Tag: Old Bridge Township
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Nearly 400 students perform in district-wide concert at Old Bridge High School
OLD BRIDGE – After a two-year hiatus, nearly 400 students from elementary schools across Old Bridge returned to the stage for a live musical performance. With 11 different schools represented, the district-wide concert featured five different ensembles performed by fourth and fifth graders. On June 2, an audience of friends, family and faculty populated the…
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Old Bridge boys volleyball squad brings home third state championship in 2021 campaign
OLD BRIDGE – Embodying “mental toughness” would be the best way, in the words of Coach Andrew Hopman, to describe the frame of mind his Old Bridge High School boys volleyball team had this past spring. Focusing on only what they could control in every match they competed in during the 2021 campaign, Hopman saw…
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OBHS athlete makes history as first from school to commit to NCAA Division I girls tennis
OLD BRIDGE – Tennis has become a big sport in the Kharkover household. Mom Irina got both her daughters, Pauline and Olivia, into the sport and the two have blossomed into fine tennis players. Pauline Kharkover is currently competing for the Drexel University women’s tennis team after walking onto the team during her freshman year,…
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Three teens stitch together t-shirt business
A year after its inception, a clothing company continues to expand through the efforts of the three high school students who own it. Ryan Gonzalez of Sayreville, Dylan Oswick of Old Bridge and Wade Edwin of Aberdeen are the owners of Energy Supply Clothing Co., which distributes original clothing designs from the students. All three…
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Cheesequake Elementary School may close as early as next year due to state aid cuts
OLD BRIDGE – Cheesequake Elementary School, one of the 12 elementary schools in the Old Bridge Township Public School District, is on the chopping block as school officials continue to reel on how best to handle the sudden reduction in state aid. “Cheesequake is our only Blue Ribbon school, it is a great school ……
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Candidates elected in Old Bridge plan to improve school system
OLD BRIDGE — Come January, a former board member and two newcomers will fill the three, three-year term seats on the Old Bridge Board of Education. Newcomer Lisa Lent-Miller garnered the most votes with 3,417, followed by former board member Matthew Sulikowski with 3,301 and newcomer Jill DeCaro with 3,298 to win the seats on…
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Old Bridge children surprised with memorable Christmas
By JESSICA HARDING Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE – On Christmas Eve, three families were showered with kindness and given a Christmas celebration worth remembering. Residents of the Old Bridge community took the time to visit the Bush Center and surprise three families who were in need of a Christmas miracle. These three families had recently lost their homes…