Category: Suburban News

  • New panel to help growing Hispanic business market

    Chamber responds to growth of county Hispanic population BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer I n an area with a growing population and burgeoning number of business owners, the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce is reaching out to the untapped Hispanic market. The chamber’s newly created Hispanic Business Council was established to help Hispanic business…

  • Middlesex Cty. offering cash rewards for Crime Stoppers information

    Cash rewards are being offered for information that leads to arrests in a series of incidents in New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Franklin Township. Members of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, the New Brunswick Police Department, the North Brunswick Police Department and the Franklin Township Police Department are actively investigating 10 incidents that occurred between…

  • Four businesses burglarized on Main Street in Sayreville

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Police are investigating a string of burglaries that occurred in the early morning hours of July 29. Four stores on Main Street were reportedly broken into or damaged, possibly by the same suspect, between 3 and 4 a.m. Police responded to an alarm call at More’s Jewelry at 3:13…

  • Woodstock on the Lake

    Bassist Frank D’Agistino steers the classic rock rhythm for the band Yasgur’s Farm during its Woodstock on the Lake performance at the East Brunswick Elks lodge July 23. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Survey of Raritan Bay aims to restore oysters

    Baykeeper, Rutgers scientist map conditions in bay BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer I n an effort to renew oyster restoration to Raritan Bay, the NY/NJ Baykeeper is working with Rutgers environmental scientist Beth Ravit to create the first survey map of shoreline conditions in the bay. The survey will map the littoral zone — the…

  • A challenge on land, water … and mud

    Inaugural Rock Solid Mud Run set for Aug. 6 at Raceway Park Above: Participants crawl through some cool, refreshing slop during a test run of the Rock Solid Mud Run course. The event will be held Aug. 6 at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park on a course designed by active-duty U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col.…

  • Shop owners: Business cools off in record heat

    For some ice cream sellers, rising temps bring sales down BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer I t seems last weekend’s record- breaking temperatures didn’t have local residents screaming for ice cream. Some area ice cream shop owners said sales have cooled off during the brutal heat wave that saw temperatures rise to triple digits around…

  • fundraisers 

    July 29  Drive-In Movie, featuring a screening of Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” (rated G), sponsored by the St. Ambrose Improvements Committee, parking lot opens at 7 p.m., cartoons begin at 8 p.m., movie starts at 8:30 p.m., in the church parking lot, 81 Throckmorton Lane, Old Bridge. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Food,…

  • Officials looking for a greener Sayreville

    Green Team will help town secure grants, resources for sustainable projects BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Borough officials are recruiting members for a Sayreville Green Team. But leave the cleats and cape at home, because this is not a call for sports players or superheroes. The creation of a Green Team is one of…