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September 4, 2008
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Allen Livingston of the Raritan Bay Cougars Junior Pee-Wee team eludes a pack of defenders from Piscataway during a game at Dan Harvey Memorial Field in Old Bridge Sunday. The Cougars held a family fun night at the field on Saturday to usher in the first home games of the season the f... More...
Homeowners, town seek funds to complete work at development

Old Bridge is suing a bond company on behalf of the Farrington Ridge housing development, after Kara Homes went bankrupt and residents were left in the lurch. The lawsuit will seek to obtain performance bond money from the Bond Safeguard Insurance Co. More...


Several people have jumped to death from Rt. 35 bridge

After yet-another person jumped to his death from the Victory Bridge on Aug. 17, the state is looking at ways to reduce the likelihood of this happening again. More...


Black lab was able to sniff out narcotics during searches

SAYREVILLE — For almost 13 years, Detective Joe Wolski had a four-legged partner on the police force. Cody, a black Labrador who could detect drugs, was that partner until the pooch retired in May 2007. He died this summer at the age of 14. More...


Hercules Inc. was recently dealt a blow in its attempt to overturn the borough of Sayreville's denial of the manufacturer's request to subdivide its property, but its court battle is not over. A state Superior Court judge on Friday denied Hercules' request for summary judgment against the borough... More...


Spotswood '06 grad. served in Iraq since early this summer

ASpotswood resident who was recently deployed to Iraq was killed last week when an improvised explosive device went off in the area where he was working in Baghdad. U.S. Army Spc. Michael Gonzalez, 20, was described by those who knew him as a polite young man who aspired to be a police officer. More...


The Association of Home-Based Travel Agents will hold its next seminar at 6 p.m. Sept. 9 at the East Grand Buffet, 6 Edgeboro Road, East Brunswick. All travel agents and associates are invited. Membership is not required. More...
I was in Roosevelt Park in Edison with my 4-year-old son in July. We walked past two Indian boys, who were approximately 8 years old, who were playing on the slides. One said to the other that "Indians have hundreds of Gods and they are the only ones that are alive. More...
New Jersey Senate President Richard J. Codey (D-Essex) issued a press release last week calling for action to be taken regarding the practice of school administrators who "obtain degrees from unaccredited and questionable colleges and universities. More...
City could have avoided fight with a better offer
Ihave never met the Rev. Kevin Brown, the guy the city of Long Branch is trying to evict from his apartment and his church so that a group of private developers can tear the building down to make way for the Broadway Arts Center redevelopment. More...
Honey, I lost the keys to all of these darned houses
A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson — a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist — and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. More...
Patricia Ann Mascia, 67, of Manchester and formerly of Marlboro and Old Bridge, died Aug. 21, 2008, at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. She worked as a nurse for the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven, Conn., for many years and as a home health care and dialysis nurse. Surviving are ... More...
PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Top: Laverna Tatem (l) and Dawn Teple, both of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, cheer on the Raritan Bay Cougars Junior Pee-Wees during the 9- and 10-year-olds game Sunday at Dan Harvey Memorial Field, off Cheesequake Road. Above: Scorekeeper Oscar Overby keeps his... More...