’s books, audiocassettes, VHS videos. Paperbacks sell for 50 cents each or three for $1, hardcovers for 75 cents and up, VHS videos for $1. “All-You-Can-Carry for $5” on April…
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NJ expo ctr. hosts state’s first gay wedding expo
For same-sex couples, expo offered comfortable place to plan ceremony BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – When Jimmy Nieves tied the knot last August, planning the wedding was a piecemeal effort done through magazines and the Internet. But now, with the blessing of the New Jersey Supreme Court and the…
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Crackin’ up
SCOTT PILLING staff Sayreville Middle School student Paul Cunningham cracks the egg as Mohammad Rehan waits for it to land in his cup or on his head in the “Crack ‘n’ Run” relay portion of “Almost Anything Goes” Friday.
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Police nab suspect, 19, in burglary of E.B. store
EAST BRUNSWICK – Township police arrested a South River man after responding to a burglary in progress at a cell phone business Friday. Officers arriving at Fast Link Communications Inc., located at 27-B Prospect St., at 12:53 a.m. found a broken window and were able to gain entry to the building to conduct a search.…
