Category: Suburban News

  • Hindu community breaks ground on Rt. 516 temple

    Facility on 18.5 acres will fulfill longtime dream of Old Bridge resident BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Local and state officials joined with nearly 500 congregants to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new SankatMochan Hanuman Temple on Route 516 in Old Bridge last Sunday. Temple founder and chairman Mangal Gupta has lived in the township…

  • Four vying for three seats on Sayreville school board

    Candidates address issues like overcrowding, technology BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Sue Frank (seated, l-r) and fifth-graders Rachel Frank and Ashley Herndon take part in a reading activity during Family Reading & Math Night, held March 21 at Sayreville’s Samsel Upper Elementary School. ERIC SUCAR staff Four residents hope to move the school district forward as…

  • Adrian Project lets students combine street smarts with book smarts

    As IRS investigators for a day, Sayreville students prove guilt of their ‘targets’ BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Senior Vicka Caguindagan arrests her “target” during the simulated training exercise. SAYREVILLE — Most people think of careers in accounting and law enforcement as mutually exclusive, IRS Public Information Officer Robert Glantz pointed out. However, a select group…

  • So. Amboy welcomes first female police sergeant

    Also, Noble resigns after two years on council BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The city gained a sergeant and lost a councilman at the March 21 City Council meeting. Officer Patricia Kanecke was sworn in with her family around her, as she became the city’s first female police sergeant. Following her oath, a…

  • Community gains insight into O.B. schools at Parent U.

    Charlie Pollock, 16, a junior at Old Bridge High School, plays bass clarinet as the school district kicked off its Parent University event on March 29. SCOTT FRIEDMAN OLD BRIDGE — Director of Elementary Education Donna Kibbler brings something new to Parent University each year, and this time it was a sing-along involving more than…

  • O.B. board aims to extend interim super’s contract

    BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — While interim Superintendent of Schools Tim Brennan is working to develop a plan for the district’s future, questions were raised last week about how long the Board of Education will wait before hiring a permanent schools chief. Early in the March 20 meeting, board President Eugene Donofrio…

  • N.J. Supreme Court won’t hear E.B.’s case against charter

    Hatikvah official: This upholds right to provide excellent education option in E. Bruns. BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — The New Jersey Supreme Court has rejected the Board of Education’s petition to hear its case against the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School. The denial last week appears to mark the end of the…

  • Adding fun

    Fifth-grader Michael Romanello enjoys a light moment during Family Reading & Math Night, held March 21 at Sayreville’s Samsel Upper Elementary School. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Teen charged in Old Bridge murder gets forgery charges

    OLD BRIDGE — One of the suspects charged in the 2010 murder of a township man was charged this week for allegedly passing fraudulent money orders. Christian M. Tinli, 19, of Old Bridge, was charged Monday without incident after turning himself in at police headquarters. According to police, on March 15, Tinli entered Old Bridge…