Category: Suburban News

  • Blink-182 comes to Holmdel with new release on the way

    BY NATHAN ROSMAN Correspondent Tom DeLonge Blink-182 are making their return to the music industry this fall with their sixth studio album, “Neighborhoods,” which is scheduled for release on Sept. 27. Following a hiatus that began in 2005, Blink-182, a pop punk band, reunited at the 2009 Grammy awards and announced that a new album…

  • Warped Tour thrills fans in Oceanport

    BY NATHAN ROSMAN Correspondent The Word Alive performs at the Vans Warped Tour during its stop at Monmouth Park, Oceanport, on July 24. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY OCEANPORT — July 24 saw the reappearance of theVansWarped Tour at Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport. Now in its 17th year, the Warped Tour has certainly seen its…

  • Locally grown produce makes O.B. market a hit

    Vendors and crafters set up shop on Wednesdays at the municipal complex BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Caitlyn Hickey (c) and Catherine Lovallo of Hauser Hill Farms, Old Bridge, help a customer at the Old Bridge Farmers’ & Crafters’ Market July 27 at the township municipal complex. Goods will be sold from 11 a.m. to…

  • Sayreville considering power plant proposal

    Facility would operate on ex-landfill site west of Jernee Mill Road BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency is discussing preliminary plans for the construction of a natural gas-fired power plant at a boroughowned landfill location. SERA received a proposal from V.G. Resources for use of the former Sayreville Landfill site, which is…

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    Children take part in kicking exercises during a soccer camp held at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy on July 27. The South Amboy Branch YMCA sponsored the camp with Challenger Sports. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Police charge New York man in multi-town burglary spree

    BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer William H. Rusch Police arrested a Staten Island man accused of committing about 40 burglaries in 11 towns across Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Morris counties. William H. Rusch, 41, was arrested on July 21 and faces charges of burglary, theft and criminal mischief stemming from a cooperative investigation conducted by…

  • Bands will rock for the kids

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Jimmy Fasulo, 15, wanted to do his part to help sick children, and on Aug. 5 he will do that the best way he knows how: through live music. Fasulo, a sophomore at Sayreville War Memorial High School, has organized “Rockin’Together For the Kids,” a benefit concert to be…

  • Pedestrian, 18, found dead near Rt. 35 in South Amboy

    SOUTH AMBOY — Police are investigating the death of a pedestrian who apparently was struck and killed while walking along the shoulder of Route 35 north. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office released the man’s identity on Monday as Sylvester Tejada, 18, of Perth Amboy. His body was found by members of a state Department of…

  • So. Amboy welcomes Norek as fire chief

    City native has been a firefighter for 27 years BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The city’s fire department has a new leader. Jamie Norek, of Protection Engine Company, was sworn in as chief on July 1. In his role, Norek oversees the city’s approximately 100 firefighters, all of whom are volunteers, and two…