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Pursuing Progress
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Mayor's office of Economic Development
VOL 6, NO 8
A Publication for the community of Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE OBSSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE KINDERGARTEN MIXER EVENT AT GRILLSTONE people, which included a com- weathered the storm we have all REGISTRATION bination of members and guests, experienced with COVID. We SET FOR Chamber Board members and want to thank all the members Township officials. We had a who came out for the event. 2021-2022 great turnout and we are poised It was great to see all of you! to build on our relationships Now we are positioned to SCHOOL YEAR David Lee. Hernandez, OBSSA with the small business owners build our businesses and our Pre-registration for the 20202021 Kindergarten class is open. There will be no in-person registration at this time. All students must be pre-registered to attend in the Fall. The pre-registration link can be found on the district home page at https://www.oldbridgeadmin. org. The completion of the pre-registration will be used to hold your spot by date and time. At the end of the pre-registration, before clicking on “Submit to District”, you must download the Kindergarten 2021-2022 packet. Instructions on how to complete the forms are included in the packet. Please make sure you have made a copy of all original documents and reviewed the checklist. Do not send any original documents. After the packet is completed, you can scan the documents as a pdf file to centralregistration@obps.org , mail, or drop all documents in an envelope with your child’s name and school on it, effective March 1. Individual images of documents will not be accepted. To scan, you can download a free app called ScanPro on your phone to create the pdf Continue on page 19
Chamber of Commerce,President / Rich Bruno,Vice- President / Anthony Cosentino, Trustee
On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, we had our first in-person event for our Chamber members and guests in over 15 months! The event was hosted by Grillstone Restaurant on Route 516 and was attended by almost 50
of the communities we serve. relationships even further, with The gathering was so per- a great lineup of future events sonable and engaging, some- for our chamber members. thing I can say as a Chamber This series of events will bring Board member we have been Continue on page 11 so anxious to get back to. We had a chance to meet some new business owners, while re-uniting with many other business owners who have
RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION RAISES NEARLY $150,000 AT GOLF OUTING
On May 3, Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation raised nearly $150,000 at a golf outing that took place at Manasquan River Golf Club in Brielle in support of the Emergency Department expansion project taking place at Hackensack Meridian Raritan
Bay Medical Center. Nearly 100 golfers participated in the event, which followed all CDC, state and local safety guidelines. “We could not have asked for a more perfect day, with a more genuine and dedicated group of golfers,” says Melissa Magyar, executive director, Raritan Bay Medical Center Foundation. “We recognize that many people are still being impacted by COVID19, but for this one, glorious day, when we could all safely gather together in support of an immensely important fundraising initiative, it felt wonderful. I am so grateful to everyone who supported the golf outing and
who answered our call to help ensure that we are able to provide Old Bridge and the surrounding communities with the best possible emergency care services.” Construction of the new Emergency Department at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge, part of a $39 million investment, began in 2019. In April 2021, the medical center opened phase one of the project: a new concourse, café and front patient/visitor parking lot, all part of the transformation. The new Emergency Department is slated to open in February 2022, however Continue on page 21
JUNE 2021