Category: Suburban News

  • Concerns raised about air quality in Melrose

    Councilman: We are getting the brunt of everything here in Sayreville BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Sayreville residents of the Melrose section continue to be frustrated by unpleasant odors they claim are emanating from the Middlesex County Utilities Authority’s sewage treatment facility. Charles Lukie, of Oak Street, approached the Borough Council on Monday after a particularly…

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    Skateboarders take advantage of the sunny skies and mild temperatures by visiting Kennedy Park in Sayreville on April 6. JEFF GRANIT staff

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    A bald eagle’s eyesight is amazing. It can see both forward and to the side at the same time. This makes it very hard to sneak up on them. It’s why fish never do it, but studies have shown they would love to try. IMAGE BY BILL PATRICK/www.maiseyimages.com

  • Gridlock expected with closing of intersection

    Ernston Rd. at Bordentown Ave. to be shut down for construction starting April 23 BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The consistent traffic congestion at the Ernston Road and Bordentown Avenue intersection may have to get worse before it gets better. According to Sayreville Borough Engineer Jay Cornell, Middlesex County officials have the busy intersection scheduled to…

  • Teen’s latest act: improving theater company’s parking lot

    Michael Ferlita leads a group of 37 volunteers in the refurbishment of the parking lot used by the Sayreville Main Street Theatre Company, Parlin. SAYREVILLE — Michael Ferlita has taken the stage at the Main Street Theatre Company plenty of times over the years. Last weekend, he played a new role for the troupe: staging…

  • Hellenic Dancers of N.J. will celebrate 40 years

    Anniversary dinner-dance will feature performances by current members, alumni BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent More than 100 current and past members of the Hellenic Dancers of New Jersey will perform at a 40th anniversary celebration at the Pines Manor in Edison on April 29. PHOTOS BY GLEN HUSZAR EDISON — An experience of Greek culture awaits those…

  • O.B. school budget adopted with $16 hike on avg. home

    Board members debate inclusion of $1.3M for ball field project at Sandburg BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — In at 7-1 vote, the Board of Education adopted a budget for the 2012-13 school year that will reduce the tax levy by over $1 million. The budget as a whole is up 2.12 percent…

  • Mayor, board strike deal to return officer to OBHS

    BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Board of Education and Mayor Owen Henry have come to a tentative agreement that would bring back one of the township’s recently laid-off police officers and put a resource officer back in Old Bridge High School. “It’s a reasonable compromise, especially in light of last week’s…

  • YMCA CEO looks back on a most fulfilling career

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer I twas the summer of 1971 when William J. Lovett found his passion. That passion was working with kids regardless of the pay. It all began when he took a counselor job at a summer day camp at the Summit YMCA on a total salary of $475 for eight weeks.…