Category: Suburban News

  • Appraisers: Cedar Ridge worth more than $13M

    Appraisers: Cedar Ridge worth more than $13M State Green Acres funds may be increased to help O.B. buy the tract By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — While state-approved appraisers have said the Cedar Ridge II property might actually be worth almost as much as its seller is asking, the township will be…

  • Congestion, other issues cited with Checkers plan Zoning board postpones action on application

    Congestion, other issues cited with Checkers plan Zoning board postpones action on application PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Jim Hoffman and Joe Icobelli check out a 1967 GTO during the Classic Knights Car Show held behind Denny’s, Route 18 in Old Bridge, on Sunday. for Rte. 516 complex By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE…

  • Longtime teacher and vice principal to head McDivitt School

    Staff WriterOLD BRIDGE By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Board of Education has named Sandburg Middle School Vice Principal Michael DeSimone to be the new principal at McDivitt School, effective July 1. The board voted to appoint DeSimone to the $112,140 position at the elementary school March 19. DeSimone replaces Robert…

  • Scouts construct a bridge; save

    Scouts construct a bridge; save park money By jennifer dome Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — An Eagle Scout and two friends last weekend constructed a bridge through a section of wetlands in Cheesequake State Park. Jason Sims, an East Brunswick teen-ager who created the bridge as an Eagle Scout project with his friends, Richard Zielenkievicz…

  • Planning consultant, O.B.

    Planning consultant, O.B. working toward rezoning Council told the redrafting of zoning is ‘work in progress’ By sue m. morgan Staff Writer Old Bridge Township Engineer John Vincente has announced that he and Township Planner Sam Rizzo will meet with a paid planning consultant Friday to discuss the feasibility of rezoning areas of the township.…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI A jogger gets some exercise while enjoying the spring weather at John F. Kennedy Park in Sayreville on Saturday.

  • New kind of tip sought for former bar, restaurant Five years after closing the popular inn, family asks advice on building’s use

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome New kind of tip sought for former bar, restaurant Five years after closing the popular inn, family asks advice on building’s use JERRY WOLKOWITZ The Polonaise Inn used to be the kind of place to go where everyone would know your name. Today, however, the vacant bar and restaurant stands…

  • Attorneys told to find way to charge fees for events Collecting licensing fees for mass assembly events may be option for town

    Staff Writer By sue m. morgan Attorneys told to find way to charge fees for events Collecting licensing fees for mass assembly events may be option for town FARRAH MAFFAI The first Pinewood Derby winner of the day for Cub Scout Pack No. 469 at the Sayreville Middle School March 22 was Tiger Scout Daniel…

  • Acres burn in South River due to recent brush fires

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome Acres burn in South River due to recent brush fires RYAN D. FENSTERMAKER The South River Fire Department, along with the Sayreville Fire Department and the State Forest Fire Service, extinguish a brush fire that broke out along the South River on March 25. SOUTH RIVER — Three recent brush…