Category: Suburban News
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Brothers’ return makes for a special Christmas
Brian, Nicholas Szkodny have completed tours with U.S. Army in Iraq BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Brothers Brian (l) and Nicholas Szkodny in a photo taken the day they were honored in a Veterans Day event at St. Stanislaus Kostka School. SAYREVILLE — The term “home for the holidays” has special…
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Web site shows moms how to care for kids & the Earth
Realmama.org provides environmental info, natural alternatives BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Two of the founders of Realmama.org, Kirsten McPolin (l) and Tricia Simon, are pictured with their daughters Emma and Caroleena, above. The two other founders, Camille Lafaro Sowinski, seen with her daughter, Sophia, left, and Corey Burnham-Howard, with her husband,…
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Police say men are tied to three bank robberies
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer PERTH AMBOY — Two men were arrested Dec. 10 and charged with bank robbery and armed robbery after they allegedly held up a Woodbridge bank the morning before, according to the FBI. The two men also are believed to be connected to two other bank robberies…
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Star an annual part of seasonal landscape
Ornamented spruce has special meaning to Schwendeman family BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Above, the treetop star behind Schwendeman’s Taxidermy studio has been an annual sign that the holiday season has arrived in the Milltown area. Below, David B. Schwendeman discusses his family tradition. MILLTOWN — Just as mariners navigated the…
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Small shelter crew works to provide purr-fect care
Caring families sought for the many cats, dogs at O.B. facility BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer photos by MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Sonja Gundersen, one of two employees at the Old Bridge Animal Shelter, mixes food with medicine for some of the facility’s sick cats in cages behind her. OLD BRIDGE —…
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Artist invites audience into eye-catching scenes
Works of local photographer now on display in E.B. BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent BY MARY ANNE ROSSCorrespondent “I take shots of whatever strikes my eye. I don’t specialize in any one object and I don’t take portraits or shoot pictures of people.” — Thomas Maugham EAST BRUNSWICK — An exhibit at Barnes & Noble,…
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Town keeps some Kara money for ongoing work
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Kara Homes has made some progress in addressing the complaints of residents in its Farrington Ridge development. A month after being told by residents that the builder left their development in sub-par condition, the Township Council voted Monday to release part of Kara…
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Bingo!
JEFF GRANIT staff Keelyn Leonard, a fourth-grader at Sayreville’s Upper Elementary School, helps with a game of bingo between Victor Masi and Anna Wasielski at Briarwood Nursing Home, Ernston Road. Students visited the facility Tuesday to sing carols and entertain the residents.
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Old Bridge residents to absorb $40 tax hike
Municipal budget for BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer For the first time in three years, Old Bridge residents are going to see an increase in the municipal tax rate. The Township Council on Monday voted to adopt a municipal budget for fiscal year 2006 in a vote of 6-2. Democratic Councilman…
