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Golfers, sponsors sought for BIC event
The annual Sayreville Brain Injured Children (BIC) Golf Outing will be held Aug. 8 at Glenwood Country Club, Route 9 and Fairway Lane, Old Bridge. The driving range will open at 7:30 p.m. Shotgun start is set for 9:30 a.m. There will be hamburgers and hot dogs, beer and nonalcoholic beverages available 8:30 a.m. through…
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O.B. seniors invited to luncheon cruise
The Old Bridge Senior Center will sponsor a Sept. 16 luncheon cruise on the Spirit of Philadelphia. The event is open to Old Bridge seniors age 60 and above. The bus will depart at 8:45 a.m. from the Old Bridge municipal complex, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Return is set for approximately 5 p.m. Cost…
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Ex-substitute teacher gets probation in sex assault case
A former substitute teacher at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High School in Perth Amboy has been placed on probation for five years for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old male student in Sayreville, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan. Monique Ucelli, 37, of Staten Island, N.Y., also was fined $1,300, was ordered to…
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Sayreville homeowners to see 3-cent tax hike
Council shaved over 4 cents from original proposed increase BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council unanimously passed the 2011 budget at its June 16 meeting. The budget includes a 3-cent increase per $100 of assessed valuation, totaling about $43 on a house assessed at the borough average of $143,700. The last…
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Plans for Old Bridge alumni walkway end in disappointment
Minimum number of bricks not sold by deadline BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Brick by brick, members of the Alumni Path Foundation spent the last two years working toward their dream, a 571-foot-long brick pathway leading to Lombardi Field that would honor all the students and staff members who have passed through…
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If I didn’t say it before, Pop, thanks for the cheeseburgers
CODA GREG BEAN On Father’s Day, my boys took me out for a wonderful brunch, and we passed a few fine hours laughing, and planning for upcoming, happy events. I consider myself blessed to have such fine sons. But I also spent a lot of the day thinking about my own father, who died in…
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Seniors need peace of mind, not new economic burdens
Medicare and Social Security are cornerstones of retirement for 47 million seniors. In New Jersey, there are more than 1.3 million Medicare beneficiaries and more than 1.44 million Social Security beneficiaries, 22 percent of whom rely on their monthly checks for 90 percent or more of their income. Slashing these programs to balance the budget…
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Principal, teachers, staff real ‘American Idols’
Recently I attended my daughter’s Salk Middle School eighth-grade commencement ceremonies, and I couldn’t help being proud of her and her achievements but also being just as proud of the work her principal, David Cittadino, and his family of teachers and administrators have done to get my daughter and the other 299 eighth-graders prepared to…
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Spending is one reason for country’s woes
Judith Tabert, chair of the Middlesex County Human Services Advisory Council (HSAC), rails against government spending cuts in the letter to the editor titled “Community at Risk If Government Makes Proposed Cuts” (Suburban, May 5). While acknowledging that “many” are “struggling with stagnant wages, oppressive unemployment, the unrelenting burden of housing costs and property taxes,…
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