Category: Suburban News

  • Artists’ reception slated for Aug. 21 at Fiddleheads

    JAMESBURG — Three New Jersey artists will hold a free reception Aug. 21 at Fiddleheads Restaurant, East Railroad Avenue. Indrani Choudhury of Edison, and Fran and Maxwell Nimeck, both of North Brunswick, will host the fall 2011 gallery show from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The show includes complex watercolors, acrylics, oils, encaustics and lithographs, framed…

  • Happy campers

    Trony (l-r), Nia and Amanda Clifton look up to the sky for balloons launched from the St. Thomas the Apostle School, Old Bridge, during its summer camp carnival on Aug. 12. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Rift grows over O.B. ordinance

    Democrats hire attorney for early-retirement lawsuit BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Democrats on the Old Bridge Township Council selected a lawyer Monday to represent the township in a legal battle over the highly debated retirement health benefits ordinance. Louis Rainone, the labor counsel for the township, will represent defendants Mayor Patrick Gillespie and council members…

  • Salt Water Day

    Veronica Higgins of Laurence Harbor and daughter Caroline, 12, look for the perfect ring during the annual Salt Water Day celebration at the Laurence Harbor beachfront in Old Bridge Aug. 13. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Officials push for speedy cleanup at Raritan Bay site

    Proposal for remedial action at beachfront under review BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer The federal Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing a proposal from National Lead Industries to clean up contamination at the Laurence Harbor beachfront in Old Bridge. EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck, U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone and other EPA and township officials were on…

  • Middlesex towns to benefit from Green Acres funding

    BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Several parks and recreation areas in Middlesex County will be expanded with more open space thanks to three Green Acres bills signed by Gov. Chris Christie on Aug. 3. Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge and municipal parks in Edison are among the area recipients of allocations to help acquire…

  • Photo

    Elise Logan of Sayreville paints the face of Jalia Donnelly, 4, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, during the annual Salt Water Day celebration at the Laurence Harbor beachfront Aug. 13. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Leprechauns to host 50th celebration Oct. 1

    The Sayreville Leprechauns Football and Cheerleading Association will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a picnic and fundraiser to be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Oct. 1 at Burkes Park, Sayreville. The event has been changed to this day due to conflicts with other events in the town. A fee of $10 for children ages…

  • SERA appointments at issue in Sayreville

    Officials accused of playing politics with commissioner seats BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Disagreements abound among borough officials over whom to nominate for two open positions on the Sayreville Economic and Redevelopment Agency. The Borough Council on Aug. 8 voted 3-1 to deny Mayor Kennedy O’Brien’s nomination of Barbara Kilcommons for SERAcommissioner. Republican Councilman…