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Remembering 9/11
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Top right: Family members, guests, township officials and representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion take part in a silent tribute at the Middletown WTC Memorial Gardens in honor of the 37 Middletown residents lost on Sept. 11, 2001. Above: Members of the Old Bridge Township Council…
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South River school referendum lists building repairs, upgrades
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH RIVER — Voters will have a say in the future of the borough’s school district when a referendum is held on Sept. 30. The $10.1 million project covers proposed upgrades at all of the schools and the administration building, and would fund building additions and repairs, and technology updates. Three…
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A walk in the woods
Walking the marked hiking trails at the John A. Phillips Preserve in Old Bridge, Eric Gehring found it hard to pass by the blueberries. The fruit provided a treat for Gehring and Scott Meyler, both of the Middlesex County Office of Parks and Recreation, and anyone else walking at Phillips, which has almost 5 miles…
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Trail system showcases county’s natural areas
By JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent Patrick Roxbury and Catherine Juliano stroll through the Phillips Preserve in Old Bridge. On a late-summer day that was sunny and warm with low humidity, a couple walked a marked, wooded trail in the John A. Phillips Preserve in Old Bridge. “We’ve come out a few times,” said Patrick Roxbury, 32.…
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Lodzinski in court in son’s murder 23 years ago
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Michelle Lodzinski, 46, sits beside attorney Gerald Krovatin in state Superior Court in the Middlesex County Courthouse, New Brunswick, during her Sept. 16 arraignment on charges that she murdered her 5-year-old son in 1991. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR More than 23 years after 5-year-old Timothy Wiltsey disappeared, his mother,…
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Later school start time sought for teens
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer School officials in some local districts say delaying the start of the school day is not feasible due in part to conflicts with busing schedules and after-school activities. Parents know all too well the battle of pulling teenagers out of bed to go to school. Karen Famiglietti would like to…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Tantsu Sheng competes in a senior table-tennis match at the Monroe Township Community Center on Sept. 9.
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Bulletin Board
– FirstEnergy Corp. offers STEM education grants New Jersey educators can apply for FirstEnergy Corp.’s education grants for the 2014-15 school year by Sept. 19. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) classroom grants of up to $500 will be awarded for creative, individual classroom projects for prekindergarten through grade 12. For more information on grant…
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Man’s body recovered in East Brunswick house explosion
By Jeremy Grossman EAST BRUNSWICK — A man’s body was found in the ruins of a house that was destroyed in an The ruins of an East Brunswick home are taped off following a Sept. 16 explosion. Photo by Jeremy Grossmanexplosion and fire, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey and Deputy Chief William Krause…
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