Category: Suburban News

  • Grant to help disabled youth join drama club

    Old Bridge uses $10,000to expand itsCamp ROBIN program BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Old Bridge uses $10,000 to expand its Camp ROBIN program BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Youngsters from the township-run Camp ROBIN program will soon be able to join the township’s drama club, thanks to state funding that will…

  • Visitor tells students, ‘Be proud of heritage’

    BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Visitor tells students, ‘Be proud of heritage’ BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Breanna Northrup, 10, a fourth-grader at St. Thomas the Apostle School, earned an Aztec feather from Santos Hawk’s Blood. OLD BRIDGE — Unlike what you may have seen in the movies, real Native Americans…

  • E.B. man’s book based on family’s ‘grand tours’

    Robert F. Randalldraws from experiencesin Korea, Civil War BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer E.B. man’s book based on family’s ‘grand tours’ Robert F. Randall draws from experiences in Korea, Civil War Robert F. Randall BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Robert F. Randall, 70, a journalist by trade, has always been intrigued by the role his…

  • Jersey waters hold secrets of shipwrecks

    Garden State coast linedotted with hundredsof ships lost at seaCorrespondent BY LORI ELKINS SOLOMON Jersey waters hold secrets of shipwrecks Garden State coast line dotted with hundreds of ships lost at sea Correspondent The Cecilia M. Dunlap, which lies off Sea Bright, as it appeared as the Parknook in the late 1800s. It wrecked in…

  • Swimmers, Friday’s join forces to help Y campaign

    BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Swimmers, Friday’s join forces to help Y campaign BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — You can now "Make It a Knight Out" on Thursdays at the local TGI Friday’s in support of the high school swim team and a proposed YMCA building. Starting today, visitors to TGI…

  • New cops hired amid questions about list

    Seven new hiresbring O.B. police force to 104 officers BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer New cops hired amid questions about list Seven new hires bring O.B. police force to 104 officers BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer Seven new police officers listed on a candidates list that expired in October were officially hired and sworn…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Students at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Old Bridge dance during a presentation on Native Americans Monday. Santos Hawk’s Blood beats the drum. See story, page 20.

  • Teacher credited with saving life of child

    Michelle Creaperformed Heimlichon fifth-grader BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Michelle Crea performed Heimlich on fifth-grader BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Michelle Crea, a teacher of special education in Sayreville, recently saved a student who was choking in a nearby classroom. Swift response and composure has turned Michelle Crea, a fifth-grade and special education…

  • Sale of watershed land to county is finalized

    County wound upbuying less land for less money BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Sale of watershed land to county is finalized County wound up buying less land for less money BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer After nearly two years of negotiations and debate, Middlesex County has taken possession of most of the 1,100-acre Runyon…