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VOL 1, NO 8
SHOPPES AT OLD BRIDGE CELEBRATES 10 YEARS
OB RIDGE 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
BUGLER BRUCE WALKER HONORS VETERANS
Bruce Walker recently recalled attending the funeral of a fellow Old Bridge resident several years ago. The man being laid to rest was an Air Force veteran. As is custom at military funerals, the haunting melody of Taps was played. Unfortunately, according to
Walker, something wasn’t quite right. “It sounded so bad,” Walker remembered. “I looked at the guy (‘playing’ the bugle) and he wasn’t blowing. It was fake. It sounded like a kazoo.” The problem, Walker found out through doing some research, was
that the military could not provide a live bugler so the honor guard would use fake bugles with a recording device inside. In 2000 Congress passed legislation stating that at least two uniformed members of the military would attend the funeral of a veteran. The honor guard would fold and present the flag to family members, and one of them would sound Taps. The problem was, the military only had 500 buglers in its ranks that could play the song, which dates back to the Civil War. So recordings were used – sometimes with terrible results. “The battery on the device would die, or the recording would stop,” Walker says. “I saw a video online of a guy at a funeral and the device quits half way in. He couldn’t fix it and he couldn’t play and he had this look of horror on his face.” Inspired to do something, Walker Continued on page 10
FAMILY CONNECTION TO CANCER INSPIRES THOUGHTFUL GIFT The Shoppes at Old Bridge invites you to join our 10-year anniversary event on May 6, from 12-3pm where we will celebrate a decade of community, family, shopping, and dining! The Shoppes are thankful for support from the Old Bridge Township community, the retailers at The Shoppes and most importantly the amazing shoppers! The celebration will be filled with Continued on page 10
Michael D’Agnes, FACHE (right), president of Raritan Bay Medical Center, thanks incoming board chair, Time O’Brien (left) for his gift to support oncology at Raritan Bay-Old Bridge. Like many families, Tim O’Brien and his wife, Colleen, have been touched by cancer, and their desire to give back to Raritan Bay stems from their personal experience with the disease. So Tim, a long-time foundation board member and incoming board chair this year, Continued on page 21
LOCAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADES see page 16 MAY 2017
@a GLANCE INSIDE
AMBOY BANK OPENS IN CHEESEQUAKE AREA SEE PAGE 2 CULTURAL ARTS PAINT NIGHT SEE PAGE 16 SENIOR SUMMIT SEE PAGE 19 EVENING WITH CBS SPORTS ANCHOR SEE PAGE 19 RARITAN BAY DONORS RECOGINIZED SEE PAGE 21
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Mayors Message pg3 Think Old Bridge pg4 Old Bridge Library pg6 Living Stones pg12 In Memoriam pg14 Coupons pg23