Category: Suburban News
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Loss of courtesy busing may bring more traffic
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Parents are watching closely to see what will happen to courtesy busing for students in sixth through 12th grade. The Borough Council is expected to meet with school officials during the next two Monday night council meetings to discuss the $300,000 courtesy busing question,…
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Committee, board ready to trim defeated budget
Council members will work with auditor to seek areas for cuts BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – With a deadline fast approaching, township officials are looking for ways to trim the defeated 2006-07 school budget. The Township Council’s Finance Committee, composed of councilmen Robert Volkert, Richard Greene and council…
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Board, teachers agree on 4.7% yearly increases
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The Board of Education and the teachers union recently settled negotiations on a new three-year contract. The contract will allow for salary increases of 4.7 percent each year, with a net cost of 3.8 percent due mostly to health benefit givebacks, according to…
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Triple H Productions to offer ‘Annie, Junior’
Triple H Productions will present it production of “Annie, Junior” featuring 68 young area performers, at 7:30 p.m. on May 5 and 6 in the gym at St. Stanislaus Kostka School, 221 MacArthur Ave., Sayreville. Tickets cost $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. For more information and to reserve, call (732) 651-7264 or…
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Local artists sought for exhibit at Java Joint
Local artists are invited to exhibit their works, including painting, sculpture and photographs, at an art show planned for noon to 6 p.m. on May 20 at the Java Joint Cafe, Ticetown Square Plaza, Route 9, Old Bridge. Participants will have the opportunity to display, discuss and sell their work, if they choose. Interested individuals…
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Impromptu trip to Afghanistan an eye-opener
Shrewsbury resident accompanies noted photographer to war-torn country BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer STEVE McCURRY Art Petrosemolo, center, with Afghan translator and guide Qais Azminy get a close look from a motorcycle driver on the road in Bamiyan. Petrosemolo took the pictures of the two Afghani children pictured at left and…
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Walk-a-thon
SCOTT PILLING staff Kindergartner Lyona Jenkins (l-r) walks alongside Malgortata Gueiak and Miriam Jebran at the Eisenhower School walk-a-thon fundraiser in Sayreville April 26.
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Fundraisers
May 5 + Tricky Tray, sponsored by Sacred Heart HSA, doors open at 6 p.m., event begins at 7:30 p.m., in Sacred Heart Memorial Hall, Washington Avenue, South Amboy. Cash bar, complimentary coffee, tea, baked goods. Participants may bring food items of their choice. No BYOB. Small, medium, large prizes and baskets; two grand prizes.…
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Healthy heart program scheduled for May 6
“Eating Right for a Healthy Heart,” one in a continuing series of health and wellness programs at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, is set for 1:30 p.m. on May 6. The two-part event will feature a cooking demonstration and tasting by Whole Foods of Middletown, and a lecture…
