Category: Suburban News
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County to donate AEDs to public, private schools
BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer All schools in Middlesex County could be equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) by next fall, thanks to a new program announced by county officials last week. Through the new Heart to Heart program, AEDs will be donated to every public, private and parochial school in…
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Manhattan Dance Project to visit new dance school
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Local dancers will get a chance to hone their skills with professionals this weekend at the New Jersey Center of Dance’s new location. The school, located on Marlboro Road near Route 18, will host the Manhattan Dance Project for a weekend-long dance intensive.…
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A senior bash
Kay Lyons (l-r) and George Vanderbilt cheer on Mike Clark as he performs the “Chicken Dance” at the Middlesex County Department on Aging’s annual celebration. PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff Above, Mary Hudeak (l-r), Pat Paval and Helen Kavendek perform a song during the 90s Birthday Bash & Celebration at the Old Bridge Senior Center May…
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Walling charged with theft from nonprofit
Former E.B. official said to have taken $40K from Battlefield agency BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer Five months after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct in the alleged harassment of a teenage girl, Richard Walling is being charged with stealing money from the nonprofit agency he used to head up. Walling, 47,…
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County using dogs for geese problem at course
BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The Geese Police are being used to help control an ongoing problem with Canada geese at Tamarack Golf Course. The Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA), which operates Tamarack, on Hardenburg Lane, in April hired Geese Police Inc., a business based in Howell Township,…
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Educator ends 45 years of serving O.B. schools
Joan George served as teacher, administrator and elected official BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Joan George, whose career in Old Bridge schools began in 1960 as a substitute teacher, relaxes at home last week after concluding her term on the Board of Education. For more than 40 years,…
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Omnipoint, residents clash over tower site
Zoning Board hears testimony on plans for cell tower on Rt. 34 BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Omnipoint representatives have been testifying before the Old Bridge Zoning Board for almost two years. And their application process has now been continued into August. The wireless provider is seeking to construct a 130-foot-high…
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SERA denies Verizon’s request for tower site
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — A proposal to build a new cell tower in the borough has been rejected. Representatives of Verizon Wireless came before the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA) April 28 to discuss the proposed placement of a cell tower on SERA-owned property behind Weber Avenue. Their…
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Student gets 18 months in OBHS bomb threats
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A township teen has been sentenced to 18 months in juvenile prison in connection with four written bomb threats made in district schools this school year. The 14-year-old Old Bridge High School east campus student was charged with a number of third-degree crimes,…
