Author: Donna Kenyon, Executive Editor
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Newspaper group grows in central NJ
Business owner Richard Donnelly is expanding his catalog of newspapers to nearly three dozen with the purchase of the Sun Newspaper group and an agreement to buy Greater Media Newspapers in central New Jersey, it was announced Aug. 23 by Greater Media Publisher and General Manager Ben Cannizzaro. Donnelly said the new acquisitions will come…
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Redevelopment plan moves forward
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — The Amboy Avenue redevelopment plan is moving closer to its final form. John Barree of Heyer, Gruel & Associates gave an update at the July 18 Planning Board meeting. The purpose of his presentation was to gain the Planning Board’s approval that the plan aligns with the master plan.…
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Plan for doctor’s office approved despite objections from neighbors
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — A proposal to keep a doctor’s office as a doctor’s office faced significant pushback from residents at a zoning meeting on June 28. Neighbors objected to the application to allow an existing doctor’s office inside a residence at 400 Plainfield Road to be leased to a doctor who would…
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On campus
Fords woman graduates Monmouth University Kate Latkovich of the Fords section of Woodbridge graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in music from Monmouth University in West Long Branch on May 13.
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Clara Barton redevelopment discussed
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — Heyer, Gruel and Associates’ recommendations for rehabilitating the Clara Barton district of the township were met with mixed reactions at the April 6 community meeting. At the meeting, one of the firm’s principals, Susan Gruel, presented what she called a framework for improving the area. “It’s a great area,…
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Fords Jewelers celebrates 45 years
By DONNA KENYON Executive Editor The reasons people shop at Fords Jewelers have not changed in 45 years. “People know we have such a good selection of items and top brand names. With engagement rings, we were selling to the second generation in families. Now we are selling to the third generation. It is the…
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Monmouth University students schedule events
Editor’s note: These items were submitted to Greater Media Newspapers by students at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, as part of course work. Stingers site of fundraiser At an event on April 14 at Stingers Night Club at 656 Ocean Ave in Long Branch, a group of students from Monmouth University will raise money…
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YMCA celebrates 26 years of learning, caring
By DONNA KENYON Executive Editor Success may be measured in many ways, but when it comes to guiding and serving a community’s most precious resource, the YMCA has succeeded for 26 years and counting. On Jan. 1, 1990, in classrooms in the Reformed Church of Metuchen, across the street from the YMCA, a few staff members and…
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Author recounts crime in chilling detail
By DONNA KENYON Executive Editor John E. O’Rourke never thought of himself as a writer. But the author of three books is working on two more and enjoying the process. “I wrote the first two books to pay tribute to New Jersey State Troopers who died in the line of duty,’’ O’Rourke, a retired trooper,…
