Category: Suburban News

  • GM Newspapers staff spreads ‘Greater Good’ at shelter

    Volunteers roll up their sleeves at Sayreville Pet Adoption Center BYAMY ROSEN Staff Writer Clockwise from above: Kyle, a Shih Tzu, gets all dolled up for his new owners during the Greater Media Newspapers’ Day of Greater Good at the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center Feb. 17. GMN controller Kathy McBain (center), an experienced groomer, gets…

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    Mark Pinsahovic, the at-home winner of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser, Season 10,” and his cousin Merav visited the Old Bridge YMCA on Feb. 19, spending two hours talking about their weight loss, Mark’s experience on the show and their continued regimen, also answering questions and signing autographs.

  • Glenwood fire leaves eight residences uninhabitable

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLDBRIDGE— Afour-alarmfire raged through the Glenwood apartment complex last week, leaving two wounded firefighters and eight damaged residences in its wake. The blaze broke out in the Route 516 development at 9:30 p.m. Feb. 22 and lasted more than two hours before it was extinguished through the combined efforts of…

  • Sayreville officials pleased with progress on budget

    Calls for 5-cent tax rate hike as costs increase for pension, health care, snow removal BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council will soon introduce a 2011 municipal budget that, as proposed, would raise taxes by $72 on the average home, assessed at $143,700. The proposed tax rate increase of 5 cents…

  • $250,000 grant to fund road upgrades in South Amboy

    Realignment, repaving planned for South Pine Ave., Portia St. BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Improvements will soon be made to a key intersection. The city was recently awarded a $250,000 grant fromthe state Department of Transportation 2011 MunicipalAid Program to improve South Pine Avenue and Portia Street. Officials applied for the grant after…

  • Local theater troupe brings ‘Finian’s Rainbow’ back to N.J.

    Acrobat/magician Kevin C. Carr will play the leprechaun Og in the Sayreville Main Street Theatre Company’s “Finian’s Rainbow.” Shows are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 11-27. SAYREVILLE — For the first time in over 30 years, central New Jersey theater-goers will be able to see the full version of the…

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    Fifth-grade students at the Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School, Old Bridge, staged the character education play “Munchkin Mediation” on Feb. 25. The show, full of singing and dancing, had the theme of conflict resolution. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Two school closings off the table, for now

    Old Bridge board will see $1.36M increase in state aid BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer A contentious proposal to close two Old Bridge elementary schools has been tentatively removed from a list of potential cuts, thanks in part to an increase in state aid. Plans to shutter the two schools were nixed last week when…

  • Treasures of the Jersey Shore

    Allaire State Park is Wall’s treasure The Allaire Chapel at the Historic Village at Allaire Nestled away in the woods on Atlantic Avenue (Route 524) in Wall Township is Allaire State Park, home to the Historic Village at Allaire. The park is one of the major attractions in Wall Township, a gateway town to the…