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Police charge Sayreville man with luring girl, 13
SAYREVILLE — Police have arrested a borough man who allegedly tried to abduct a 13-yearold girl as she was jogging in the LaMer housing complex on Ernston Road on April 1. Matthew D. Siehl, 33, of Harrison Street, was charged April 3 with luring or enticing a child, according to Detective Mathew Bandurski of the…
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Area residents among suspects in drug sweep
Some 21 adults and a 15-year-old boy were arrested last week in connection with a heroin-trafficking ring in Middlesex and Somerset counties. The roundup followed a six-month investigation by the Somerset County Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force and the Middlesex County Gangs, Guns and Drugs Task Force; authorities in both counties arrested the suspects…
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Show time
Above: Richard Romanko and Lindsay Kopp act out a scene from “Urinetown” during dress rehearsal April 1 at the Main Street Theatre Co.’s Parlin theater. Shows will be performed at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, April 9-24, and at 2 p.m. April 18. Adult tickets are $20; seniors/students, $16; children 14 and under are $14.…
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Neighbors, O.B. business at odds over firewood plan
Applicant seeks approval to cut, process, deliver firewood from Rt. 516 site BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A plan to add a firewood manufacturing outfit onto an existing Route 516 business has garnered opposition from some nearby residents. The application from J. Spinelli Enterprises, which has an existing wood and farm container…
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Two critical after explosion
SOUTH AMBOY — Two people injured in an explosion that destroyed a onestory home last week remained in critical condition as of Tuesday afternoon, according to a hospital spokeswoman. A 49-year-old man and 33-year-old woman remained in the burn unit of Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, Essex County. The man was listed in critical…
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County introduces $5M emergency radio system
Officials say project will lead to ‘a more effective, better-coordinated response’ Middlesex County officials recently unveiled a new radio system aimed at improving reliability, security and effectiveness of emergency radio communications both on a daily basis and in the event of a large-scale crisis. Freeholder Mildred S. Scott, chairwoman of the county’s Law and Public…
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O’Leary will look back proudly on his service
As for future, longtime mayor says his ‘options are open’ BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Mayor John O’Leary said he would leave office later this year with only a positive eye to the past, present and future. “In my life, I have no regrets,” he said. The South Amboy Democratic Organization, of which…
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Sayreville board OKs scaled-back budget
Tab for 2010-11 includes $88 tax hike on avg. home BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The Sayreville Board of Education adopted a school budget last week that absorbs a $3.8 million slash in state aid while avoiding significant cuts to staff and programs. The 2010-11 budget, adopted in an 8-1 vote on March 30, totals…
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S. Amboy tab calls for 12 layoffs, 6% tax hike
School board changes initial proposal in order to restore some positions, programs BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The South Amboy Board of Education plans to cut 12 positions and raise taxes 6 percent in order to close a budget deficit caused by a reduction in state aid. The Board of Education found itself in a difficult…
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