Category: Suburban News
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Moonlight garden tour will benefit two causes
OLD BRIDGE – John and Midge Hauser, of Hauser Hill Farms, love to sit outside on a natural stone bench during a full moon and meditate to the sounds of the three waterfalls in their water garden. “When the sun goes down and the moon rises, the lighting in our water garden creates quite a…
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Officials question plan for 19 homes on Rt. 35
Builder to revise proposal before returning to board BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Concerns about the viability of a plan to build 19 homes on a 1.5-acre parcel in Laurence Harbor took center stage at last week’s Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. At least four board members expressed…
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Residents rally to raise awareness about Darfur
Three moms start N.J. chapter of Committee on Conscience BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Members of the Degutz family, including (from left) Rachel, 8, mom Audrey, dad Allen, and Danielle, 10, joined the candlelight vigil “Shine a Light for Darfur” last Thursday night at the East Brunswick municipal…
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Winding Wood fire considered suspicious
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – A fire that displaced 12 residents of the Winding Wood apartments is considered suspicious, as police are investigating a report that someone tossed a flaming object through a window to start the blaze. The fire began in the bottom-floor bedroom of an apartment in…
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Modernist’s rarely seen works part of exhibition
Gallery offers insights into formative years of artist Moholy-Nagy BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Lszl Moholy-Nagy’s “Landscape,” circa 1918-19, is an oil on acidic composition board. Those who enjoy the work of artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy will have the opportunity to see a painting that went undiscovered for 75 years, along with…
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Mighty Mites
Top, Justin Crouse of the Old Bridge Rams’ Mighty Mites pushes his way past defenders from Allentown during a Pop Warner game Sept. 3 in Old Bridge. Right, 5-year-old Grace Bucca, of Old Bridge, takes advantage of the nearby swingset before rooting for the Rams. PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff
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Woman robbed outside Sayreville supermarket
SAYREVILLE – A robbery was reported outside the ShopRite on Washington Road at 1:27 p.m. Sept. 9. A 63-year-old borough woman told police that she was robbed at her car in the parking lot. She had just gotten to her car and started it prior to placing her groceries inside when the unknown suspect struck…
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Relatives: Last phone call was a happy one
Old Bridge man was 34 when he was killed on Sept. 11, 2001 BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Barbara Ludwicki, of Brooklyn, hugs her niece, Gabriella Romero, 10, prior to Old Bridge’s 9/11 ceremony Monday morning at the township’s 9/11 memorial. It was 8:46 am. Elvin Romero, in…
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Center’s anniversary events kick off Sunday
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Ten years ago, when the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life was just getting started at Rutgers University, Yael Zerubavel was not given much to work with. There was no stationery, no office supplies, not even an office. But there was…
