Category: Suburban News

  • Holt: Nursing homes fall short on care

    By nicole c. vaccaro Senior citizens wandering alongside busy highways. Signs of sexual and physical abuse. Evidence of unnecessary physical restraint and overmedication. These are only a few of the allegations of crimes and neglect going on in some state nursing homes, according to a recent investigation of 91 central New Jersey facilities, headed by…

  • Borough delays hearing on liquor license renewal Mayor Kennedy O’Brien hopes to set new date

    By takesha pettus by next week Borough delays hearing on liquor license renewal Mayor Kennedy O’Brien hopes to set new date SAYREVILLE — Three local clubs must wait to have their say before borough officials. Club Bene, Hunka Bunka Ballroom and Club Abyss have all filed for liquor license renewals with the borough, but complaints…

  • High School Band Parents Association

    John Bartlinski, 15, a sophomore, and Lauren Reingold, 13, a freshman, wash the roof of a pickup truck during a car wash sponsored by the Sayreville War Memorial High School Band Parents Association on Saturday. The car wash was held at the school. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • Juggling Act

    John O’Brien juggles to the delight of children at the Old Bridge library on June 27. The Give and Take Jugglers were on hand to open the "Book Through Time" summer reading club at the library.

  • Boro takes action on squad home

    By takesha pettus TThe plug has been pulled on the contractor for the Morgan First Aid Squad in Sayreville. Late last week, Universal Bonding took over the bond for renovation work on the Route 35 Morgan First Aid facility from GVT Associates. The Summit-based GVT Associates was hired by the borough early last year to…

  • Birch Hill hit with suit in drowning accident

    JEFF HUNTLEY Susan Lally, of Hauser Hill Farm in Old Bridge, waters the flowers at a farmer’s market in Matawan on Sunday. By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — Lawyers representing the grandparents of a Long Branch honor student who died in a drowning accident at Birch Hill on June 13 filed a civil lawsuit…

  • St. Mary’s, So. Amboy, welcoming inquirers

    St. Mary’s, So. Amboy, welcoming inquirers St. Mary’s Parish in South Amboy is now accepting registrations for any adult (age 14 or older) who is interested in preparing for Baptism, First Communion or Confirmation. Sessions will be held on Sundays, led by the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) team. This will be the…

  • Newly Tatooed

    Jimmy Balogh of Sayreville shows off his recent tattoo at St. Stan’s Carnival in Sayreville on Friday.

  • O.B. chiropractor treats Olympic hopefuls in Colo.

    O.B. chiropractor treats Olympic hopefuls in Colo. Local chiropractor Dr. Ira Shapiro joined National All-Around Gymnastics Cham-pion Blaine Wilson at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado last month. By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — Helping Olympic-caliber athletes achieve optimum performance levels is a significant task cut out for professional trainers and doctors. Ira Shapiro,…