Category: Suburban News

  • Students say thanks to U.S. troops

    Write letters to bring a smile to soldiers far from home BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Contact Sam Slaughter at [email protected]. SAYREVILLE — In just a few short words, the students of Samsel Upper Elementary School are learning how they can cheer up someone they’ve never met — and most likely will never meet. Through…

  • Crowd heralds building’s transformation to castle

    BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Above: Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey President Tom Weatherall addresses the audience on hand for the tower-raising ceremony at the Samuel and Josephine Plumeri Wishing Place in Monroe May 27. Below: Kaela Cruz, 9, of Sayreville, waits for the crane to place the finishing touch on the tower. PHOTOS BY…

  • fundraisers 

    June 3  Dining Event, to benefit the East Brunswick Rescue Squad, 5-8 p.m., at Wendy’s, Route 18, East Brunswick. Restaurant will donate 10 percent of all proceeds to the Rescue Squad. Community invited to attend. Call Barry Brill at 732-251-0090; email [email protected]; log on to www.Brillskarate.com.  Scramble, sponsored by the Columbiettes of Immaculate…

  • $3.2M project bringing new water lines to South Amboy

    Above-ground plastic lines will be used while underground lines are being worked on BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Middlesex Water Co. is in the process of RENEWing water lines in the city. The utility’s current phase of the RENEW project, which began in South Amboy last week, involves lining and replacing approximately 17,500…

  • Photo

    Alan B. Shepard Elementary School students Erin Rynkiewicz and Dylan Mazzo paint part of the mural, designed by fifth-grader Karolina Kolodziej, on May 20 in Old Bridge. The mural ties in to the character education studies at the school, which was named a 2011 National School of Character recently by the Character Education Partnership. Story,…

  • E.B. residents troubled by lack of Lyme education, diagnoses

    Advocates seek to raise awareness of devastation disease can cause BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Kathy Kirby and East Brunswick Councilwoman Nancy Pinkin speak about Lyme disease during a recent Township Council meeting. EAST BRUNSWICK — A proclamation read at a Township Council meeting may not seem like a big deal to the general public. But…

  • O.B. council adopts budget amid disputes

    Democrats, GOP disagree over soundness of municipal tab BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer The Old Bridge Township Council voted 5-4 along party lines to adopt the $56.3 million municipal budget for 2011 during its May 9 meeting. The budget, which came in under the state’s 2 percent tax levy cap, calls for a levy of…

  • WELCOME TO… Treasures of the Jersey Shore

    Belmar is ready for summer of fun BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Belmar drawbridge Everyone in Belmar is ready for the summer of 2011, and now there is only one thing left that matters. “We just need the weather” to cooperate, said Mary Brabazon, the tourism administrator of the popular Jersey Shore destination. The summer season…

  • O.B. eager to showcase new Lombardi Field

    Preparations ongoing as up to 10,000 visitors are expected for state meet BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Old Bridge, get ready. Thousands of visitors, including many of the top high school athletes from around the state, are headed to Lombardi Field, which has been chosen to host this year’s Meet of Champions. On June 3,…