Category: Suburban News
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Students, teachers look forward to new school
Elementary school will easeovercrowded conditionsin Sayreville BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Elementary school will ease overcrowded conditions in Sayreville BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff (Clockwise from top right) Abraham Gonzalez, 8, catches the beachball before John Kelleher, 9, can hit it back over the net during the USA Beachball Toss game at Eisenhower…
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‘Healing’ period sought for soccer altercation
Committee rules men could return to soccer league in spring BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer ‘Healing’ period sought for soccer altercation BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The question remains as to when the members of the borough’s soccer association will finally put aside their differences. In the months since a disciplinary committee was forced…
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Vet recalls D-Day with sadness, pride
Sayreville man says he was lucky to come home; his friend wasn BY LORI ELKINS SOLOMONCorrespondent Vet recalls D-Day with sadness, pride JEFF GRANIT staff Donald Patterson served as a coxswain for the U.S. Navy during several major missions and invasions, including D-Day. Sayreville man says he was lucky to come home; his friend wasn’t BY LORI ELKINS SOLOMON…
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War vets, governor, elephants open bridge
Span is longest bridge of precast War vets, governor, elephants open bridge concrete in U.S. BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer Beneath a backdrop of sunny skies Monday morning, drivers crossed over the new Victory Bridge for the very first time. But it was quite a different scene two days earlier, when a few hundred faithful…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Big Dog and his owner Marlene Baselice get acquainted with Frankie, a pug, and his owner, Richard Stone, during Old Bridge’s Pooch Parade on Monday at Geick Park.
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Party’s team wins
Sayreville primaryDemocratic pair tocontinue focus on taxes, open space BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Sayreville primary Democratic pair to continue focus on taxes, open space BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer The Sayreville Democratic Party’s candidates were victorious in Tuesday’s primary election, edging out an incumbent challenger and predicting that a change may be in the future…
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Housing proposal for disabled airs June 24
Old Bridge zonersschedule special hearingto move project along BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Housing proposal for disabled airs June 24 Old Bridge zoners schedule special hearing to move project along BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Ever since the township’s Housing Authority announced plans to build a 60-unit housing complex for the…
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Official pushes to keep last boro farm preserved
BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — If plans continue to progress, the borough’s last operating farm will remain just that — operating. Borough Council President Thomas Pollando brought a plea for the Dieker farm’s preservation to the state Agriculture Development Committee May 27. The 8-acre Dieker farm, located between Bordentown…
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Irish eyes will be smiling on Saturday
Friendly Sons of Shillelagh will celebrate its 40th anniversary BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Thanks to Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton, the iconic duo in the popular 1950s television show "The Honeymooners," the founders of a local Irish-American social club found a catchy name. It was…
