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      September 3, 2009  RSS feed
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      JEFF GRANIT staff Members of the Sayreville War Memorial High School Marching Band put on their first public performance of the season Aug. 27. The 40 students in seventh through 12th grades spent five days last week learning music, precision marching and show designs as they prepared for the upcoming 2009-10 USSBA Group 1 competition season. More...
      Coughlin wins vote to run for Assembly
      Former Edison municipal judge, Fords resident will run alongside John Wisniewski in November
      BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer

      After what Middlesex County Democratic Party Chairman Joseph Spicuzzo called a “tough choice,” the 272 committee members who came out last night voted for Craig J. Coughlin as their choice to run for the District 19 Assembly race this November. More...

      Republicans select new candidate for council
      Parties gearing up for November election race
      BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer

      The Republican Party has chosen a replacement candidate to run for Sayreville Borough Council this fall. The GOP has chosen Nick Perrette, a Sayreville resident for the past 16 years, to run alongside Frank Bella for the two available seats Nov. 3. More...


      O.B. man arrested on cockfighting charges
      Police say he ran training den on his Route 9 property
      BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer

      AOld Bridge Township man was charged with 114 counts of animal cruelty last week after authorities discovered that his home doubled as an alleged training den for cockfighting. More...


       Bulletin Board
      • Main Street to stage 'Nuts' Sept. 11-26
      The Main Street Theatre Company will present its Actor Series production of Tom Topor's "Nuts" at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 11-26, and 2 p.m. on Sept. 20, at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin section of Sayreville. More...
      • Registration on tap for autism golf event
      • Special-needs soccer seeking teen buddies
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       Letters
      • Catch-and-kill programs do not stop breeding
      We appreciate many of the sentiments about respecting the lives of cats expressed by Gloria Blumig in her letter to the editor, "Against TNR for Many Reasons, None of Which Is Money" (Suburban, Aug. 6). As the only national advocacy group dedicated to stray and feral cats, we believe that cats' lives have value. More...
      • If majority opposed bypass, why would committee vote for it?
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       Editorials
      • article has image A real case of puppy love
      Ialways wanted a dog. From the time I was a child, if anyone asked me what I wanted for my birthday, without hesitation I answered, "a dog." Since we did not have a backyard for a dog to roam around in, my parents did not think it would be a good idea to have one. They suggested that I get a dog when I was married with a house and a big backyard. More...
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       Greg Bean's Column
      • article has image Anonymous cretins, beware: George is coming after you
      The righteous jihad against the anonymous cockroaches who hide in the darkness — slavering and mumbling to themselves like Gollum in a Tolkien pageturner — to post libelous and defamatory comments about their fellow human beings on the Internet is moving more rapidly than I could have predicted. More...
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       Obituaries
      • Ted F. Nieratko
      Mr. Nieratko, 67, of Sayreville, died Aug. 24, 2009, at home. He was employed for the past 21 years as a maintenance mechanic for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Piscataway. Prior to that, where worked for 10 years in the Fabric and Finish Division, E.I. DuPont, Parlin section of Sayreville. More...
      • Rosemary Sheedy Toomey
      • Thomas P. Stary
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       Sports
      • O'Reilly, Sky Blue reflect on unlikely championship
      East Brunswick native scores winning goal for first-year team
      Despite a tight squeeze into the tournament, Sky Blue FC of New Jersey finished on top at the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) Championships on Aug. 22, with East Brunswick's Heather O'Reilly scoring the game-winning goal. More...
      • article has image Yonchiuk hopes to get Bears off on right foot
      • Sayreville boys looking to top last year's effort
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