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Library Friends to sponsor Book Sale
The Friends of the Old Bridge Public Library will hold its annual Book Sale 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. May 30 and 31, 1-4:30 p.m. June 1, and 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. June 2-4 at the library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Books for all ages, magazines, comics, graphic novels, music CDs, audiobooks and DVDs will…
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South Amboy unveils tab as mayoral primary looms
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — City residents would see a tax increase if the 2014 budget is adopted as proposed. The City Council has introduced a budget that carries an annual increase of nearly $88 on the average home. Business Administrator Camille Tooker said the major factors impacting this year’s $15.7 million budget…
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Youngsters invited to Scout open house
Cub Scout Pack No. 136, Old Bridge, will host a Spring Open House Fun Night 7-8 p.m. May 30 at Knights of Columbus Hall, 61 Pine St., Old Bridge. The evening, which is open to boys in kindergarten-fourth grades, will feature games, prizes and ice cream. A free gift will go to youngsters who register…
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Elks to sponsor Memorial Day picnic
East Brunswick Elks Lodge No. 2370 will hold its annual Memorial Day Picnic 1:30-6 p.m., rain or shine, May 25 on the grounds at the lodge, Oakmont Avenue and Hardenburg Lane. Live entertainment will be provided by The KoverUp Band. Cost is $15 for Elks members, $20 for adult guests, $7 for youngsters ages 11-18;…
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Rock, country band performs in Sayreville
The Cultural Arts Council of the Borough of Sayreville will hold a soft rock/country performance by the William Hart Strecker Band at 7:30 p.m. June 3 at the senior center, Main Street, Sayreville. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be served. All ages are welcome. For more information, call 732-690- 4712.
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Workshops to explore backyard conservation
The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will hold a series of free workshops about backyard conservation on June 7, rain or shine, at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. A presentation on New Jersey’s invasive species will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon, discussing how homeowners…
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Jury awards $2 million to injured Lakewood man
NEW BRUNSWICK — A Middlesex County jury returned a $2 million verdict May 7 on behalf of a man who was severely injured in a motor vehicle accident in 2009. “It is very satisfying to receive a just result for an injured client,” said attorney Brian Yesalonis of Martin Kane Kuper, a law firm based…
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Options exist to keep the elderly at home
Most people do not wake up one day and decide they want to move into a nursing home. Traditionally, they live there because they have medical and personal needs that cannot be met at home. As a former nursing home administrator and current New Jersey long-term-care ombudsman, I think I can state with some authority…
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Old Bridge councilman answers criticism
I n response to Joe Martin’s letter to the Suburban, published May 15 (“Resident Unhappy With Councilman’s Term”), I would like to retort that taxes were raised in the last two years, but only slightly, as Mayor Owen Henry and his administration have succeeded in cutting the municipal budget by more than $3 million while…
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