Category: Suburban News

  • ‘Classic TV Night’ on tap for Saturday

    ‘Classic TV Night’ on tap for Saturday OLD BRIDGE — Two classic shows from television’s golden age are coming back, this time on a local stage. The township’s Cultural Arts Committee will present "Classic TV Night" Saturday at the Old Bridge Civic Center. The fund-raising event, which includes appetizers and a buffet dinner, features a…

  • Verizon may change site of proposed tower

    Company to negotiatewith SERA to shareexisting tower BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Verizon may change site of proposed tower Company to negotiate with SERA to share existing tower BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A controversial proposal to locate a cell tower at Main and Schmitt streets may be changed to a new location, further…

  • 211 help line up & running

    211 help line up & running The New Jersey 211 Partnership, a statewide initiative led by United Way of Central Jersey, Milltown, and its counterparts in the state, was launched Feb. 11. The new service provides personal assistance and resource referrals to people in need and others who may want to volunteer to help their…

  • Candidate for attorney hired as deputy counsel

    Jerome Convery now working closely with departingtownship attorney BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Jerome Convery now working closely with departing township attorney BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The leading candidate for the soon-to-be-vacated township attorney’s post is now its deputy counsel. Jerome Convery, an Old Bridge-based private attorney, started his new…

  • Resident

    BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Resident: Hunter was too close BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The sight of a camouflaged, armed man passing a residential yard was enough to startle one borough man and raise questions of whether hunting regulations were being followed. The apparent hunter was spotted near a Sayreville home at the…

  • Area police charge carjacking suspect

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Area police charge carjacking suspect BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer Four area police departments worked together to catch a suspected carjacker in Marlboro. Jonnie Dietrick, 37, of the Morgan section of Sayreville, was arrested and charged with carjacking and robbery at 5:35 p.m. on Feb. 12. The charges stem from a…

  • Stop results in charges of false IDs, assault

    Stop results in charges of false IDs, assault OLD BRIDGE — Two Freehold Borough men were arrested Friday night after they showed false identification cards during a motor vehicle stop on Route 9, police said. One of the two men also allegedly struck an officer in the face while the officer was trying to pat…

  • Old Bridge man named

    Port Authority chief BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Christopher Trucillo BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Life will never again be the same for law enforcement officers throughout the country as the result of 9/11. Thousand of lives were lost within minutes in New York City that day, including police officers, firefighters and other rescue workers,…

  • Council OKs $14,580 payment to ex-official

    Old Bridge still looking for successor to business administrator Council OKs $14,580 payment to ex-official OLD BRIDGE — The Township Council has unanimously voted to pay $14,580 in unused vacation and sick time to the municipality’s former business administrator. The council approved the payout package for Alayne Shepler, now the business administrator in neighboring Manalapan…