Category: Suburban News
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$17.9 million OK’d for Old Bridge tract
Settlement reached on Cedar Ridge II property BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer $17.9 million OK’d for Old Bridge tract BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer Old Bridge officials concede that $17.3 million is much more than they wanted to pay for a vacant, 200-acre tract, but it is better than the $19.5 million they could…
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FARRAH MAFFAI staff Janna Bogan, 7, and Catrina Carbone, 8, prepared the ground outside the Cheesequake Elementary School, Old Bridge, during a beautification project sponsored by the Student Council Friday.
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Parents miss two sons now serving in Iraq
Szkodny brothersfollow in traditionof military service BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Parents miss two sons now serving in Iraq Szkodny brothers follow in tradition of military service BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer Brian Szkodny Like many parents whose children have grown, Raymond and Nancy Szkodny live in the proverbial empty nest. Their sons, Brian, 24, and…
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Finest in Old Bridge receive service awards
Seven new policeofficers get badges,advice from chief BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Finest in Old Bridge receive service awards Seven new police officers get badges, advice from chief BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Before awarding badges to the township’s seven new police officers, their top boss reminded them that "officer" is…
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Fireman dinner-dates going up for auction
BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Fireman dinner-dates going up for auction BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — If the price is right and the heat is on at Sunday’s bachelor auction, the borough’s volunteer fire department will have more funds in the bank and fewer eligible bachelors in its ranks. And let’s not forget…
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Civic Center will be renamed for ex-mayor
Richard Cooperremembered as a friendand teacher of children BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Civic Center will be renamed for ex-mayor Richard Cooper remembered as a friend and teacher of children BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — When career educator and longtime public servant Richard Cooper retired from teaching at Voorhees Elementary School,…
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Three charged following
raids in E.B., Spotswood raids in E.B., Spotswood Two East Brunswick residents and a Spotswood man were arrested on drug charges following a two-month investigation by local and Middlesex County authorities. The arrests followed May 6 raids at an East Brunswick home that yielded some 43 marijuana plants, growing equipment and steroids, and at a…
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Barrier to ease woes at infamous intersection
Ernston, Westminstercrossing is at borderof Old Bridge, Sayreville BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Barrier to ease woes at infamous intersection Ernston, Westminster crossing is at border of Old Bridge, Sayreville BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Borough officials are hopeful that a concrete barrier will bring relief to the accident-prone intersection of Ernston Road and…
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Town to get $430K more for golf course
BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Town to get $430K more for golf course BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The township could receive more than $400,000 from the state to purchase 70 acres of former farmland to be part of a proposed municipal golf course. The Township Council is expected to vote…
