Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Minnie Pearson Schenck is recalled as community pillar

    Staff Writer By JENNIFER DOME SOUTH RIVER — Borough residents are mourning the loss of Minnie Pearson Schenck, but say they will remember her for her love of the community and her church. Funeral services for Schenck, 78, who passed away Feb. 4 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick after a sudden…

  • St. Peter’s will offer Safe Sitter program

    St. Peter’s will offer Safe Sitter program St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, will offer a Safe Sitter program from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 18 in the hospital’s Sister Marie dePazzi Conference Center, 254 Easton Ave. Girls and boys ages 11-13 are invited to participate. The course will teach adolescents how to…

  • Police getting 15 new cars SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council recently approved an agreement to lease or purchase 15 new police vehicles for the borough’s Police Department

    Police getting 15 new cars SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council recently approved an agreement to lease or purchase 15 new police vehicles for the borough’s Police Department The agreement, with Winner Ford of Cherry Hill, Burlington County, allows for the vehicles to be funded over a two-year period. According to the resolution, funding for the…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Alina Aliverio, a third-grader at the Cheesequake School, gets an autograph from local firefighter Tom Miller during Friday’s “Books and Bagels Breakfast With Heroes” event.

  • Youth/parent reading club to meet at library

    The Middle Grades Book Discussion Club will meet from 7:30-8:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 at the Old Bridge Main Library, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Youngsters in fifth-eighth grades and their parents will discuss The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Wren Wright. The novel tells the story of how an old dollhouse hidden away in an…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Justin Mullgrav, a fourth-grader at the Cheesequake School in Old Bridge, adds a donation to the pile of books collected at the “Books and Bagels With Our Heroes” event Friday, held to benefit children in local hospitals.

  • No health risk reported after release of fumes

    Staff Writer By JENNIFER DOME No health risk reported after release of fumes SAYREVILLE — A nitrogen oxide release from the Green Tree Technologies plant in Parlin at 2:14 p.m. Thursday prompted a response from several emergency service units from both the borough and county, officials said last week. "Our police, fire and Haz-Mat (hazardous…

  • Day at the Races

    Michael Pillar Sr. (above), den leader of Cub Scout Pack 97, and his son Nicholas, 4, put the finishing touches on their car during the Pinewood Derby. Gene Nietl (l) weighs his nephew’s car at the derby, held at the Sayreville Civic Center, Dolan Street, Jan. 26. PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI

  • Community Bulletin Board Old Bridge Library schedules programs

    Community Bulletin Board Old Bridge Library schedules programs The Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, has scheduled several upcoming events. The Board Game Club of Old Bridge will meet from noon to 3 p.m. on Feb. 9 in the library art gallery. The new club concentrates on classic board games,…