Category: Suburban News

  • 10-digit dialing to take effect

    10-digit dialing to take effect Starting Saturday, residents and businesses throughout central and northern New Jersey must dial 10-digit telephone numbers when making calls within the 732, 973 and 201 area codes. The new dialing method was announced by Verizon earlier this month as a result of three new area codes being added within the…

  • Pulitzer winner shares his advice with O.B. students

    Pulitzer winner shares his advice with O.B. students VERONICA YANKOWSKI Lindsay Kania, a freshman at Old Bridge High School, looks at the newspaper series that won photographer Matt Rainey the Pulitzer Prize. Photojournalist discusses techniques in covering Seton Hall burn victims By sue m. morgan Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Photojournalist Matt Rainey loves his…

  • Township to spend $246K on library’s electric issue

    Staff Writer By sue m. morgan Township to spend $246K on library’s electric issue OLD BRIDGE — Due to the report of potential fire hazards from a sporadically malfunctioning electrical system, the Township Council voted 7-1 Monday to pay for system repairs in the municipal library. The council introduced a bond ordinance of $246,750 for…

  • Local cop/school official gets medal after long wait Nephew spearheads effort after uncle’s war records were lost

    Staff Writer By JENNIFER DOME Local cop/school official gets medal after long wait Nephew spearheads effort after uncle’s war records were lost Joseph Myers SAYREVILLE –– The Borough Council honored police Sgt. Joseph Myers for his service to his country, as well as to his community, at Monday’s meeting. The recognition arrives after a long…

  • ER facility at Raritan Bay is said to be bigger, better

    Staff Writer By sue m. morgan FARRAH MAFFAI Employees of Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division, take a break to check out the new emergency room facilities, including the waiting room. OLD BRIDGE — Using a construction process often associated with roadside diners, Raritan Bay Medical Center has doubled the size of the emergency…

  • Stricter child restraint

    laws take effect Dec. 1 Children under age 8, weighing less than 80 lbs. require a special seat By cindy tietjen Staff Writer Under regulations set forth in New Jersey’s new child passenger safety law, which goes into effect Dec. 1, all teen-agers and children under 18 will be required to wear a safety belt…

  • Proposed tax hike is lessened to 3¢ O.B. council’s new municipal budget calls for hiring 12 new police officers

    Staff Writer By sue m. morgan Proposed tax hike is lessened to 3¢ O.B. council’s new municipal budget calls for hiring 12 new police officers Having learned that it will not have to contribute to the state pension fund for police and firemen, the Old Bridge Township Council will be able to use those funds…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Brenda Gianchetti of Old Bridge still gets her bottled milk the old-fashioned way — from a milkman. For the story, see page 40.

  • Board’s focus is promoting Dec. 11 school referendum

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome Board’s focus is promoting Dec. 11 school referendum The Sayreville Board of Education has been stepping up its efforts to present the details of the Dec. 11 referendum recently with visits to many local organizations and through other means of revealing the district’s space crunch to the public. The board…