Category: Suburban News

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Kathleen Schneider, 15, checks her cards at Old Bridge Public Library’s Teen Casino Night Monday. The event featured a Texas Hold ’em tournament and black jack tables.

  • Boro prioritizes lands for possible purchase

    Dieker Farm is top choice in newly adopted open space plan BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Open space does not come cheap, but it may be worth it in the eyes of a town running low on land resources. Five years after Sayreville residents approved a referendum to introduce an open space tax of 2…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Marilyn Lubin, dressed for the Chinese New Year, reads to a group of children at Old Bridge Library’s celebration Tuesday.

  • Cancer concerns lead to relocation of buses

    CHRIS KELLY staff A building on the Board of Education’s Nike site looks empty now that workers have been moved to a new location. Officials say the land will be tested for environmental concerns soon. Workers express fears of contamination at former missile base BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer Recent cases of cancer involving transportation…

  • Boro man wins $25K on ‘Millionaire’ show

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Sayreville’s Ed DiAngelo chats with host Meredith Vieira on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” which aired last week on ABC. SAYREVILLE — Ed DiAngelo wants to be a millionaire. And as seen last week on national television, he took a respectable shot at achieving that…

  • Freeholders list priorities for the coming year

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer EDISON — Keeping the tax rate stable and preserving more open space are two major goals for 2006, said veteran Freeholder Director David B. Crabiel at the board’s recent reorganization meeting. “Last year, as you know, we did cut the levy by $257,000,” he said at…

  • More than prescriptions written at Raritan Bay

    Five physicians at local hospital are published authors BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Dr. Anthony Chiaramida The pen may be mightier than the scalpel.Five Raritan Bay Medical Center doctors have turned to poetry and prose for a different, less clinical take on the human condition. The five physicians participate in the…

  • Council sees opposition to pay-to-play ordinance

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — After nearly two hours of heated discussion Monday night, the Township Council approved an ordinance designed to counter pay-to-play. The ordinance, which was criticized by members of the public as being full of loopholes, passed by a vote of 6-0, while Ward 4…

  • Dodgeball benefit

    Above, Jeff Herbert gets ready to fire a ball at an opponent during the dodgeball benefit held Friday at Sandburg Middle School for the Old Bridge Coaches Association. At right, Carly Thompson, a member of the “Cousins” team, scoots out of the way. MIGUEL JUAREZ staff photos