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Personal devastation follows Sandy’s destruction in Sayreville
Family loses home, then son, after Hurricane Sandy, but finds solace within the community BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Jim “Jimmer” Mills SAYREVILLE — For some in Sayreville who were hard-hit by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, the decision to leave their homes may be an easy one. After three major floods in a 32-month…
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Light show
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Left: Cars make their way through the light tunnel at the New Jersey Lightfest 2012 drive-through holiday light show, presented by DARE, at the Middlesex County Fairgrounds in East Brunswick. The light show is open every night through Jan. 6. Above: A Hanukkah menorah lights the path at the New Jersey…
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Encouraging letters sought for Newtown
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the Old Bridge Public Library’s Teens Taking Action Club is collecting letters of support to send to the school district. Bring any letters, without envelopes, to the Old Bridge Public Library, in the municipal complex at the corner of Route 516 and…
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‘We Keep You Moving’ sessions in January
The Human Motion Institute at Raritan Bay Medical Center, 1 Hospital Plaza, Old Bridge, is sponsoring a free “We Keep You Moving” Total Joint Replacement Education session from 8 to 11 a.m. on Wednesdays, Jan. 2, 9, 16 and 23. Registration is required by calling 732-535-4746.
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South Amboy residents support Woodbridge Developmental Center
Residents recommend resolution to keep the state facility open BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Three advocates for residents of the Woodbridge Developmental Center (WDC) addressed the City Council on Dec. 19 in hopes that it would pass a resolution in support of keeping the state facility open. A state task force has recommended…
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Author has a ball writing children’s book about gumballs
Jim Romer bases story on his uncle, Bob Dunzelman BY CHUCK O’DONNELL Correspondent OLD BRIDGE — It started off with a flicker of imagination and a sketch on a scrap of paper. Jim Romer took one look at this funny-looking kid he’d just drawn, named him Bobby after his beloved late uncle, and began to…
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Resources available for anti-bullying programs
Thank you very much for your outstanding articles in the Oct. 11 edition of the Suburban. I was extremely pleased to see the focus on anti-bullying and New Jersey’s annual Week of Respect. Please let your readers know that Prevention First is a resource for all parents, schools and communities relating to antibullying programs and…
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CODA
If you’re not part of solution, you’re part of the problem GREG BEAN You’ll have to excuse me for a moment until this case of the black whirlies passes and my equilibrium returns to something resembling normal. I always wondered what it would feel like to fall down the rabbit hole like Alice did, and…
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