Category: Suburban News

  • Resident seeks answers after foundation cave-in

    Sayreville engineer saysdamage resulted from soil condition in area By jennifer domeStaff Writer Sayreville engineer says damage resulted from soil condition in area By jennifer dome Staff Writer An old wives’ tale states that finding a bird in your home will bring bad luck. Kay Osmond, standing in her kitchen Tuesday watching a bird fly…

  • Committee to focus on revising cigarette law

    By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — In an attempt to please all parties involved, a subcommittee of three Township Council members has been set up to explore amending an ordinance that requires merchants guilty of selling cigarettes to minors to confess that conviction in a storefront sign.…

  • Man charged with DWI, abandoning stolen car

    By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Police arrested a Newark man on several charges after confronting him as he walked alongside Route 9 Sunday night just a short distance from a gas station where he allegedly abandoned a car that earlier that day had been reported stolen.…

  • Republicans say, ‘Show us the money, freeholders’

    By sue m. morganStaff Writer Republicans say, ‘Show us the money, freeholders’ By sue m. morgan Staff Writer Roger Craig The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders should put its money where its mouth is and give back to residents the cash it claims to have saved them, Republican freeholder candidate Roger Craig contends. Additionally,…

  • Students find volunteering helps selves, community

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer Students find volunteering helps selves, community By jennifer dome Staff Writer Casey Conger, (l-r) Rick Rosenberg Jr. and Raja Krish-inamathy, members of the community service group South River Students for the Enhancement of the Community, serve dinners at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, located on Leo-nardine Avenue, last Thursday. FARRAH MAFFAI…

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    CHRIS KELLY Sayreville Middle School teacher Kathy Jasontek (r) helps Melissa Mocarsky, 12, build a birdhouse at Home Depot in Old Bridge Friday. The birdhouse will be sold and the proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity.

  • Sedlak will be namesake

    of Sayreville rec. centerAt 78, recreation head has no plans to retire from the job he loves By jennifer domeStaff Writer Mickey Sedlak of Sayreville rec. center At 78, recreation head has no plans to retire from the job he loves By jennifer dome Staff Writer There are people in each town who really understand…

  • OLD BRIDGE — A divided Township Council approved a temporary emergency appropriation Monday night to ensure that the municipal animal shelter will continue operating until the end of this calendar year. VERONICA YANKOWSKI Brittany Bernath, 3, of Old Bridge, and her cousin, Elizabeth, celebrate the annual Columbus Day parade in North Brunswick on Sunday. The…

  • Neighboring developments protest construction route

    By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Every effort will be made to keep tractors and bulldozers away from residential Prest’s Mill Road during the construction of an adjacent 386-home subdivision, a township official said Monday night. Ward 4 Councilman and Planning Board member G. Kevin Calogera told…