Category: Suburban News

  • A beautiful day

    Top: Emily Pawelek takes a break from digging a hole for a tree during the Samsel Upper Elementary School’s Fall Beautification Day on Oct. 7 in Sayreville. Teachers and students worked together to clean the school grounds and plant flowers and shrubs. Above right: Joey Yannuzzi fills a pot with mulch from a wheelbarrow. PHOTOS…

  • Fatima Rosary Rally planned for Oct. 15

    St. Mary’s Faith Sharing Group, South Amboy, will hold an America Needs Fatima Rosary Rally noon-2 p.m. Oct. 15 at the gazebo on Bordentown Avenue, between South Pine Avenue and Stevens Avenue, South Amboy. For more information, call Rita Priolo at 732-588-5272.

  • Police seek witnesses to fatal crash

    OLD BRIDGE — Police are continuing to investigate a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred on Route 9 north near Fairway Lane last week. Heriberto Ferreira, 32, of Freehold, was struck by at least two vehicles as he attempted to walk across the northbound lanes of the highway around 10:34 p.m. Oct. 3. Ferreira was…

  • New So. Amboy-E. Bruns. shuttle route celebrated

    State, county and local officials gathered last week at the South Amboy Train Station to announce the expansion of the Middlesex County Community Shuttle Program into the South Amboy-Sayreville area. Participants were (l-r) Tom Clark, director of governmental relations for NJ Transit; Sayreville council President Kenneth P. Kelly; state Assemblyman John Wisniewski; Middlesex County Freeholder…

  • Temple conducting October food drive

    Congregation Beth Ohr, Route 516, Old Bridge, is collecting unopened nonperishable food items through Oct. 31 to be donated to Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County for distribution to needy families in the community. Donations may be dropped in the large yellow box in the synagogue lobby. For more information, call the temple at 732-257-1523.

  • Young@Heart

    Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, New Brunswick, will present the Young@Heart Chorus from Northampton, Mass., which has toured the world, at the State Theatre in New Brunswick at 3 p.m. Oct. 16. The group of seniors, making their New Jersey debut, sings rock and roll classics past and present, including the music of Jefferson Airplane, Talking…

  • Religious center, housing plan nears vote in O.B.

    DRSANA presents revised plan for Englishtown Road site BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Samsel Upper Elementary School teacher Scott Nurnberger holds an iris plant during the Sayreville school’s Fall Beautification Day Oct. 7. Teachers and students worked together to clean the school grounds and plant flowers and shrubs. The Shade Tree Commission donated 19 trees…

  • Four seeking two seats on Sayreville council

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer With the November elections quickly approaching, taxes are on the minds of all four Sayreville Borough Council candidates. Republicans Paula Siarkiewicz and Kelly Reilly and Democrats Lisa Eicher and Mary Novak differ on many core issues, but all say that taxes are the biggest issue facing Sayreville. The Republican candidates insist…

  • Photo

    Students at Walter M. Schirra School in Old Bridge participate in Jumpstart’s Read for the Record activity on Oct. 6. Students partnered with buddy classes to read the book “Llama Llama Red Pajama” and complete related activities such as making their own booklets and pages. JEFF GRANIT staff