Category: Suburban News
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Stabbings, arrests follow riot outside Club Abyss
Borough holds off on liquor license renewal for Rt. 35 club BY MICHAEL ACKER and CHRISTINE GRIMALDI Staff Writers BY MICHAEL ACKER and CHRISTINE GRIMALDIStaff Writers SAYREVILLE – Two patrons of a Route 35 club were stabbed after a riot involving hundreds of people broke out early Sunday morning. The incident occurred as Club Abyss…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Sayreville police Detective Joe Wolski pays his respects to fallen officers during an annual memorial service sponsored by the PBA Saturday.
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Man arrested in burglaries at restaurant, liquor store
BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI AND MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writers BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI AND MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writers SAYREVILLE – Police arrested a Keansburg man in connection with two separate break-ins at borough businesses. Police said Gerard Denary, 45, was charged Tuesday with burglary, possession of burglary tools and theft in connection with break-ins at the Raritan Discount…
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Hall of Famers
Inductees of the Sayreville War Memorial High School Hall of Fame show their plaques following a May 20 reception at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post on Jernee Mill Road. From left to right are former state senator and current SERA Executive Director Randy Corman, class of ’78; federal court Judge Victor J. Wolski, class…
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N.Y. men arrested after service station holdup
BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI and MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writers BY CHRISTINE GRIMALDI and MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writers SAYREVILLE – Police have arrested three suspects in an armed robbery at the Petroleum 19 gas station on Route 35 south. The robbery, which took place at 10 a.m. May 23, was allegedly committed by two men who held up…
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Students hope to bring smiles to kids in Uganda
Bedtime stories being sent to children who must flee villages at night BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – With the help of township students, children in Uganda are getting a taste of “once upon a time.” Four classes at Grissom Elementary School – two each in third and fourth…
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Pickup strikes medical building on Route 9, O.B.
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A pickup truck left the roadway of Route 9 and struck a medical building Tuesday, leading to concerns that the crash may have caused a radiation leak from the building. A 2005 Dodge R-15, driven by Robert J. Simmons Jr., 30, of Staten…
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Bicyclist struck by minivan
OLD BRIDGE – A Matawan man riding a bicycle was struck by a minivan May 31 on Route 516. The Chevy Astro, being driven by Adriana Ramku, 38, a resident of Route 516 in Matawan, was stopped at a red light at the highway’s intersection with Cottrell Road. When the light turned green, she turned…
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Pickup strikes medical building on Route 9, O.B.
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A pickup truck left the roadway of Route 9 and struck a medical building Tuesday, leading to concerns that the crash may have caused a radiation leak from the building. A 2005 Dodge R-15, driven by Robert J. Simmons Jr., 30, of Staten…
