Category: Suburban News

  • fundraisers 

    April 28-30  Clothing Drive, sponsored by Madison Park Little League, at the league’s baseball field on Cheesequake Road, Old Bridge. Items sought: clothes; shoes; belts; pocketbooks; small stuffed animals; small toys; small household items such as picture frames, vases, lamps, curtains, tablecloths, decorative items; kitchenware including dishes, pots, glasses, utensils, small appliances, small electronics.…

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    Nicholas Termyna, 6, of Old Bridge, and other children participate in a game during the April 13 Slam Dunk the Junk Carnival at the Geoge Bush Senior Center in Old Bridge. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • WELCOME TO… Treasures of the Jersey Shore

    Seaside Heights: Amusements, eateries, fests in a small package BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Seaside Heights beach and boardwalk Boro embraces ‘Jersey Shore’ reality show as economic boon and tourist magnet T he borough of Seaside Heights is anything but a quiet town along the New Jersey coast, which is exactly how the shore town…

  • ‘Soundstage’ will fill club with hope for autistic youths

    BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Alicia Madison When voices and musical instruments combine, special things often happen. When musicians combine, special people can often be helped. Such will be the case on Saturday, May 7, when Greater Media Newspapers and Howell Ice World present a host of musical performances for charity during “Soundstage” at Bar Anticipation…

  • E.B. begins warning period for running red light at Tices

    EAST BRUNSWICK — The warning period for motorists who run the red light at Route 18 and Tices Lane has begun anew. Those who proceed against a red light will receive a warning in the mail during this 30-day period, which began April 8. The warning period was previously set for March but was delayed…

  • fundraisers 

    April 21-30  Clothing Drive, sponsored by Madison Park Little League, at the league’s baseball field on Cheesequake Road, Old Bridge. Items sought: clothes; shoes; belts; pocketbooks; small stuffed animals; small toys; small household items such as picture frames, vases, lamps, curtains, tablecloths, decorative items; kitchenware including dishes, pots, glasses, utensils, small appliances, small electronics.…

  • Vas to serve 6½ years

    Former state Assemblyman and Perth Amboy Mayor Joseph Vas and his longtime aide Melvin Ramos were sentenced April 15 to serve 78 and 37 months in prison, respectively. The two were convicted of corruptly misusing Vas’ position as mayor to steal affordable housing funds, following a threeweek trial before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton…

  • Middlesex Dems’ Gottlieb to receive Roberts Award

    Middlesex County Democratic Chairwoman Helen Gottlieb is the recipient of the New Jersey Federation of Democratic Women’s 2011 Peg Roberts Award. “I am humbled to receive the Peg Roberts Award,” Gottlieb said. “It is an honor to be included with all the prior recipients who have done so much for the Democratic Party.” Gottlieb will…

  • New Jersey 9/11 memorial fundraiser set for May 9

    The New Jersey 9/11 Memorial Foundation will hold its “Empty Sky” Memorial Benefit Dinner on May 9 at the Short Hills Hilton. The event will be hosted by NJ 101.5-FM’s Dennis Malloy and feature the musical entertainment of Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and J. Robert Spencer — The Midtown Men — four stars…