Category: Suburban News
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Frightening
PHOTOSBY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Above, Bob DeBois holds onto Cherie and Courtney on the Lost Speedway. At right, the “speed demon” holds up a fake head to scare passengers on the monster truck hayride at Raceway Park in Old Bridge.
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FARRAH MAFFAI staff Fred Dieker transports kids out to the fields Saturday during the Pumpkin Fest fund-raiser in Sayreville.
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Uncertainties raised about Ernston barrier
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — Concerns about a proposed barrier at Ernston Road and Westminster Boulevard have prompted the Borough Council to delay its vote on the plans. Located close to Route 9 and near the borough’s border with Old Bridge, the intersection has been the site of at…
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Nosy dogs show off their skills
In wake of threats, demonstration helps students understand role CHRIS KELLY staff Students at Carl Sandburg Middle School try to pet Jake, a friendly yellow Lab, who serves as a narcotics K-9 with the Old Bridge Police Department. OLD BRIDGE — If you think you could hide even the smallest amount of illegal drugs from…
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Start of Raritan project put off until Sept. ’05
The start of a project designed to reclaim the Raritan River for recreation will have to wait until next September. The first phase of the Raritan River Strategy Plan, a large-scale plan involving nine towns in Middlesex County that border the river, would have seen the river dredged from the Albany Street bridge in New…
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Gangs don’t show for football game
Sayreville police say residents have no reason to be worried BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer With a heightened police presence Monday afternoon, Sayreville’s rescheduled high school football game was played without incident. Sayreville beat South Brunswick, 21-12. Reports last week suggesting the possibility of a gang fight between the Bloods and the Crips during Sayreville…
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Spooked
PHOTOSBY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Tyler Gerkens, 7, stares at the sights along the monster truck hayride on the Lost Speedway at Raceway Park in Old Bridge. His parents, Marny and Gary, hold on tight. At left, the speed demon escapes pursuit and jumps the monster truck.
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Spooktacular haunts civic center in O.B.
Funds to be raised for township teen and Camp ROBIN BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Like the denizens of the Addams Family mansion, the ghosts and ghouls inside the township’s “Haunted House” are creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky. Brave and curious souls are invited to tour…
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Musical procession
PHOTOS BY JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff At left, members of the Dwarkadish Temple play instruments and clap as they parade along Washington Road in Sayreville Sunday to celebrate the temple’s 10th anniversary.
