Category: Suburban News

  • Town remembers 9/11 in morning ceremony

    Victims honored inMain St. service led bylocal officials, clergy By jennifer domeStaff Writer Town remembers 9/11 in morning ceremony Victims honored in JERRY WOLKOWITZ Sayreville Police Patrolman Tom Barbieri, a member of the department’s Honor Guard, holds an American flag during the remembrance ceremony, held at Borough Hall Wednesday. For more coverage of the aftermath…

  • A year later

    Closure means opening wounds for keeper of the list By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Keeper of the 9/11 victims’ list, Middletown Police Detective Sgt. Joe Capriotti sits at his desk and reflects on his job in the past year. He was the face on the other side…

  • Proposal has mix of retail, housing

    Crossings at Old Bridge likened to Palmer Square, Peddler By sue m. morganStaff Writer Proposal has mix of retail, housing By sue m. morgan Staff Writer With some fearing that strangers will be able to peer inside their bedroom windows, opponents of a proposed retail-residential town center on Route 516 packed an Aug. 28 meeting…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI New kindergartners Vincent D’Onofrio, Michele Cristiano and Christopher Matteson (l-r) line up for their first school day on Wednesday at the Virgil I. Grissom School in Old Bridge.

  • County will spend $11M to preserve watershed

    1,100-acre tract is located in O.B. but owned by Perth Amboy By brian donahueStaff Writer 1,100-acre tract is located in O.B. but owned by Perth Amboy By brian donahue Staff Writer Some 1,100 acres of land making up most of the Runyon Watershed is expected to be acquired by Middlesex County next year and to…

  • Outing to fund scholarship in memory of ‘The Mayor’

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer Outing to fund scholarship in memory of ‘The Mayor’ By jennifer dome Staff Writer Christopher M. Dincuff SOUTH RIVER — It was just about one year ago that a young borough resident was among the many who lost their lives when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center. In the memory of…

  • Redmond’s try to change vote delayed by council

    Budget for 2003 would have to be rescindedand reintroduced By sue m. morganStaff Writer Budget for 2003 would have to be rescinded and reintroduced By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Nervous about jeopardizing its application for $4.5 million in state aid, the Township Council tabled a motion to permit council Vice President…

  • Sohor files ethics complaint against Redmond for vote

    Former councilman asks ethics board to review vote on budget By sue m. morganStaff Writer By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Acting as a private citizen, Planning Board Chairman and former Ward 2 Councilman Roman Sohor has filed a complaint with the township clerk’s office charging council Vice President Larry Redmond with…

  • Residents told levy plan will block flooding

    Having held publicmeetings, Army Corps can enter design phase By jennifer domeStaff Writer Having held public meetings, Army Corps can enter design phase By jennifer dome Staff Writer Although many residents are pleased to see a plan that will help prevent the flooding of the South River, some are wondering why it has taken so…