Category: Suburban News

  • Suspects flee police as officer is injured

    EAST BRUNSWICK — A township patrolman was injured recently while searching for two men who led police on a car chase and then fled on foot into a wooded area next to the New Jersey Turnpike. Patrolman Glen Furian was recovering after having surgery to repair two broken bones in his leg, suffered along with…

  • Clean Cars Act may see vote before year is out

    Bill would bring tighter emissions standards by 2006 BY ALISON GRANITOStaff Writer BY ALISON GRANITO Staff Writer New Jersey has more cars per square mile than any other state in the country. According to some environmental and public advocacy groups, the state’s vast number of vehicles leads to more than traffic jams. Emissions from motor…

  • Administrators named for boro’s new school

    Upper elementary school is scheduledto open in 2004 BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Administrators named for boro’s new school Upper elementary school is scheduled to open in 2004 BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer Edward Aguiles has been selected as principal of the new upper elementary school in Sayreville. SAYREVILLE — As construction on a new upper…

  • N.J.’s unique role in

    Civil War on exhibitState was tied to South,but fought hard for Union BY LORI ELKINS SOLOMONCorrespondent Civil War on exhibit State was tied to South, but fought hard for Union BY LORI ELKINS SOLOMON Correspondent During the Civil War, Old Bridge supplied the Union troops with salt hay to feed their horses. The Mason Dixon Line —…

  • Unexpected closing shakes community

    Green Treeshut-down leaves 120 without jobs BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Unexpected closing shakes community Green Tree shut-down leaves 120 without jobs BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer The sudden closing of Green Tree Chemical Technologies, Sayreville, has left 120 employees, many of them borough residents, wondering where to turn. The company announced Friday that it would shut down…

  • Clubs combine to help area families in need

    BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — They could have been out playing sports or shopping in Saturday morning’s unseasonably warm sunshine. Instead, members of the Interact Club from both Old Bridge High School and Sayreville War Memorial High School woke up early so they could assist local…

  • Waterfront site eyed for commercial project

    BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Waterfront site eyed for commercial project BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — Don Brown’s business ventures in the borough will no longer be restricted to land. The latest focus for the software developer turned entrepreneur is a commercial waterfront project on the Raritan River, located just north of the…

  • Company says 150 may lose their jobs

    BY TARA PETERSENStaff Writer Company says 150 may lose their jobs BY TARA PETERSEN Staff Writer Around 150 people will be affected when Ecko Unlimited closes a manufacturing site in East Brunswick. The South River-based company is selling its Sweat Equity Laboratories, the plant it co-owns on Tices Lane near Route 18. A company spokesperson…

  • Raritan Bay looks to expand facility

    BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Raritan Bay looks to expand facility BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Officials at a local hospital hope that the township will give them an early holiday gift by letting them add 30 more patient beds to their Ferry Road facility. Representatives of Raritan Bay Medical Center…