Tag: Old Bridge School District
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Old Bridge High School teen initiates food collection campaign
OLD BRIDGE – An Old Bridge High School (OBHS) sophomore initiated a campaign to collect food for the Community Food Bank of New Jersey because he said he wanted to raise awareness about the severity of hunger among high school students. Matea Mandic, who was selected as part of the Teen Leadership Council for the…
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Old Bridge to hold town forum on opioid crisis on April 30
A Mayor’s Town Forum on the opioid crisis will be held at 6:30 p.m. on April 30 at the Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay Medical Arts Building, 3 Hospital Plaza, Old Bridge. Guest speakers will include Dr. Bonnie Nolan, Addiction Services coordinator for Peer Recovery in Woodbridge; and William F. DiStanislao, vice president, Operations &…
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AJ Silvestri reaches beyond Old Bridge to collect more than 175K letters for Macy’s Believe campaign
OLD BRIDGE — Last year, AJ Silvestri accepted a challenge from Old Bridge Schools Superintendent David Cittadino to collect 125,000 letters for the Make-A-Wish Foundation through the Macy’s Believe campaign – and then raised more than 50,000 more. AJ, a freshman at Old Bridge High School, collected some 175,987 letters. On Dec. 7, with the help…
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Old Bridge School District provides special education and related services
The Old Bridge School District provides special education and related services to disabled students ages 3 to 21 who are in need of special education. For children ages 3 to 5, preschool disabled means an identified disabling condition and/or measurable developmental impairment that requires special education and related services. If a person resides within the…
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Young Old Bridge boy makes Top 8 in Season 6 of MasterChef Junior
OLD BRIDGE — Anthony Martino Jr.’s love of cooking started with helping his dad, Anthony, make Darth Vader shaped and food coloring pancakes. “I was about four or five years old,” he recalled. The love only grew from there. Coming from a big Italian family, Anthony drew inspiration from his grandparents — JoAnne and Danny…
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Former cast members to reprise roles from 19 years ago
OLD BRIDGE — It all started with the fab five — Jimmy Smith, Nicky Torre, Matthew Arvelo, Dana Rafferty and Tommy Antoniazzi — 19 years ago. At the time, Debbie Goncalves was a special education teacher at James McDivitt Elementary School in Old Bridge. “The kids, who have all special needs, wanted to participate in…
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Fishing event will encourage Old Bridge youth to stay drug-free
For the eighth year, the Old Bridge Municipal Alliance for the Prevention of Substance Abuse will sponsor the Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) event in cooperation with the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse; Old Bridge Office of the Mayor; Parks, Recreation and Social Services; Old Bridge Police Department; and Old Bridge Township…
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Old Bridge eighth grader helps make wishes of others come true
OLD BRIDGE — Year after year AJ Silvestri, an eighth grader at Carl Sandburg Middle School, sets out to essentially beat his mission of collecting as many letters for the Make-A-Wish Foundation through Macy’s Believe campaign. This year, AJ, himself a Make-A-Wish kid, collected a record number 78,257 letters. With the help of supporters including…
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Old Bridge School District presents ‘SCREENAGERS’ Nov. 15
The Old Bridge School District will show the movie “SCREENAGERS,” a film about students growing up in the digital age, as part of its first Parent University series, at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Ellen McDermott Grade Nine Center, 4209 County Road 516, Matawan. The Parent University evening includes exhibitions in the cafeteria, along…