Category: Suburban News

  • Donations needed for pet shelter yard sale

    The Sayreville Pet Adoption Center (SPAC), 1400Main St., seeks donations for its annual spring yard sale to be held April 29. Donations may be dropped off from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 14 and 15 only. Televisions, computer monitors, clothing or shoes cannot be accepted. For more information, call Carmen, event coordinator, at 732-238-…

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    Police officer John Pizillo goes up for two as firefighter Mike Galvin plays defense during the fifth annual John J. Wojcik Charity Basketball Game between the borough’s finest and bravest at Our Lady of Victories School April 16. Proceeds benefited the St. Vincent de Paul Society. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Bella forces contested primary in Sayreville

    Three Republicans, two Democrats file for two council seats expiring this year BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The borough’s registered Republicans will get the chance to vote in the first contested local primary election in recent memory this June. Members of the Sayreville Republican Party declined to nominate Councilman Frank Bella to run for…

  • SAT Bootcamp set for April 28, 29

    The Old Bridge High School Scholarship Committee will be hosting Catalyst’s SAT Bootcamp on April 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register online at www.catalystprep.com. Registration ends on April 25. For more information, contact Old Bridge High School’s guidance department. The high school can be reached at 732-290- 3900.

  • Book will explore Morgan plant explosion of 1918

    Historian has spent nine months researching event, now seeks pictures, family accounts BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer A man stands in the middle of a crater left by the explosion of a munitions facility in the Morgan section of Sayreville in 1918. The entire plant was destroyed and over 60 people died in the incident. A…

  • Gun buyback will be held April 21 & 22

    The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office will hold a gun buyback program from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 21 and 1-5 p.m. April 22. Guns will be accepted at Sacred Heart Parish hall, located behind Sacred Heart School, 115 CommercialAve. in New Brunswick. The parking lot entrance is on Townsend Street. No questions will be…

  • Middle school to hold clothing drive

    Sayreville Middle School, 800 Washington Road, Parlin, will hold a clothing drive 8:30-10 a.m. April 21. The school’s community service students will be collecting gently used clothing, shoes, handbags, stuffed animals and linens. For more information, call 732-525-5290, ext 5556 or visit www.sayrevillek12.net.

  • State to fund $5.4M for county roadway projects

    Sayreville, Old Bridge, South Amboy among towns to benefit BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The N.J. Department of Transportation proposed a $3.2 billion infrastructure program last month that will fund various local road improvements. The Fiscal Year 2013 Transportation Capital Program supports investments of $2.056 billion by NJDOT and $1.155 billion by NJ Transit, primarily from…

  • Unknown suspect robs Chase Bank in Old Bridge

    Police are searching for a white male in his late 30s in connection with a robbery at the Chase Bank on Bushnell Road, Old Bridge. The suspect, wearing a grey Adidas hooded sweatshirt and a black Yankees cap, drove off in an older model white SUV. OLD BRIDGE — Police are looking for help in…