Category: Suburban News

  • A queen with spirit earns her crown

    Physically challenged teenager is an inspiration BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Carly Hewitt, 17, waits in the center of the Sayreville Memorial High School Bombers’ football field before she is announced as homecoming queen at the Oct. 14 game. SAYREVILLE — Carly Hewitt is not the head cheerleader or the Student Council president. Wheelchair-bound most of…

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    The Micucci family, (from left) Dan, Frank, Matthew and Betty, show off their outdoor Halloween display at their Old Bridge home, a display that gets bigger and spookier every year. The family takes pride in creating most of the frightening cast of characters themselves. Story, page 3. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Walk for Cancer

    Participants of the Sayreville Leprechauns’ Walk for Cancer make their way around the Veterans Field track on Oct. 22. The event featured children’s activities, food and beverages, a tricky tray and 50/50 raffles. Below: Sylvia Dobles (l-r) and Brigid Negron, both of Brooklyn, N.Y., walk together. T-shirts were provided for all individuals who registered.

  • Old Bridge candidates feud over retirement ordinance

    Dems, GOP candidates spar over potential savings BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The Democrats say it will help Old Bridge avoid painful layoffs and save money by eliminating high-level salaries from the payroll. The Republicans call it a reckless ordinance that will bankrupt the township. As the days tick down to Nov. 8, candidates on…

  • Say’ville pols still trading barbs

    Latest salvo involves parolees staying at local motel BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — As municipal elections near, the debate is heating up between Sayreville’s Democratic and Republican organizations. The latest shot was fired at Republican Mayor Kennedy O’Brien at the Oct. 24 Borough Council meeting. During the meeting’s public portion, Michael D’Addio, a Democrat…

  • Four hopefuls vying for freeholder seats

    Democratic incumbents, GOP challengers discuss issues facing county With two open positions on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, two area Republicans are looking to unseat Democratic incumbents, a feat no Republican has been able to accomplish for more than 15 years. Democrats Carol Barrett, 70, and Charles Tomaro, 58, are seeking re-election this…

  • Hot dog stand is still cookin’ after 40 years

    Bear’s Hot Dogs celebrated milestone with 50-cent hot dogs BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Robert “Bear” Kominkiewicz dishes up a fresh hot dog with all the fixings at his Sayreville hot dog stand on Bordentown Avenue. JEFF GRANIT staff SAYREVILLE — Robert “Bear” Kominkiewicz, owner of town staple Bear’s Hot Dogs, is an old-fashioned kind of…

  • O.B. family goes all-out for Halloween

    Annual Chelsea Drive display attracts people from near and far BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Ghouls, monsters and zombies, and a couple of movie and TV favorites, decorate the lawn of the Micucci home on Chelsea Drive in Old Bridge. The annual display attracts people from near and far. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff I…

  • Sondheim classic coming to E.B. stage

    Playhouse 22 will present Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 28-Nov. 13, at Playhouse 22, located at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Starring Roger Dornbierer in the title role and Stephanie Long as Mrs. Lovett, “Sweeney Todd”…