Category: Suburban News
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Survivor shares story out of hope for future
Monroe resident tells of suffering, loss during Holocaust BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Students at Joyce Kilmer School listen as Holocaust survivor Frida Herskovits relates her story. MONROE – Elie Wiesel once said, “When you meet a witness, you become a witness.” If that is true, then for…
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Rt. 9 accident results in multiple injuries
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Five men had to be hospitalized Friday following a three-vehicle accident on Route 9. The accident happened when a tractor-trailer and a Chevy van, both northbound on Route 9, collided near the intersection of Spring Valley Road. The van then struck another tractor-trailer…
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Builder changes plan to senior townhomes
SERA reviews proposal for 83 units in Morgan section BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Market changes have prompted a builder planning the redevelopment of a 13-acre site on Gondek Drive to propose senior townhomes. The PRC Group, which had earlier discussed building a 272-unit assisted-living rental units, presented its new plan…
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Parade ahead
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Ken Jarry, Old Bridge, watches the township’s Memorial Day parade Monday.
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Vito Galante (l-r), Carmine Dilorio, Philip Tanala and Nick Startare of VFW Post 6761 proudly ride one of the floats in Old Bridge’s Memorial Day parade Monday, giving out candy to the crowd of cheering onlookers.
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Snuff mill, park site make ‘endangered’ list
Group says properties are both irreplaceable and in jeopardy BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Three Middlesex County properties are among the “Ten Most Endangered Sites” in the state, according to a list released last month by Preservation New Jersey. The former Helme Tobacco Co. snuff mill in Helmetta, the Bethel Mission…
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Some argue boro’s call on use of sports fields
Proposed ordinance seeks to give priority to Sayreville residents BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer An effort to give Sayreville organizations greater priority in using athletic fields has become a point of contention for officials and sports clubs alike. The Borough Council voted 5-1 May 22 to introduce an ordinance that gives priority to teams whose…
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Best-kept secret brings Broadway classic to boro
Sayreville troupe wraps season at newly renovated theater BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Above left: From left to right, actors Vic Morosco as Senex, Suzanne Kobb as Domina and Jack Rosmarin as Hysterium rehearse “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at the Garden Friends theater in Sayreville…
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Nurse, 80, will look back fondly on hospital career
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Jean Smithers has made a career out of caring. At 80 years old, the borough resident still works as a part-time nurse at Raritan Bay Medical Center’s Perth Amboy division. “I’m one of the crazy people in the world,” Smithers said, laughing. She went…
