Category: Suburban News

  • Residents face 10-cent tax increase in township Budget eliminates vacant township positions

    Residents face 10-cent tax increase in township Budget eliminates vacant township positions By Natalie M. Vena A 10-cent municipal tax rate increase has been proposed for the fiscal year 2001 budget in Old Bridge. The proposed tax rate of 65 cents per $100 of assessed valuation returns the township to the fiscal year 1999 level,…

  • Committee: take back Samsel School Sayreville Board of Education to review recommendations

    By takesha pettus Committee: take back Samsel School Sayreville Board of Education to review recommendations

  • Rt. 9 flower shop robbed at gunpoint

    OLD BRIDGE — An armed gunman held a clerk at gunpoint at a flower shop in the township. At approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday, a white male entered Perfection Flowers and Gifts on Route 9 north in the Fairway Plaza shopping center and asked the store clerk to help him choose a gift for his…

  • ‘India’s Splendid Tomb’

    planned at O.B. Library In-person registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. on July 25 for "India’s Splendid Tomb," a youth program set for 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 1, and 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 at the Old Bridge Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Participants in the program, open to…

  • Councilman wants cheaper options for computers

    By takesha pettus SAYREVILLE — At least one Borough Council member is against recommendations for computers for the police department. On Monday, Councilman Vincent Zarcaro questioned recommendations made by borough management information system specialist Lawrence Kolodziej. Last year, the borough agreed to begin the process of upgrading police computers at the Sayreville Public Safety Complex.…

  • Purple Heart recipients receive another honor

    NATALIE M. VENA Joe Zebrowski, who has received two Purple Hearts, tends to the sign honoring Purple Heart Veterans of the U.S.A. By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — Trying to remember the sacrifices that so many veterans of foreign wars have made for this country and its citizens is not always enough. Sometimes we…

  • Boro taxpayers given extended grace period

    SAYREVILLE — Residents will be given some extra time to pay their municipal taxes this month. Tax Collector Donna Brodzinski has been authorized by the Borough Council to extend the normal 10-day grace period for paying municipal property taxes to 25 days. Normally, taxes for this quarter are due on Aug. 1. After that date,…

  • Officials: Burned-out Tot Lot to be rebuilt Mayor Kennedy O’Brien pledges $1,000 reward for arsonist

    By Takesha Pettus Officials: Burned-out Tot Lot to be rebuilt Mayor Kennedy O’Brien pledges $1,000 reward for arsonist SAYREVILLE — Local officials are vowing to find the person responsible for destroying the borough’s new Tot Lot. In a straw vote taken at the Monday night agenda meeting, the Borough Council unanimously agreed to allow Business…

  • Developers seek to build 10 homes Cheesequake State Park naturalist raises some concerns

    Developers seek to build 10 homes Cheesequake State Park naturalist raises some concerns NATALIE M. VENA The Old Bridge Planning Board is set to hear an application to build 10 homes on this site on Schoolhouse Lane which borders Cheesequake State Park. By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — After losing an appeal before the…