Tag: Sayreville
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Sayreville school officials will decide whether or not to lift mask mandate
SAYREVILLE – When the state’s mask mandate is lifted on March 7, the Sayreville School District is scheduled to announce a decision on whether masks will be optional for all individuals in the district’s schools on March 4. In a Feb. 14 newsletter, Superintendent of Schools Richard Labbe said he will be monitoring health conditions…
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Sayreville native serves aboard floating airport
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Cote, a native of Sayreville, serves the U.S. Navy aboard one of the world’s largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. Cote joined the Navy two years ago. Today, Cote serves as a nuclear machinist’s mate. “Both my mother and father served in the Navy,”…
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Lone occupant of house on Kuberski Drive found deceased after fire
SAYREVILLE – A fatal residential fire in Sayreville is under investigation. Emergency personnel responded to the fire at Kuberski Drive on Feb. 2 at 2:18 a.m. According to Sayreville Fire Marshal Kevin Krushinski, it took 30 minutes to get the fire under control and an hour to extinguish the fire. Fire personnel from neighboring municipalities…
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Sayreville officials reconsider bus depot at field named for veteran
SAYREVILLE – School and borough officials in Sayreville are pursuing potential locations for a proposed bus depot after public objection to placing the complex on a baseball field dedicated to a resident killed in the Vietnam War. Since January, residents have protested against the bus depot being built at a baseball and softball complex on…
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Sayreville GOP names new Republican chair; previous chair will focus on council campaign
SAYREVILLE – The Sayreville GOP held its first committee meeting of the year on Jan. 19, and the first order of business was to install a new chairperson. The previous chair, Donna Roberts, announced that she will step down from the position in order to concentrate on her campaign to retain her Sayreville Borough Council…
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Sixth grade Social Studies teacher spent 30 years teaching in Sayreville
SAYREVILLE – Following over three decades of service to the Sayreville School District, a teacher at the Sayreville Middle School (SMS) is retiring from her position. The retirement of Margaret Fallon was announced at the Board of Education’s Jan. 18 meeting. Board members honored her retirement, which be effective on July 1, the first day…
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Mikell’s Plot celebrates 25th anniversary with album, tour
SAYREVILLE – A Sayreville-based band is celebrating its 25th anniversary with shows across the country. Members of Mikell’s Plot performed their first show of 2022 on Jan. 21 at The Saint in Asbury Park. Their second show was held on Jan. 28 at Bourre in Atlantic City. While the band is beginning the year in…
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Organ donation in New Jersey reaches record high in 2021
NJ Sharing Network, the nonprofit, federally-designated organization responsible for the recovery of organ and tissue donation in the state, announced the number of organ donors in a single year reached an all-time high as 233 individuals in New Jersey gave the gift of life in 2021. Last year’s record underscores the trend of growing support…
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Crumbling Cheesequake Creek jetty receives $30 million in federal boost for rebuild
OLD BRIDGE – Construction to rebuild the crumbling stone rock Cheesequake Creek jetty, which services marinas in Old Bridge, Sayreville and South Amboy, is expected to begin in Fiscal Year 2024. That is when Joseph Seebode, deputy district engineer and chief of programs and project management for the New York District of the U.S. Army…