Category: Suburban News

  • Repairs begin on Cheesequake bridge

    The state Department of Transportation has begun repairs on the Route 35 lift bridge over Cheesequake Creek between Old Bridge and Sayreville. The floor beam repair work began last week, requiring daily single-lane closures on Route 35 in both directions between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. All work is weather dependent, and…

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    Old Bridge High School students display the latest prom fashions during the “Tonight’s Gonna be a Good Knight” show, sponsored by the school’s PTSA on Feb. 13. The annual event saw 80 students and administrators modeling formal attire from local vendors. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Many raise objections to potential school cuts

    Facing deficit of millions, committee considers mass layoffs, two school closings BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer News about potential school budget cuts associated with a projected shortfall for 2011-12 has those affected coming forward to contest the tentative reductions. Nearly 100 teachers and parents filled the library at the Old Bridge High School Grade Nine…

  • Mayor, council members clash over attorney issue

    O’Brien, two council members leave meeting after motion fails BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer A surprised group of Sayreville residents watched Monday night as a new borough attorney was appointed, prompting Mayor Kennedy O’Brien to walk out at the start of the Feb. 14 council meeting. The feud began before the meeting was called to…

  • Students reduce their use, slash their trash

    Sayreville school teaches many ways in which children can help the environment BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Samsel Upper Elementary School students Diana Rodriguez (l) and Yusra Khan read from cue cards as they rehearse for a Green Team presentation at the school Feb. 11. JEFF GRANIT staff Just recycling isn’t enough anymore. There is…

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    Left: Jasmeen Kaur (l) and Iman Dar hold cards for their classmates. Right: Roseline Akeju reads from cue cards during a Green Team rehearsal at the Samsel Upper Elementary School Feb. 11. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Man charged with endangerment, promoting prostitution in O.B.

    Robert MacDonald OLD BRIDGE — A township man was arrested on charges that he showed pornographic images to a 14-year-old boy and offered the child money for a sexual favor. Robert MacDonald, 62, of Harding Road in the Laurence Harbor section of the township, was arrested at his home on Feb. 9, according to an…

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    Justin Tumulty (c)and classmates at St. Thomas the Apostle School, Old Bridge, cheer for the seventh-graders taking part in a volleyball tournament to wrap up Catholic Schools Week Feb. 4. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Celebrity chef gives a taste of life in the kitchen

    Kevin Sbraga, winner of TV’s ‘Top Chef’ competition, visits Middlesex County College BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Chef Kevin Sbraga, winner of Bravo TV’s “Top Chef” competition, offers a cooking demonstration at Middlesex County College on Feb. 3. During the afternoon session he made black-eyed pea hummus, sweet potato soup, hazelnut butter with blackberry jelly,…