OLDBRIDGE ALL AROUND
VOL 5, NO 2
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OB OLD BRIDGE
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Pursuing Progress
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Mayor's office of Economic Development
A Publication for the community of Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH PARKS AND RARITAN BAY CENTER BREAKS GROUND RECREATION ON NEW EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT Latest addition will more than double the facility’s current footprint CELEBRATES Hackensack Meridian Health Raritan Bay PARTNERSHIP Medical C enter Old Bridge broke ground in WITH DUPONT October on its new Emergency Department, a $39 CORP. million investment that Old Bridge Township’s Parks and Recreation Department celebrated its new partnership with the DuPont Corporation with a special kickoff of the Camp ROBIN Friday Nights Teen Program on Friday, Oct. 4, with special guests Mayor Owen Henry and employees from DuPont in attendance. DuPont sponsored the first night of activities for the Friday Nights, which included a Game Truck, bingo, crafts, and games. The evening concluded with an Ice Cream Social where DuPont employees helped the campers make ice cream sundaes. The community partnership between DuPont’s Parlin site and Old Bridge Township is a result of summer meetings between DuPont and Matt Mercurio, Director of Parks and Recreation and Anahita Feltz, Manager of Silver Linings at Old Bridge, and the Old Bridge Food Bank. An initial $7,500 donation was made to Camp ROBIN by DuPont to fund various items and programs. The donation has gone Continued on page 2
will encompass 24,000 s qu a re f e e t – m ore than double the facility’s current footprint. “At Hackensack Meridian Health, our focus Continued on page 22
GIVE2THOSE ANNUAL EIGHT-DAY STRIDE AND RIDE RELAY MAKES STOP IN OLD BRIDGE FOR MOVING 9/11 CEREMONY The annual Give2Those eightday Stride and Ride Relay came to Old Bridge on Oct. 8, 2019, where it began the morning with a special assembly at the Ellen McDermott Grade 9 Center, greeted by student cheers as organization members entered the building. Afterward, Mayor Owen Henry officiated over a moving ceremony at the Municipal Complex, welcoming the charity group to Old Bridge Township. Give2Those charity founder Heather Viveiros paid tribute to the 15 Old Bridge
residents lost on Sept. 11, 2001 by presenting Mayor Henry with a wooden American Flag plaque bearing the names of those residents. During the ceremony, a special Purple Heart plaque was also presented in honor of Old Bridge resident Robert “Skip” Kitchen. It was accepted on behalf of the Kitchen family by Skip’s lifelong friend, Michael Chonery. The plaque was created by Doug Pickel, who is the only civilian permitted to make the Purple Heart plaques. Continued on page 30
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