Category: Suburban News

  • Community center may be voted on Officials hope to site the $15M facility in a central borough location

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome Community center may be voted on Officials hope to site the $15M facility in a central borough location The Sayreville Borough Council may ask voters in a referendum to approve a community center that would cost an estimated $15 million. The referendum would be held during the general election on…

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    DAWN MARIE SANNWALDT Band members at Sayreville War Memorial High School soap up the cars at a car wash fund-raiser in the school parking lot Saturday.

  • Residents crusade to fix up problems with development Old Bridge officials are looking into complaints at Cedarview Estates

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena Residents crusade to fix up problems with development Old Bridge officials are looking into complaints at Cedarview Estates MARIE ORTIZ Pictured is a view of a pothole located in the Cedarview development in Old Bridge. OLD BRIDGE — One township resident is hoping that the old adage "It’s the…

  • State backs up construction

    project on Rte. 18 one year Roadwork, including new Route 18 bridge, will be paid by state and federal government By natalie m. vena Staff Writer A $13.4 million road construction project on Routes 18, 516 and 527 is now tentatively scheduled to begin by the summer of 2005, one year later than expected. The…

  • Changes to O.B. town center ordinance gets OK

    Changes to O.B. town center ordinance gets OK Changes allow for more parking and limit store sizes to 10,000 square feet By natalie m. vena Staff Writer Planning Board members said Tuesday they support the modifications being considered by the Old Bridge Township Council for the proposed town center ordinance. It will now be up…

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    SARAH McCOLGAN Driver Gary Gardella and crew member John Perry get ready to make the qualifying run down the quarter-mile at Raceway Park, Old Bridge.

  • Number of infected crows reaches 11 in Middlesex Findings do not present a high risk of West Nile virus to humans

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena Number of infected crows reaches 11 in Middlesex Findings do not present a high risk of West Nile virus to humans EDISON — With summer in full swing, the number of crows infected with the West Nile virus in Middlesex County has swelled from five reported cases in May…

  • Council continues discussions about waterfront plans

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome Council continues discussions about waterfront plans SOUTH RIVER –– The South River Borough Council continued discussing plans last week to develop the borough’s waterfront area. "We’re in the planning stage," Mayor Robert Szegeti said. The council hopes to bring in more businesses to the waterfront area that officials believe would…

  • Council calling out again for waterfront project bids

    Staff Writer By jennifer dome SAYREVILLE –– The Borough Council has decided to advertise again for bidders to develop the River Road Waterfront Park project. The project has been in the works since April 1999, and although the council has advertised for bidders before, no applications were returned. "We’re doing our best," Mayor Kennedy O’Brien…