Category: Suburban News
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O.B. council votes 6-2 to sell twp. lands
Some argued revenue from sales should go to open space fund BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer A controversial ordinance allowing the sale of several Old Bridge properties was approved Monday, despite cries of caution from some Township Council members. The measure will allow bids to be solicited on the 18 properties,…
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Mall with 10 stores OK’d for Texas Road
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved an application that will bring office and retail space on Texas Road. The application from Anthony Martinelli calls for 13,823 square feet of retail space on 3.22 acres. The acreage exists on three separate lots that…
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Full speed ahead
CHRIS KELLY staff Sayreville’s Nancy Winslow pedals away during the “Tour De Earth” group cycle event to benefit the American Cancer Society Saturday at Bayshore Fitness and Wellness Center, Route 9, Old Bridge. The “Bayshore Squad” will walk in the Relay for Life May 20-21 at Matawan Regional High School. Anyone interested in joining should…
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Villagers will present ‘Of Mice and Men’
Villagers Theatre, a nonprofit center for the performing and cultural arts, will present a main stage production of the classic drama “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, May 12 and 13 at 8 p.m., and May 14 at 2 p.m., at the theater, 415 Demott Lane, Somerset section of Franklin. Tickets cost $16 for…
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Positive spin
CHRIS KELLY staff Sam Gallucci, of Old Bridge, participates in the “Tour De Earth” group cycle event to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life on Saturday at Bayshore Fitness and Wellness Center, Route 9. Participants spun their way through a “virtual tour” of geographical wonders. The Bayshore Squad will walk in the Relay…
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Campaign Web address printing sparks debate
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Two Republicans have filed a complaint alleging that a Middlesex County freeholder misused taxpayer dollars to advertise for the county Democratic Party. The accusations by Republican freeholder candidates Andrew Tidd and Geoffrey Champion stem from a county Public Works and Transportation newsletter in which Freeholder H.…
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What goes up …
CHRIS KELLY staff Parlin’s Darius Timbers, 13, gets some air time while riding his board at the Sayreville Skate Park Tuesday.
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On Campus
Jeffrey Dingler of the Parlin section of Sayreville was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, where he is a freshman majoring in music. He is a 2005 graduate of Sayreville War Memorial High School. Colleen M. Stratton of Old Bridge was…
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Fundraisers
May 11-14 + Mother’s Day Gift Wrap, sponsored by East Brunswick Hadassah, during regular mall hours, in the Macy’s wing at Brunswick Square Mall, Route 18, East Brunswick. Gift paper appropriate for Mother’s Day, graduation, weddings, birthdays, etc.; all-purpose wrap; small and medium gift bags for unusually shaped gifts. All proceeds go to cancer research.…
