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• Colosseum club in Sayreville allowed to reopen

  Published: August 16, 2007, 5:47 pm

  Tags: Middlesex County

  The Colosseum nightclub in Sayreville is back in business, at least for the time being. Lawyers for the club and for the borough, which revoked the Colosseum's liquor license this week after a series of violent incidents, agreed today...

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• Edison apologizes to veterans for Indian flag switch

  Published: August 16, 2007, 5:40 pm

  Tags: Middlesex County

  Edison officials are apologizing for what they said was an unintended slight to veterans after the POW/MIA flag was removed from a pole outside Town Hall Wednesday so the Indian tricolor could fly below the American flag. "There was...

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• Police file charges against Sayreville nightclub

  Published: August 17, 2007, 4:19 pm

  Tags: Middlesex County

  The Sayreville Police Department charged the Colosseum nightclub today with violating the conditions of its liquor license, alleging that the club's owners failed to prevent fights and provide adequate security. The charges mean the club's owners will soon have...

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• Milltown sergeant pleads guilty to stealing $1,300

  Published: August 17, 2007, 6:21 pm

  Tags: Crime Courts, Middlesex County

  A Milltown police sergeant with 22 years on the force pleaded guilty today to a count of official misconduct, admitting he stole $1,300 from the Milltown Police Explorer Post 2000, a youth community-service club sponsored by the department. Eric...

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• Jury convicts New Brunswick teen of murder

  Published: August 17, 2007, 4:40 pm

  Tags: Crime Courts, Middlesex County

  An 18-year-old New Brunswick man buried his face in his hands and wept this afternoon when a jury in Middlesex County convicted him of killing a warehouse worker, who fell backward and struck his head after the defendant pushed...

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• How does your garden grow?

  Published: August 18, 2007, 6:55 am

  Tags: Events, Middlesex County

  Culture and horticulture are paired in a garden tour scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today by the Edison Arts Society. The second annual "Art in the Garden" tour allows visitors to wander through several exceptional private gardens...

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• Plane crashes at Raceway Park; two aboard unhurt

  Published: August 19, 2007, 9:48 pm

  Tags: Accident, Middlesex County, News

  A husband and wife escaped injury tonight when their small plane crash-landed at Raceway Park in Old Bridge just an hour after a nationally televised event ended, officials said. Shortly after 7 p.m., a Cessna single-engine plane attempting to...

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• Fire rages in Woodbridge

  Published: August 20, 2007, 7:18 am

  Tags: Fire, Middlesex County

  A general alarm fire is raging this morning inside a commercial building on East Essex Avenue in Woodbridge where two tanker trucks reportedly exploded. At 7 a.m., firefighters in the Port Reading section of the township were working to...

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• Tires burn at Woodbridge trucking company

  Published: August 20, 2007, 2:08 pm

  Tags: Fire, Middlesex County

  Tires in a storage shed at a Woodbridge trucking company caught fire this morning. More than 50 firefighters from 12 departments fought to keep the flames from spreading beyond the 20-by-30 foot shed....

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• State monitor critical of Plainfield, Elizabeth school districts

  Published: August 20, 2007, 8:35 pm

  Tags: Education, Essex County, Middlesex County, News, Ocean County, Union County

  Another half-dozen school districts have received critical report cards from the state's new monitoring teams, including woefully low grades for Plainfield schools in nearly every category. The state today released its second round of reports under its new monitoring...

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• $7K grant saves Perth Amboy concert series

  Published: August 22, 2007, 4:27 pm

  Tags: Entertainment, Middlesex County

  The Middlesex County freeholders came to the rescue of Perth Amboy's Concert by the Bay series today with a $7,000 grant to make certain the struggling nonprofit organization can stage its final performance of the summer. When Freeholder Director...

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• Artifacts found at proposed site of Monroe school

  Published: August 22, 2007, 8:01 pm

  Tags: Middlesex County

  In a second round of surveying, archaeologists found historical artifacts at the site where Monroe officials want to build a new high school, officials said today. Richard Grubb & Associates, a Cranbury-based firm, was hired by Monroe Township to...

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• Perth Amboy man killed in New Brunswick crash

  Published: August 23, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Accident, Middlesex County

  A Perth Amboy man was killed early this morning when his car swerved off Route 1 in New Brunswick and struck a utility pole, police said. Alejandro Vasco-Lopez, 23, was driving his 1996 Ford Taurus on Route 1 south...

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• E. Brunswick podiatrist pleads guilty to Medicare fraud

  Published: August 24, 2007, 3:18 pm

  Tags: Crime Courts, Middlesex County

  A podiatrist from East Brunswick pleaded guilty today to defrauding Medicare by billing for things like toenail clipping and foot massages and agreed to pay $1.2 million in restitution. The plea bargain for Ming C. Tung will settle criminal...

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• Fun for the kids

  Published: August 25, 2007, 7:54 am

  Tags: Events, Middlesex County

  Everyone's favorite little blue engine will chug his way into the State Theater in New Brunswick today at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. "Thomas & Friends Live! On Stage in Thomas Saves The Day" features actor David Torsiello, who...

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