Category: Suburban News

  • Easter Eggs Matthew Carroll, 4, hunts for Easter eggs during the Sayreville Recreation Department’s annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday.

  • OB OKs ads on bus shelters Advertisement revenue will go toward open space O ld Bridge bus shelters will offer residents more than protection from the weather in the future. At last week’s Township Council meeting, council members gave the go-ahead for a company to sell ads on one-third of the town’s bus shelters. The…

  • Teen dies from accident injuries SAYREVILLE — This week, local students are mourning one of their own after a Thursday morning car accident claimed the life of a 15-year-old girl. At 7:12 a.m. on April 13, Jolene Devlin of Main Street was crossing the road near Stacey Avenue in order to get to her bus…

  • Parents stand divided on school suspensions Family of one kindergartner plans to sue Sayreville district SAYREVILLE — It seems that everyone is talking about it, from school administrators across the nation to news talk show hosts. And residents themselves had a chance to talk Brian Nowicki, 12, a member of Sayreville Boy Scout Troop No.…

  • Fire company looks for additional head room SAYREVILLE — The Melrose Hose Company wants to raise the roof. Of their pumper truck, that is. Currently, one 10-year-old truck is away from home, being reconditioned and refurbished by East Penn Fire Apparatus outside of Hamburg, Pa., for a cost of $90,000, explained truck committee chairman Daniel…

  • Waiting to hunt eggs Angela Manfredi, 4, stays dry while waiting for the start of the Sayreville Recreation Department’s annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday.

  • Hercules purchase delayed for a month SAYREVILLE — For Hercules employees, the day of reckoning has been postponed for another month. Greentree Technologies of Seaford, Del., originally intended to close on the nitrocellulose division of the Minnisink Avenue plant on April 28. While concerned over the fate of the division’s 300 employees, officials felt the…

  • Habitat for Humanity to build two homes in OB Georgia-based charity group buys two parcels for $1 OLD BRIDGE — Two lucky families will have a home to call their own thanks to Middlesex County Habitat for Humanity (MCHH). At the April 10 Township Council meeting, the council approved a resolution granting the Habitat International…

  • SR rescue squad hopes for donations SOUTH RIVER — Since 1936, volunteers at the South River Rescue Squad have brought many borough residents needed care. Now, the squad hopes the residents will reciprocate in kind. The squad’s annual fund drive is coming and, with the squad in financial straits, it’s more important than ever. The…