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Flower Cart Florist
Cristina Rybak of Flower Cart Florist shows how to create an attractive bouquet arrangement during a demonstration at the Old Bridge Public Library Friday. The event was held just in time for Valentine’s Day. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Preserving farm for open space would be a winner
Coda • GREG BEAN When we bought our old house in East Brunswick in the fall of 1997, one of the biggest selling points was the fact that we could look out our living room window to the Foerter Farm across the road. The farm — a 30-acre parcel between Riva Avenue and Farrington Lake…
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Drivers must yield right of way to pedestrians
I would like to respond to Taj Ahmad’s letter to the editor, “Pedestrians Should Be More Alert When Crossing” (Suburban, Jan. 21). Although pedestrians should stop and look before crossing the street, Mr. Ahmad failed to mention that by law, pedestrians have the right of way. Drivers must stop to let pedestrians cross the street…
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Encourages council support of Call to Service resolution
The Old Bridge Township Council will be voting on a Call to Service Summit resolution on Monday, Feb. 8. We are hopeful that the council will embrace this initiative to encourage greater civic participation and showcase leadership opportunities on township boards and commissions. Most residents don’t know how to get involved or what opportunities exist.…
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Leprechauns rate praise for hard work, winning season
We would like to congratulate all Sayreville Leprechauns football teams and cheer squads on an awesome 2009 season. All the football teams had winning regular-season records, with the PeeWees team advancing to the playoffs and the Midgets team becoming the 2009 Division 3 Central Jersey champions. The cheer squads were amazing, with the Jr. PeeWee…
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Americans cherish right to speak out on elections
We do not burn books. It is as simple as that. Greater Media Newspapers columnist Greg Bean’s article castigating the recent Supreme Court decision Citizens United rested on a principle as old as the Republic itself. The government cannot censor materials published by American citizens, no matter how rich or powerful they are. This is…
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Philip Piccolo
Mr. Piccolo, 67, of the Toms River section of Dover, died Jan. 8, 2010, at Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River. Prior to his retirement, he was employed for six years as the assistant school business administrator for the Holmdel Board of Education. He was predeceased by his first wife, Sally Bungay Piccolo; a son, Joseph…
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Raymond Peter Reisert
Mr. Reisert, 77, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 16, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Mildred Reisert; a son, Russell Reisert, and his wife, Patty, of Spotswood; two daughters, Renee Austin, and her husband, Dave, of Spotswood and Rosalind Nordstrom of Old Bridge; and seven grandchildren. A Mass was…
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Beatrice L. Cirbus
Mrs. Cirbus, 87, of Matawan, died Jan. 20, 2010, in Madison Care Center, Old Bridge. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Phyllis; a daughter, Beth; a sister, Anne Petersen; a niece, Joan Petersen; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A family gathering took place at Old Bridge Funeral Home. A service was held at…
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