Category: Suburban News

  • Timing makes plant closing more difficult

    E. Bruns. mom among the many struggling after job loss BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Diana Garrabrant, one of many laid-off Green Tree employees, at her East Brunswick home with (l-r) Steven, 15, Cori, 17, Anthony, 5, and Frankie, 7. E. Bruns. mom among the many struggling after job loss BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer…

  • Revamped club opens doors this Saturday

    David Lee Roth, Styxamong the actsscheduled for Starland BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Revamped club opens doors this Saturday David Lee Roth, Styx among the acts scheduled for Starland BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Only two months after bidding farewell to more than two decades of music at the Hunka Bunka Ballroom, the revamped…

  • Food banks will receive $1.5 million in state aid

    Food banks will receive $1.5 million in state aid To help serve the growing number of New Jerseyans in need of food assistance, the state will provide six regional food banks with $1.5 million, the McGreevey administration announced. The funding was given in conjunction with World Food Day and announced at a press conference organized…

  • Writer forever linked to ‘Unchained Melody’

    Feelings for young woman inspired words to famous song BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Writer forever linked to ‘Unchained Melody’ BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer William Stirrat (r), aka Hy Zaret, was 16 when he wrote lyrics about Mary Louise “Cookie” Pierce (above l). Alex North (above r) wrote the music to “Unchained Melody.” Ask anyone…

  • Man accused of posing as meter reader arrested

    BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Man accused of posing as meter reader arrested BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer Sayreville and South Amboy police combined forces to apprehend a man they say may be linked to several local burglaries. The events began about 9:55 a.m. Nov. 25 when a man, who police later identified as Ronald H.…

  • Rte. 9 Sunoco robbed

    Suspect pretendedto have gun in bag,according to report BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Suspect pretended to have gun in bag, according to report BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Police are looking for a man accused of robbing a Route 9 gas station Sunday night after threatening to shoot two attendants. The…

  • Seniors get defibrillator

    Seniors get defibrillator SAYREVILLE — The borough’s Senior Center has a new defibrillator. The automated external defibrillator (AED) was presented to a group of borough senior citizens by state Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-19th District), who arranged the donation through Cablevision. "The difference between life and death can be a matter of minutes. This defibrillator…

  • Speakers deliver lessons in healing, living

    Siegel, Chopra, Kushnershare philosophieswith Freehold audience BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Siegel, Chopra, Kushner share philosophies with Freehold audience BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Noted author Deepak Chopra speaks to an audience at the “Day of Wellness” in Freehold Township. More than 300 people filled a banquet room at…

  • Ex-teacher indicted in sexual contact case

    BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Ex-teacher indicted in sexual contact case BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A former Sayreville War Memorial High School teacher charged with having sexual contact with a 16-year-old student was indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury Nov. 10. The former English teacher, Gregory Palmer, 37, a South Plainfield resident,…