Category: Suburban News

  • Vaudville Jugglers

    Vaudeville comedy jugglers John O’Brien (l) and Devin Bird dazzle the audience with their act at the Old Bridge Library on June 27. The jugglers are with the Give and Take Jugglers and helped kick off the "Book Through Time" summer reading club.

  • Board member resigns over phone vote issue ” Controversy arose at Old Bridge school board meeting

    Board member resigns over phone vote issue " Controversy arose at Old Bridge school board meeting By Natalie M. Vena TThe Old Bridge Board of Education vice president resigned after being targeted for interfering with voting procedures by attendees at the June 27 meeting. Four-year board member Frank G. Racioppi resigned from the school board…

  • 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…

  • O.B. to purchase parking lot for local commuters Site could also include a dry cleaner’s, fast-food restaurant

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena O.B. to purchase parking lot for local commuters Site could also include a dry cleaner’s, fast-food restaurant NATALIE VENA The Old Bridge Township Council could include a dry cleaner’s and a fast-food restaurant in this commuter parking lot if it decides to buy and develop it. OLD BRIDGE —…

  • Old Bridge roadwork continues to end of year

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — The township’s roads, highways and infrastructure will continue to undergo massive repairs continuing through the end of the year. Expect detours and delays. Middlesex County will be conducting extensive repairs to local roadways. The county will be replacing a drainage culvert located on Morganville Road near…

  • Sayreville mourns death of 16-year-old

    Staff Writer By takesha Pettus SAYREVILLE — A borough teen died Friday as a result of injuries in an automobile accident in Old Bridge last week. Patrick T. McCarthy IV died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, after suffering serious head injuries in an accident last Wednesday night. According to Old Bridge police,…