Category: Suburban News

  • Sayreville cut-a-thon honors parents’ memory

    Salon owner, siblings hold event each year to raise money pancreatic cancer research SAYREVILLE — Maryann Lavery- Minnella, owner of the Hair Shop on Washington Road, and her siblings will honor the memory of their deceased parents, Jack and Candy, who both died from pancreatic cancer, during the fifth annual “Cuts for a Cure” cut-a-thon…

  • Veterans to be honored at events Sunday, Monday

    Parades, services abound in Middlesex County East Brunswick’s annual Memorial Day observance will be held on Sunday in Veterans Park on the grounds of the East Brunswick Municipal Complex, Jean Walling Civic Center Drive. The event, open to the public and honoring the men and women who lost their lives defending the country, will begin…

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    Patrick Sekman, 10, of Sayreville, won the annual statewide Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship for 10-year-old boys. Sekman sunk 23 out of 25. He had advanced to the state competition by winning at the council, district and the regional levels. He represented the Knights of Columbus Post 2061, Parlin, on the local level and…

  • Police in area towns step up enforcement of seatbelt laws

    Law enforcement officers in 12 Middlesex County towns are cracking down on unbuckled motorists and their passengers as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign. Starting this week and running through June 3, the annual initiative includes highvisibility law enforcement seatbelt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national publicity designed…

  • Change of command

    Maj. William Pittenger (l), Civil Air Patrol Group 223 commander, passes the guide flag on to Capt. Robert Cann during the change-of-command ceremony where Cann accepted the position of commander of the General Jimmy Stewart Composite Squadron. Cann takes over for Capt. Cyrus D. Hardy, who was promoted to deputy commander of Group 223, which…

  • Doing right by what’s left

    East Brunswick man’s Special E business rescues items leftover from special events BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Robert Kalt makes a delivery to Sunrise Senior Living in East Brunswick. EAST BRUNSWICK — A large plastic bin full of orchids sat on the patio table in Robert Kalt’s backyard. The flowers, salvaged from centerpieces at a…

  • Police investigating two recent bank robberies in Old Bridge

    Old Bridge police distributed these photos from surveillance cameras at the Chase Bank on Bushnell Road (top), which was robbed on April 12, and the TD Bank on Route 516, which was held up on May 9. OLD BRIDGE — A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information relating to the two…

  • Pastor set for next phase of his priesthood

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The Rev. Joseph Romanoski SOUTH AMBOY — Next month, the Rev. Joseph Romanoski, who has been the pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church for nearly 20 years, will say goodbye. The pastor, who is being released from the Diocese of Metuchen, is pursuing his longtime desire to work in South Carolina.…

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    Joseph Verone, 13, of Sayreville, snags a fish from the pond at Kennedy Park during the Sayreville Recreation Department’s annual Fishing Derby on May 12. SCOTT FRIEDMAN