Category: Suburban News

  • County debuts new traffic safety website

    Information includes road information, safety data, links to county and state offices Middlesex County is now operating a comprehensive traffic safety website for traffic safety concerns and road information, including tips for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. The website, http://mctrafficsafety.com, also enables users to report road repair issues and provides a list of all traffic safety…

  • Fire used to protect public, natural habitat in woods

    Forest Fire Service conducts prescribed burn in O.B.; plans another for J’burg Park BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Fire burns native vegetation and some illegally dumped garbage in an area of the Runyon Watershed in Old Bridge on Feb. 26. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service conducted the controlled burn, also known as a prescribed…

  • So. Amboy’s 15-minute parking remains in place

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The City Council has no plans to change the new 15-minute restriction that governs some parking spaces on Broadway, council President Joseph Connors said. Station Eatery co-owner Cheryl Bachonski, who had brought up her concerns about the parking situation negatively impacting her restaurant, at the Feb. 1 City…

  • O.B. man goes full circle with filmmaker award

    After more than 20 years attending film fest, Jet Wintzer wins with a film of his own BYADAM JOSEPH DRICI Staff Writer Jet Wintzer plays the world’s last DJ in his latest film, “Towers.” OLD BRIDGE — Local filmmaker Jet Wintzer and his latest film, “Towers,” won the grand prize for Best Feature at last…

  • Jumping for a healthy heart

    Classmate’s heart condition inspires Sayreville students to raise funds BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School students celebrate their fundraising efforts for the American Heart Association with a jump rope event on Feb. 9. SAYREVILLE — Participation in the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope ForHeart program has become a tradition for students and…

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    Musicians with the New Jersey Youth Symphony perform at Hammarskjold Middle School in East Brunswick on Feb. 16. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • O.B. Ethics Board mulls issue of financial disclosure

    Board debates feasibility of having everyone, regardless of board or position, file form BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Correspondent OLD BRIDGE — To file or not to file? That was the question for the township Ethics Board during a meeting on Feb. 6 as its members debated which township officials are required to file a financial disclosure…

  • Police: Man charged third time with commuter lot burglary

    — Adam Joseph Drici OLD BRIDGE — It was deja vu all over again for a township resident arrested last week. According to police, the suspect is accused of burglarizing a vehicle in a township commuter lot, the same crime he was charged with committing in the same lot twice in the same day in…

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    Joan Beamish of Middletown pours tea for Old Bridge’s Nicole Shankle and Ali Brasby, both 11, during the Madison Township Historical Society’s inaugural Children’s Tea event on Feb. 18 at the Thomas Warne Museum, Route 516. CHRIS KELLY