Category: Suburban News

  • Fire safety

    Amanda Kelly, a third-grader at Sacred Heart School, South Amboy, operates a hose while learning fire safety from members of the South Amboy Fire Department on Oct. 11. Firefighters visited the school to provide students with instructions and tips.

  • Police: Old Bridge store employees thwart burglary; suspect arrested

    OLD BRIDGE— Township police arrested a Matawan man Nov. 1 on charges of theft and robbery by force following an incident at the K&L Gas and Go in Laurence Harbor. According to police, the storeowner was in the back office when he heard someone in the store and the cash register drawer opened. He looked…

  • Early retirement ordinance absent from Old Bridge ballot

    Court ruling declares GOP petition deficient BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Old Bridge’s hotly debated retirement ordinance was not on the ballot on Election Day after all. Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Lawson dismissed a complaint filed byAttorney Jordan Rickards on behalf of Old Bridge Republican Chairwoman Anita Greenberg, ruling that the party’s petition…

  • Treats for others

    At St. Ambrose School in Old Bridge, Halloween is not just about dressing up in costumes, it’s also about helping others. The students took part in a Parade for Hunger Oct. 31, donating food to be distributed to a local food bank.

  • Old Bridge woman dies in pedestrian accident

    A 47-year-old Old Bridge resident was killed after she was struck by a car while crossing Englishtown Road on Tuesday night. Kimberly Work, 47, was crossing Englishtown Road near the intersection of Bentley Avenue at 9:25 p.m. Nov. 8 when she was struck by a Ford Explorer driven by Thomas Oriole, 22, of Old Bridge,…

  • Old Bridge GOP sweeps election

    Henry wins mayor’s race, three GOP candidates earn seats on council By Chris Zawistowski Owen Henry and the Old Bridge Republicans broke out the brooms on Election Day, soundly sweeping the Democrats to take control of township government. Henry will become the next mayor, defeating incumbent Patrick Gillespie in a vote of 5,057 to 4,505…

  • Sayreville voters elect split ticket

    By Deanna McLafferty Despite an aggressive campaign from challenger Stanley Drwal, voters in Sayreville awarded a fourth term to incumbent Republican Mayor Kennedy O’Brien on Tuesday. O’Brien will serve the next four years after beating his Democratic opponent in a vote of 3,834 to 3,333. “I am honored and humbled that the people elected me…

  • Police charge two in beating death of Edison man

    Body was found off Jernee Mill Road in Sayreville Two men were arrested Nov. 9 in connection with the fatal beating of a 28-year-old Edison man whose body was found in Sayreville two days earlier. Daniel F. Medaglia, 27, of Edison was arrested at 12:40 a.m. and was charged with the murder of Kelvin Dumo,…

  • Photo

    Students and staff at Dwight D. Eisenhower School in Sayreville decorate Principal Justin Fiory as an ice cream sundae on Nov. 4. Fiory had promised the students they could do so if they earned enough “tickets” for being “caught” doing good deeds as part of a character education program at the school. More photos, page…