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Senior gets celebrity treatment at prom
Theresa Goetz with her prom date Chunky and his friend Nick pose for pictures before boarding a limousine for the Old Bridge High School senior prom. OLD BRIDGE — Prom night is always a memorable occasion. For Theresa Goetz, it was also something of a dream come true, complete with a well-known date in a…
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Squad takes issue with new program, council
Boro entered five-year deal for Web-based program BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — First-aid volunteers are voicing opposition to a new automated system that was installed in order to improve response times for the town’s first-responders. Councilman David Kaiserman issued a statement in which he was critical of fellow governing body members for not…
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O’Leary: Allegations, rumors are baseless
BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — While Mayor John O’Leary was on vacation in St. Maarten last month, an anonymous multi-page letter was being circulated around the city accusing him of wrongdoing. According to published reports, the letter alleged that O’Leary and other city officials were under investigation for corrupt activity. The letter, which…
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School celebrates Army major’s homecoming
Children had maintained contact with officer in Iraq BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Students, decked out in red, white and blue and humming patriotic songs, paraded through the halls of the Goddard School of South Old Bridge on a rainy summer morning. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: U.S. Army Maj. John Orzol and wife…
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GOP officials, council candidate step down
Former chair says party is ‘in complete disarray’ BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Several of Sayreville’s Republican leaders are stepping down from active roles in the party, and a GOP candidate for Borough Council said this week that she is withdrawing from the race. Ron Green, who chaired the Sayreville Republican Organization until early June,…
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Traffic light honors memory of teenager
Family hopes signal prevents further tragedy at intersection BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writers Three years after an Old Bridge teenager was killed in a car accident, the efforts of family, friends and an entire community to make a busy intersection safer have finally been realized. JEFF GRANIT staff Family members of Ashley Barton, including parents…
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Eugene G. Iko
Mr. Iko, 66, of Effort, Pa., formerly of Helmetta and the Parlin section of Sayreville, died June 9, 2009, in Geisinger Hospital West, Wilkes Barre, Pa. Prior to his retirement in 2002, he was a bus driver for Cardinal McCarrick High School, South Amboy. His first wife, Christine Modzelewski Iko, died in 1999. Surviving are…
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Stephen K. Burgher
Mr. Burgher, 75, of Sayreville, died June 22, 2009, at home. He was predeceased by a daughter, Cynthia Burgher. Surviving are three children and their spouses, Stephen and Sue Burgher of Red Bank, Lori and Craig Bolte of Florida and Janice and James Aquafredda of Staten Island, N.Y.; a sister, Marion Lyzell; and six grandchildren.…
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Richard J. Bruno
Mr. Bruno, 61, of Lanoka Harbor, died June 18, 2009, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was a system engineer and district manager at AT&T, Bedminster, for 33 years, retiring in 1998. He is survived by his wife, Diane Karkut Bruno; two sons and daughtersin law, Michael and Katherine of Matawan; and Christopher and Vanessa…
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