Category: Suburban News

  • Middlesex County awarded federal emergency funds

    Middlesex County awarded federal emergency funds The United Way has announced that Middlesex County has been chosen to receive $359,485 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs. The funds were appropriated by the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board, and are chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency which include representatives from the Salvation Army,…

  • Police spread holiday cheer 75 children, 50 adults served at recreation center party

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena Police spread holiday cheer 75 children, 50 adults served at recreation center party OLD BRIDGE — For the sixth consecutive year, township cops jingled and jangled as they entertained local families in need during a holiday party at the Old Bridge Recreation Center. On Dec. 8, the Police Benevolent…

  • Old Bridge Library schedules programs

    Old Bridge Library schedules programs The Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, has scheduled a variety of upcoming events. A meeting of the Dramatic Reading Series discussion group is set for 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 3 near the art gallery. Participants will perform selected works before an audience. After each…

  • Officers upgraded to ‘good condition’ Investigation continues: South River neighborhood still in shock

    Staff Writer By TAKESHA PETTUS Officers upgraded to ‘good condition’ Investigation continues: South River neighborhood still in shock PHOTOS BY JEFF HUNTLEY Police investigate the crime scene after a fatal shooting in South River last week. Not since the 1930s has an officer been shot in South River. But that record came to an end…

  • Mayor vetoes tenure for DPW director Council majority hopes to override action at special meeting

    Staff Writer By takesha pettus Mayor vetoes tenure for DPW director Council majority hopes to override action at special meeting SAYREVILLE — Mayor Kennedy O’Brien has decided to veto the decision to award tenure to the public works director. The council will attempt to override the veto at a special meeting at 8 p.m. tonight…

  • O.B. councilman tries to halt sale of land Council majority votes to sell Barsel property to Housing Authority

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena O.B. councilman tries to halt sale of land Council majority votes to sell Barsel property to Housing Authority OLD BRIDGE — Last-minute efforts to stop the sale of the township-owned Barsel property, located on Ferry Road and Route 18, to the Housing Authority were unsuccessful. Republican Councilman Roman Sohor…

  • Church holds concert

    Choral Director Basil Kozak addresses the audience during a concert Dec. 17 at Saints Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church, South River. MARIE ORTIZ

  • Missing Old Bridge teen found

    Jennifer Miranda A 15-year-old Old Bridge girl who had been missing since Nov. 30 was found unconscious in a parked car in Ocean County. Jennifer Miranda was found in a 1995 green Saturn with Eugene McKinney, 35, parked at the intersection of Ocean and North avenues at 7 a.m. Dec. 13, according to Seaside Park…

  • Arleth School addition unveiled $4.9 million project adds classrooms, gym, media center

    Arleth School addition unveiled $4.9 million project adds classrooms, gym, media center The longtime dream of a new addition onto the Emma L. Arleth School in Sayreville was finally unveiled last week. Community leaders, students and residents poured into the new gymnasium Dec. 18 at the Washington Road school to see the new facility. Last…