Category: Suburban News

  • Husband-wife team finds calling with ‘bed & bark-fest’

    Local couple turns love of animals into boarding, pet sitting service BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Tom Sawyer plays with the dogs in the backyard of the couple’s Old Bridge home. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff OLD BRIDGE — While talking with Darlene Sawyer, there are frequent, sometimes loud, interruptions. The distractions might be unwelcome if…

  • Main St. property rezoning lands Sayreville in court

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The borough is facing legal action after prohibiting the property owned by Fulton’s Landing Inc. to be developed with residential housing. The property, a 157-acre tract on Main Street, was rezoned in an ordinance the Borough Council passed on May 23. The ordinance was adopted despite objections from property…

  • Palma and Friends to perform in concert

    Playhouse 22 will present “An Evening With Patsy Palma and Friends” 8 p.m. Aug. 20 at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road. Vocalist Palma, along with some of his musical friends and family members, will perform classic standards and oldies during the sing-along evening. Tickets cost $15, general admission, and may be…

  • OBHS students lead workshops on nighttime driving, seat belts

    Old Bridge High School SADD Chapter members Nicole Gomes (l) and Michelle Borrero use props to demonstrate how a driver’s vision is impacted at night. Under New Jersey’s Graduated Driver License program, teens holding a permit or probationary license may not drive between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., when their crash risk increases significantly. LAURA…

  • AARP sponsoring trip to Williamsburg

    Old Bridge AARP Chapter No. 4854 will offer an Oct. 7-10 trip to Williamsburg, Va. The excursion will include three nights’ accommodations; admission to Colonial Williamsburg; guided tours of Jamestown, Yorktown and Fredericksburg; three breakfasts; one lunch; one dinner; and transportation. Cost is $436 per person, based on double occupancy. To reserve or for more…

  • Cardinal McCarrick H.S. welcomes new principal

    Karen Juliano brings 35 years of experience to city’s Catholic high school BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Karen Juliano SOUTH AMBOY — For the 2011-12 school year, Cardinal McCarrick High School will welcome a new principal, Karen M. Juliano. Juliano replaces outgoing principal Jean Kline. Cardinal McCarrick (formerly St. Mary’s High School) is the oldest high…

  • Playhouse 22 to kick off new season in September

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Building on the success of its prior season, Playhouse 22 has announced its 2011-12 schedule, featuring a mix of comedies, musicals, classics and lesser-known works. Kicking off the new season, “Barefoot in the Park,” the Neil Simon comedy, opens on Sept. 16 and runs for three weekends, closing on Oct. 2. Mary…

  • 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