Category: Suburban News
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Redmond fills vacant seat on school board
Appointment of Planning Board chairman approved BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Lawrence Redmond OLD BRIDGE — Some would argue that the Board of Education is becoming a family affair. The board on Tuesday appointed Lawrence Redmond to a seat vacated by longtime member Albert DiRocco, who resigned. Redmond is the township’s…
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Many show interest in waterfront project
Site described among last beautiful properties still vacant in N.J. BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer An aerial view shows the National Lead redevelopment area, shaded in green and straddling both the Garden State Parkway and Route 35. Every area developer and their old college roommate would like to get involved in…
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O.B. reacts to changes in COAH guidelines
Town to increase fees charged to builders for affordable housing BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — As state affordable housing guidelines change, so does the township. And local officials are expected in the coming weeks to work on bringing Old Bridge into compliance with new state Council on Affordable…
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Most construction complete as two campuses merge
$66.7M project has brought districtwide school additions BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff With the school year just around the corner, Old Bridge schools are ready to go, complete with a whole new look. “My understanding is that everything is on target,” said Board of Education member…
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Group explores focus of flood commission
Officials from seven towns to sit on new panel with freeholders BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Local, county and state officials on Tuesday brainstormed a commission that will work to prevent disasters like the flood that damaged hundreds of area homes in July. The South Central Middlesex County Flood Control Commission,…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Wayne Mandorna, of Clark, tries to lead his tug-of-war team to victory during the Chris Cooper Scholarship Fund Appreciation Day at Old Bridge’s Geick Park Saturday. For more information about Cooper or the fund, which provides scholarships to Old Bridge High School athletes, visit www.coopsta.com.
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Obituaries
Walter Donald Barklow Mr. Barklow, 87, of South Amboy, died Aug. 23 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1983, he was employed as an electrician with Jersey Central Power and Light Co., South Amboy, where he worked for 41 years. Surviving are his wife, Grace Ceres Barklow; a…
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Old Bridge women share a unique bond
Neighbors reflect on experiences a year after kidney transplant BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer LAUREN MATTHEW Susan Salja (left) and Linda Argento got together last week at Women’s Physicians and Surgeons in Matawan, where Salja works, to look back a year after the transplant surgery. OLD BRIDGE — When Susan Salja…
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In memory
CHRIS KELLY staff Saturday’s rain didn’t keep people away from Old Bridge’s Geick Park, where a day of events was held to thank those who have contributed to the Chris Cooper Scholarship Fund. The fund provides scholarships to Old Bridge High School athletes each year in memory of the 1999 graduate and baseball pitcher who…
