Category: Suburban News

  • Fall fun at Cheesquake Farms

    Girl Scouts enjoy a tractor ride after they spent the day picking pumpkins and making scarecrows at Cheesequake Farms in Old Bridge on Sunday. MARIE ORTIZ

  • Tray plant expands

    Rian Nelson, office manager, and Tom Evans, director of manufacturing, both of the Sabert Corp., Sayreville, display some of the food trays made at the plant. The company unveiled its 10,000-square-foot addition plans at the Washington Road facility on Saturday. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • License renewed for Club Abyss Sayreville Borough Council approves liquor license

    Staff Writer By Takesha pettus License renewed for Club Abyss Sayreville Borough Council approves liquor license The owners of a Sayreville nightclub can breathe a sigh of relief now that the borough has approved the renewal of their liquor license. The Borough Council voted unanimously in favor of renewing the liquor license of Club Abyss…

  • Twp. seeks $$ to fix dam

    OLD BRIDGE — The Township Council is asking the state for more money to fix a broken dam in the Cheesequake Village retirement community. During Monday night’s meeting, council members instructed Township Attorney William Ruggierio to draw up a resolution requesting an additional $85,000 in funds from the state Legislature to be used toward the…

  • Morning gas-line rupture evacuates

    Morning gas-line rupture evacuates six O.B. families Mishap could cost contractor several thousand dollars By natalie m. vena Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A 6-inch high-pressure natural gas main was ruptured by a backhoe crew working at Morganville Road adjacent to the Yardley Manor Drive development last week The main was ruptured at approximately 10…

  • Collision claims the life of 7-year-old O.B. boy

    Collision claims the life of 7-year-old O.B. boy Authorities are still investigating fatal crash in Colts Neck By natalie m. vena Staff Writer A 7-year-old Old Bridge boy, remembered by many as a smiling boy with the face of an angel, died in a Sept. 16 car accident in Colts Neck at the intersection of…

  • Threads of life

    Quilting expert Edith Chevalier discusses quilting techniques at a demonstration, which featured her quilt work, at the Old Bridge Public Library on Saturday. JEFF HUNTLEY

  • Open-house boycott ongoing in face of stalled negotiations

    Open-house boycott ongoing in face of stalled negotiations Old Bridge Education Assoc. urges teachers to boycott back-to-school nights By Natalie M. Vena Staff Writer In an effort to draw attention to stalled contract negotiations, the community-wide boycott of back-to-school nights by Old Bridge teachers is continuing. In efforts to settle contract issues, the Old Bridge…

  • Club Bene gets license approval – with strings Sayreville officials hope new conditions address past problems

    Staff Writer By takesha pettus Club Bene gets license approval – with strings Sayreville officials hope new conditions address past problems Sayreville has decided to renew the liquor license of at least one borough nightclub — with conditions. In a unanimous vote on Monday, the council decided to allow Club Bene, Route 35, the tentative…