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      January 26, 2012  RSS feed
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      Third-graders Kaitlyn Heck (l) and Madeline Jensen read a story aloud to 7-year-old Great Dane Markus during the Paws for Reading afterschool program at Walter M. Schirra School in Old Bridge Jan. More...
      Old Bridge BOE mulls moving election date
      Board election would be moved to Nov.; budgets under cap would be kept off ballot
      BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI
      Staff Writer

      The Old Bridge Board of Education election date may soon be on the move, thanks to new legislation signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie last week. More...

       Bulletin Board
      • Spaces available at 4-H Craft Fair
      4-H of Middlesex County is looking for crafters and vendors of new items to take part in a Craft Fair set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 3 at the 4-H Center, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Registration fee is $30 per space; price includes an 8-foot table and two chairs. To reserve or for more information, call Mary Lou Conover at 732-251-3528. More...
      • Boot Camp, Zumba to aid Sacred Heart
      • Teens invited to play Werewolves at library
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       Letters
      • Deferred compensation put us in a tough spot
      I read in Greg Bean’s recent column of his and others’ displeasure with public workers’ sick and vacation day buy-backs and other benefits they receive when retiring. You are right that some of these stories are appalling, but perhaps you vent your spleen in the wrong direction. More...
      • Governer thanked for crackdown on fraudulent contractors
      • Grateful for information on, support of shelter
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       Greg Bean's Column
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      No more Twinkies? Now that’s a real nightmare
      Here are three stories you might have missed due to the 24/7 coverage of the South Carolina Republican primary and Newt Gingrich’s marital peccadilloes last week. We start with Zingers and Ding Dongs: More...
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       Obituaries
      • Judith Gomberg Lissy
      Mrs. Lissy, of Boynton, Beach, Fla., formerly of Philadelphia, Old Bridge and Monroe, died Dec. 22, 2011. Surviving are her husband, Alan Lissy; a son, David Lissy, and his wife, Suzanne, and a daughter, Jacqueline Brustein, and her husband, Michael; and five grandchildren, Julia, Sarah and Dylan Lissy and Jonah and Eve Brustein. More...
      • Matthew A. Sulikowski II
      • Elsie Rodriguez
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       Schools
      • Split board rehires official to serve as fill-in principal
      Board president contends decision will take $30K - $40K away from students
      SAYREVILLE — The Board of Education narrowly voted to hire former Assistant Superintendent Carla Sutherland to serve as a substitute principal for Sayreville War Memorial High School. More...
      • School sets ‘Wizard,’ character breakfast
      • Students participate in regional DECA marketing challenge
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       Sports
      • article has image Chivas USA taps MU’s Allen in MLS supplemental draft
      Old Bridge native is third Hawk in last two years selected by an MLS team
      Monmouth University senior All- American R.J. Allen was selected by Chivas USA in the Major League Soccer (MLS) supplemental draft. Chivas USA, which plays its home matches in the LosAngeles suburb of Carson, selected the Hawks’ defender with the fifth pick in the supplemental draft. More...
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      • Young Knights have bright future in track and field
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