Category: Suburban News
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Plan for 207 homes goes back to board
Judge rules no default approval for developer on Fulton’s Landing BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The clock is ticking for Sayreville to hear a developer’s plan for 200 single-family homes proposed on 100 acres of vacant land off Main Street. The developer, Fulton’s Landing Inc., sued the borough after the Planning Board denied the building…
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Police charge man with risking widespread injury
SAYREVILLE –– A borough road was blocked off for several hours last week when a resident barricaded himself in his home and threatened to blow the house up, according to police. Michael S. Pignataro, 36, of Nimitz Place, was eventually arrested and charged with terroristic threats, risk of widespread injury or damage, and possession of…
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Breakfast Club OK’d for use of temple lot
Popular BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent OLD BRIDGE — The Breakfast Club will be permitted to offer valet parking and use an adjacent synagogue’s parking lot to accommodate its patrons. The Planning Board voted unanimously to approve the plan presented by the Route 516 club. Patrons of the ’80s-themed nightclub, which…
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Tax increase approved in municipal budget
Council votes 7-2 on spending package with average $45 hike BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Old B OLD BRIDGE — Residents will pay an average of $45 more for municipal taxes for fiscal year 2007. The Township Council, divided along party lines, adopted a $51 million municipal budget on Monday that…
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Programs, tax relief sought through sharing
Old Bridge officials look at full-day K, day care, field fix-ups BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer BY BRIAN DONAHUEStaff Writer Annette Hopman A partnership to renovate Lombardi Field, offer commuter parking and provide an early childhood center are all possibilities if school and Old Bridge Township officials join forces. Those and other issues are now…
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Holiday parade
CHRIS KELLY staff Girl Scouts with Troop 716 dress like presents at the holiday parade in Sayreville Dec. 10.
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New Jersey’s standardbred industry on shaky ground
Breeders call for bigger purses and slot machines at the racetracks BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Horses graze in the pasture of Fair Winds Farm in Upper Freehold Dec. 1. UPPER FREEHOLD — While the annual standardbred horse sale in Harrisburg, Pa., on Nov. 3-8 set record numbers…
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Lego my menorah
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN From top to bottom: Rabbi Yossi Kanelsky, of Old Bridge, gets a hand in positioning the Lego menorah built by local children Sunday at the Bris Avrohom Hanukkah Carnival, held at Old Bridge High School. Igor Zilberg and his granddaughter, Jean-Renee, 3, of Manalapan, make a yummy menorah out of marshmallows…
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Cell tower approved for local cemetery site
Omnipoint changed location after residents raised health concerns BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent OLD BRIDGE –– A cell tower plan that local homeowners began fighting in 2004 will be allowed to go up in a new location: a local cemetery. The Planning Board approved the construction of an Omnipoint cell tower…
