Category: Suburban News

  • Wisniewski honored for efforts to enhance building safety

    Assemblyman John Wisniewski SAYREVILLE — State Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) has received the first Elected Official of the Year Award from the International Code Council (ICC) in honor of his legislative work to enhance building safety. Wisniewski was one of three nationwide recipients of the first-time award, along with South Carolina Sen. Phil P. Leventis…

  • Old Bridge Scout troop welcomes eight new Eagles

    Eight Old Bridge Boy Scouts received their Eagle awards at a June Court of Honor ceremony. Eagle Scout is the highest rank in scouting. OLD BRIDGE — Eight local Boy Scouts have risen to the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest honor in scouting. Michael Brooks, Nicholas Goolic, Stefon DeAllie, Jarrod Eardley, Billy Tamke, Gregory…

  • Sayreville homeowners to see 3-cent tax hike

    Council shaved over 4 cents from original proposed increase BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council unanimously passed the 2011 budget at its June 16 meeting. The budget includes a 3-cent increase per $100 of assessed valuation, totaling about $43 on a house assessed at the borough average of $143,700. The last…

  • After 42 years, twin brothers ready to leave teaching careers

    Early plans include travel, baseball BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The Malara brothers spent more than four decades teaching at Sayreville Middle School. SAYREVILLE — It’s the bottom of the ninthwith two outs, and Sayreville is about to be down two. Two teachers, that is. After 42 years each, identical twins Anthony and Joseph Malara,…

  • Ex-substitute teacher gets probation in sex assault case

    A former substitute teacher at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High School in Perth Amboy has been placed on probation for five years for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old male student in Sayreville, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan. Monique Ucelli, 37, of Staten Island, N.Y., also was fined $1,300, was ordered to…

  • Retiring the flag

    Above: Local veterans inspect an American flag during a flag-retirement ceremony at American Legion Post 211 in Sayreville on June 14. Right: Veterans break out of formation. Hundreds of aged and tattered flags were properly put to rest by fire during the event. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

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    Local veterans and residents attend a flag-retirement ceremony at American Legion Post 211, Sayreville, June 14. More photos, page 45. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Court rules in favor of Club 35 appeal

    Borough will look to revise its BYOB ordinance BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer A state appeals court has reversed a lower court decision that had upheld a Sayreville borough ordinance regulating customers’ ability to bring their own beer and wine onto “unlicensed premises,” according to the ruling. The unanimous decision from the threejudge panel ruled…

  • A hometown baseball legend is remembered

    Shop owners deliver on decades-old promise to mother of Frankie Hayes BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer A baseball card from Frankie Hayes’ time with the Philadelphia Athletics, with whom he spent most of his career. JEFF GRANIT staff JAMESBURG — A local couple has stepped up to the plate to fulfill a 40-year-old promise they…