Category: Suburban News

  • Neighbor, responders credited for saving life

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer MONROE — Karen Krenzel could only make a phone call last March when her husband, Rich, suffered a medical emergency, and hope that those responding could save his life. Her husband, Rich, suffered a massive heart attack and stopped breathing at the family’s Monroe home. Karen called for an ambulance…

  • Walk4Hearing 5K slated for Oct. 15

    The Hearing Loss Association of New Jersey (HLAA) is hosting the fourth annual Garden State Walk4Hearing on Oct. 15 at Mercer County Park West, West Windsor. The 5K-walk (3.1 miles) will begin with registration at 9 a.m. and the walk will start at 10 a.m. The walk, held in multiple cities across the country, is…

  • The works of Maurice Sendak ‘In a Nutshell’

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer The traveling exhibit, titled “In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak,” has brought the works of this legendary author and illustrator to the Monroe Township library. The works will be on display until Aug. 19. JEFF GRANIT staff MONROE— Perhaps best known for his monstrous yet entertaining illustrations in…

  • Economic development focus of new master plan

    Planning Board seeks to attract new commercial development, grow tax base BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer Old Bridge officials expect a new master plan with new ideas for development will have a positive impact on the community. The Planning Board voted July 12 to adopt the revised master plan, which Mayor Patrick Gillespie said aims…

  • Creative minds

    A youngster works on her project during Tween Craft Night at the Old Bridge Public Library on July 21. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Fair all about tradition, and fun for the family

    Attendance has increased in recent years, with 75,000 attending last year BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Thousands of area residents will find their way to the Middlesex County Fairgrounds in East Brunswick next week for their yearly dose of live music, shows and attractions. From Aug. 1 through Aug. 7, the Middlesex County Fair will host…

  • Photo

    Stewart Sacks of Maryland looks over the competition during the Tri-State Budgerigar Society’s 21st Annual Show and Exhibition at the 4-H Youth Center log cabin on Cranbury Road in East Brunswick on July 23. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • For the love of poetry New principal ‘a great fit’ for Sayreville elem. school

    Raritan Poets write, discuss their work at monthly meetings Fiory has taught grades 3-5, served as assistant principal BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writer BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer Linda Levine of Edison recites her poem “Double Vision” at the July meeting of the Raritan Poets. CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI What do a retired technical writer, a college student…

  • Old Bridge man sentenced in tax refund conspiracy

    A n Old Bridge resident was one of two New Jersey men sentenced to federal prison July 25 for conspiring to file thousands of false and fraudulent federal income tax returns that caused the IRS to issue over $3 million in refund checks, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Johnson Coker, 45, of Old Bridge,…