• Split vote amounts to denial of plan for 14 townhouses

    Residents raised concerns about density, water runoff BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Though developer Thomas Galante is currently constructing a Route 516 office building approved three years ago, his plans for an accompanying senior townhouse community have been denied. The development, which was to include 14 age-restricted condominiums, was rejected by the…

  • O.B. residents kill open space tax after 10 years

    Mayor: Vote represents ‘a sign of the times’ BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Residents have put an end to a decade-long tax levy dedicated to open space preservation. Voters in the Nov. 2 election shot down a public question asking to extend the open space tax, with 5,032 against the levy and…

  • Democrats win races for freeholder, clerk, sheriff

    Rafano: Board will continue work toward reducing taxes, county work force BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Despite a record number of victories for Republicans nationally and in many local races, the Democrats maintained their hold on Middlesex County, sweeping the races for freeholder, sheriff and county clerk on Nov. 2. Voters re-elected incumbents Christopher Rafano,…

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    Adam Bloom of East Brunswick and other members of the Middlesex County Conservation Corps clear trails and pick up debris off Riva Avenue last week. The corps is administered by the county Department of Parks and Recreation.

  • Denial of Main Street bypass plan celebrated

    Sayreville to appeal DEP’s decision on proposed east-west roadway BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Opponents of the Main Street bypass proposal endured pelting rain and cold winds coming off the Raritan River to announce the good news, as they see it: The project may never see the light of day.E nvironmental groups and residents of…

  • Henry elected mayor by single-vote margin

    O’Connor seeks recount in So. Amboy mayoral race BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent It turns out that every vote really does matter. DemocraFred Henry was declared the winner of South Amboy’s mayoral race by just one vote after provisional ballots were counted Friday. Fred Henry The initial tallies after the Nov. 2 election favored 2 election…

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    Gabriel Kelmansky, 6, runs under the parachute during the Toddler Dance Party at the Old Bridge Public Library on Nov. 6. The program has youngsters reading, rocking and rolling each Saturday in November. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Eastern Star plans Nov. 13 Tricky Tray

    Order of the Eastern Star, Raritan Chapter No. 58, will host its annual Tricky Tray beginning at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at Philo Masonic Lodge, 120 Old Bridge Turnpike, South River. Doors will open at 5 p.m. Prizes will include gift certificates and theme baskets. Admission donation is $7. A snack bar will be available.…

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