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Activists urge boro officials to use TNR
Officials say advocates are welcome to trap, neuter animals without penalty BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Cat advocates came out in force Monday in hopes of persuading officials to use trap-neuter-release (TNR) methods as a way to alleviate the feral cat problem in the area. Borough officials said in response that they will not sanction…
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St. Thomas the Apostle School
St. Thomas the Apostle School students Brianna Bernath (l) and Isabella Fredericks place cutout figures of themselves on a wall in the auditorium of the Old Bridge school Tuesday. The room was being decorated in anticipation of Saturday’s event marking the school’s 50th anniversary. Story, page 14. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Around here, the in-box is always an adventure
Coda • GREG BEAN One thing I can say about my readers: they’re not shy about writing me concerning something I’ve opinionated over in this column. A few weeks back, for example, a frustrated John, from Hazlet, asked me where I get the ideas for my columns. I should point out that John has suggested…
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Councilman defends right to vote conscience, differ with party
Isn’t a water-rate increase just another tax? At the Feb. 8 Borough Council meeting, a resident questioned my opposition to the 13 percent water-rate increase. The reasoning was that a 13 percent increase was better than the 40 percent increase initially proposed and defeated in December, and that it is better to have the biggest…
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Meeting place, subject matter raise question
Iread with great interest the excusesM ayor Kennedy O’Brien gave for being at a Woodbridge hotel with developer Bob Kaye of the PRC Group and Deborah Lee of the Sayreville Planning Board (“Alleged Hotel Meeting at Center of Dispute,” Suburban, Feb. 25). On one hand, the mayor is correct. Developers often approach the mayor to…
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Suggests councilwoman join bipartisan effort
This is in response to the letter to the editor from East Brunswick Council member Camille Ferraro (“Where Did Assemblymen Get Tax-Increase Figure?”) that appeared in the March 4 Suburban. In her letter the council member supported Gov. Chris Christie’s executive order that took $5.4 million from the East Brunswick school district. She urges the…
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Robin Masarik Bogush
Mrs. Bogush, 52, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, formerly of the Melrose section of Sayreville, died March 2, 2010, in Overlook Hospital, Summit. She was employed as a substitute teacher for the past three years with the Sayreville, Old Bridge and Woodbridge school districts. Prior to that, she was a teacher at…
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Ida Susan Kish
Mrs. Kish, 77, of South River, died Jan. 28, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement in 1994, she was employed by Central Jersey Bank and Trust Co., East Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Daniel; two daughters, Deborah Kimball, and her husband, Robert, of Bowie, Md., and Vivian North,…
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Anna Penta
Mrs. Penta, 93, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 24, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Her husband, Marco, died in 1992. Surviving are two sons and daughters-inlaw, Frank and Iveth Penta and John and Connie Penta; a sister, Barbara Lucas; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A service was held at Michael Hegarty…
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