Category: Suburban News

  • Women’s Club to hold Yard Sale

    The Mid-Madison Women’s Club Yard Sale is set for 8 a.m.-3 p.m. April 2 at Cheesequake Farms, Route 9 north, Old Bridge. Rain date is April 3. For more information, call 732-566-5029 or email [email protected].

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    Old Bridge High School students Donnelle Crank-Longo (l) and Andre Davis dance the merengue under the direction of teacher Patricia Alspach in physical education class on March 25. See story, page 12. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Pi Night

    Jonas Salk Middle School Principal David Cittadino prepares a pizza during Pi Night at Krispy Pizza, Route 516, on March 14. Salk administrators served pizza and dinners, with proceeds will benefit the middle school.

  • Budget talks heated as cuts are considered

    Council discusses options for reducing 5-cent tax hike BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — To cut or not to cut? That is the question borough officials grappled over during a heated discussion Monday night at Borough Hall. The question of cuts came about after borough Business Administrator Jeff Bertrand was asked to look at…

  • Republican Women to meet April 5 in E.B.

    The next meeting of the Middlesex County Republican Women’s Club is set for 7:30 p.m. April 5 at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Guest speaker CaroleeAdams, president of the conservative New Jersey Eagle Forum, will offer a talk on topics of current interest. There will be a discussion of upcoming club…

  • Sayreville crew gives new life to old trucks

    ‘Mule,’ ‘Water Buffalo’ represent unique way to recycle, save money BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Above: An old recycling trailer became the “Water Buffalo,” a 900-gallon-capacity water trailer. Below: “The Mule,” as Sayreville public works officials call it, is being decommissioned 16 years after it was converted to a sand spreader and snowplow. PHOTOS BY…

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    A Sacred Heart Elementary School student raises the Polish flag during a ceremony held March 19 in front of the South Amboy Town Hall.

  • WELCOME TO… Treasures the Jersey Shore

    Sea Girt offers historic lore, ocean panorama BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer “The Intelligent Whale” at the Military Museum FollowWreck Pond bridge into the beautiful and historic borough of Sea Girt. This one-square-mile town includes the area between Stockton Lake and Wreck Pond. Though modest in size, the quaint beach town incorporated in 1917 is…

  • Gardeners planting seeds of community-wide effort

    Volunteers hope to involve others to help beautify areas around South Amboy BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Seven-year-old Robert Dieckman and other volunteers clean up the grounds outside Christ Episcopal Church March 26 to make way for the South Amboy Community Garden. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff A grass-roots organization is looking to get things growing.…