Category: Suburban News
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County ready to start dock project on river
Construction is expected to begin next month on a project designed to help reclaim the Raritan River for recreational use. New Brunswick Landing, a 24-slip floating dock, will be built alongside Boyd Park in New Brunswick, work that officials say represents the first water-dependent project to come out of the county’s long-term plan for the…
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Residents share views on possible road opening
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Open their road. That’s what Valentine Tarr has to say about a movement on the part of other residents to keep Batista Court from being opened and connected. The road is currently split by two cul-de-sacs. The Borough Council is expected to make a…
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Community mourning loss of beloved teacher
William Paxton Jr. remembered for inspiring children, adults alike BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer William Paxton Jr. OLD BRIDGE — William Paxton Jr. was the kind of person others learned from, regardless of whether or not he was their teacher. Paxton, who taught at McDivitt Elementary School for the past eight…
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Old Bridge gets festive with Salt Water Day
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Food, fireworks and fun are set to take over the Laurence Harbor beachfront Saturday. The township’s long-standing tradition that is Salt Water Day makes its return to the waterfront with continuous live music and children’s amusements, running from 2 p.m. to dusk. The…
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Monroe man, 75, dies after Clearbrook fire
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer MONROE –– A township man died Monday of injuries sustained a week earlier in a fire at his home in the Clearbrook adult community. Marvin Glaser, of Oradell Drive, died at 3 a.m. at the St. Barnabas Burn Center, Livingston, where he had been taken after…
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Hercules to raze buildings, mull options
Explosion at former manufacturing site sent flames 100 feet into air BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer STEVEN M. BARON The remains of a building destroyed in last week’s fire at the Hercules plant on South Minisink Avenue in Sayreville. Demolition proceedings are being expedited at a defunct manufacturing plant in light…
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Police identify suspect in area bank robberies
BY MELISSA CIFELLI Staff Writer BY MELISSA CIFELLIStaff Writer Caleb Frosh SOUTH BRUNSWICK — He could be the man behind the note. Police have identified the man they believe is the serial bank robber suspected in six robberies in central New Jersey, as Caleb A. Frosh, 22, of Columbus, Ohio. He has been linked by…
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Former O.B. official third to be indicted
Concannon charged with accepting products, services from builder BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Former Old Bridge construction official Ronald Concannon was indicted Friday on charges he accepted gifts and services in the amount of about $2,700 from a developer. Concannon, 69, is alleged to have accepted windows and a Sears washer…
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Historic school site cleared for new home
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Last Friday afternoon, the Morristown Schoolhouse, originally built centuries ago and rebuilt at the turn of the 20th century, was demolished. Below is a photo of the Morristown School in 1906, shortly after it was rebuilt. The original structure was destroyed in an…
