Category: Suburban News

  • First day

    From top: Isabella Bassolino is greeted with a hug from kindergarten teacher Rose Lotano on the first day of school at James McDivitt Elementary School in Old Bridge on Sept. 7. Students take part in a welcome song and dance. Lotano writes a message delegating Bryan Alvarez as student teacher for the first day of…

  • O.B. church establishes hurricane relief fund

    BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church has set up a relief fund to help the nearly 20 families in the township who were forced to vacate their homes due to flood damage caused by Hurricane Irene. The help comes none…

  • Remembering 9/11

    Above: Parents look on as students at Southwood Elementary School, Old Bridge, engage in songs, poems and a wreath-laying ceremony in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Below: Melvin Molina waves a flag at the ceremony. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Old Bridge Republicans celebrate campaign kickoff

    BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Old Bridge Councilman Brian Cahill speaks to supporters during an official kick-off party for the new Republican campaign headquarters. CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI OLD BRIDGE — With party leaders, candidates and supporters chanting “Owen! Owen!” for their mayoral candidate, local Republicans officially kicked off their bid to take over township government with…

  • So. Amboy community teams up on bullying

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTHAMBOY— SouthAmboy Elementary School Principal Christine Robbins is committed to keeping her school an environment where bullying isn’t tolerated … by students, teachers or parents. The school has started the academic year with a number of initiatives to help educate the entire school community. Bullying has been in the spotlight since…

  • Disaster Recovery Centers open in area

    Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/State Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) recently opened to provide face-to-face assistance to those who suffered damage due to Hurricane Irene. Area centers are located at the East Brunswick Division of Parks, Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816, in Middlesex County; and at the Henry Hudson Trail Activity Center, 945 Route…

  • Reactions to 9/11 in public art highlighted in photo exhibition

    Over the last 10 years, photographer Jonathan Hyman has been documenting artwork created by Americans in public places in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In images covering a wide range of subjects, artistic styles, and media — murals painted by graffiti artists, farmhouses painted with American flags, roadside signs, firefighters with…

  • Photo

    Andrew Galbin (l-r), Lindsay Nelson and Kaylee Heslin, students at Southwood Elementary School, Old Bridge, sing patriotic songs during a Sept. 9 ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • An unconventional life to the very end

    Dixieland funeral was ‘rugged individual’s’ final request BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Kersten (l) and Donna Roehsler, daughter and wife of the late Peter Roehsler, carry the urn to the Harley-Davidson motorcycle hearse at Brunswick Memorial Home Sept. 2. ERIC SUCAR staff SAYREVILLE — Peter Roehsler made headline news when he drove from Sayreville to Buffalo,…