Category: Suburban News
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Two people, dog injured in attack by pit bulls
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Two pit bulls attacked a 59-year-old woman and her dog in the borough’s Morgan section May 17. The incident occurred on First Street, after the victim, Patricia Bobick, began walking her dog, a white bichon frise, at 8:40 a.m. that Wednesday. The pit bulls…
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Building caricature
SCOTT PILLING staff Old Bridge High School student Vlad Tsimboer works on a caricature drawing during an artists workshop at Middlesex County College, Edison, last Thursday.
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Council yanks resolution opposing two state bills
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The Township Council pulled a resolution that would oppose amendments to the state’s Sunshine Law from its agenda Monday night. The resolution is unlikely to return for council approval. “I think it’s gone,” Council President Patrick Gillespie told the Suburban. The resolution opposed…
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Dryer believed to be cause of Sayreville fire
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – A 61-year-old resident sustained second-degree burns and lost her dog in a house fire that destroyed her and her husband’s home on Kendall Drive Friday. The fire started in the dryer of the two-story home around 10:30 a.m., according to Sayreville Fire Chief Stamatis…
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Duck, duck …
CHRIS KELLY staff A couple of ducks take a rest on the sidewalk in Kennedy Park on a cool spring afternoon in Sayreville.
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Hair care
Lexa Karen Granat, 9, a fourth-grader at St. Ambrose School in Old Bridge, recently had 11 inches of her hair cut at Rapunzel Hair, Nail & Day Spa, Matawan, and donated to Locks of Love. The nonprofit organization provides hairpieces to children who suffer hair loss for medical reasons. Lexa let her hair grow for…
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Golden girl
JEFF GRANIT staff Mary Goodine, who is 102 years old and lives at the Residence at Forsgate senior facility, Monroe, is congratulated by Middlesex County Freeholder Blanquita Valenti, liaison to the county’s Office on Aging, during the recent 90s Birthday Bash in Old Bridge. Goodine will turn 103 Sept. 6.
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Council, board agree on cutting tax hike
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – The school tax levy will be reduced to the tune of $1 million. The Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the cut ordered by the Borough Council after the 2006-07 school budget was defeated by voters in the April 18 school election.…
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Planners turn down request for two homes
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – A property owner seeking to build two single-family homes was denied the variance to do so. The borough Planning Board denied the request of Fitzroy Radgman for a minor subdivision at its May 3 meeting. Radgman owns property off Main Street and Boehmhurst Avenue…
