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Library conducting Spring Book Sale
The Sadie Pope Dowdell Library, 100 Hoffman Plaza, South Amboy, adjacent to SouthAmboy High School/Middle School, is holding a Spring Book Sale during regular library hours. Items offered for purchase include fiction and nonfiction books, bestsellers, paperbacks, periodicals, DVDs and audio CDs. Printers, a stereo with speakers, a fax machine and more also are available.…
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Participants sought for charity golf event
The Chamber of Commerce serving Old Bridge, Sayreville and South Amboy will hold its 14th annual Golf Outing July 16 at the Glenwood Country Club, Route 9 south and Fairway Lane, Old Bridge. Registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. Lunch is set for 11:30 a.m. Tee-off is scheduled for noon. The tournament will feature a…
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Principal leaves legacy as ‘exceptional educator’
Baumann originally came to Wilson School in 1963 BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Sayreville’s Wilson Elementary School honored retiring Principal Georgia Baumann at a special surprise celebration on June 11, presenting her with a cake that read, “Farewell To Our Queen Bee.” Her husband Al was on hand for the celebration. SAYREVILLE — After 50 years…
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CODA
You heard it here first: a cure for Old-Timers’ disease GREG BEAN This may be the best argument for requiring students in K-12 school programs to learn a foreign language that I’ve ever heard. And if you’re like me, and becoming a bit more forgetful with every passing year, it’s a pretty good argument for…
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Reader urges passage of bills to ban fracking waste from N.J.
Hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, involves injecting gallons of water, chemicals and sand at high pressure to open rock and release natural gas. Numerous concerns have already been raised about the impact of the fracking process itself on drinking water. Now, a new threat has come home to New Jersey. The waste from the…
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Parent grateful to teachers, staff, administrators, board
On graduation day, Friday, June 15, the last of my boys will have successfully gone through the Sayreville school system and received an excellent well-rounded education. I want to thank all the teachers, staff and administrators, and especially the Board of Education, for providing for my boys over the years. I offer special thanks to…
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Previous budget policies led to layoffs
William Flynn’s letter to the editor, “Community, Police Must Band Together to Keep Old Bridge Safe” (Suburban, May 31), fails to address the budgetary practices of the preceding Democratic administration under James Phillips and Patrick Gillespie, which were the driving forces in Mayor Owen Henry’s 2012 budget. Mr. Flynn omits the prior Democratic administration’s use…
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Assistance needed during road construction
This letter is in reference to the article titled “Intersection to Remain Closed Another Month” that appeared in the June 14 issue of the Suburban. Another month of heavy traffic in the developments, going quite a distance out of our way to get around, and the expense of extra gas. This mess has not been…
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