Category: Suburban News

  • O.B. board nears vote on religious group’s plan

    Testimony draws to close on proposal for house of worship, residences near Raceway Park BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer The religious group Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America is just a vote away from reaching the end of a nearly four-year application process. With over 15 hearings under its belt, DRSANA is moving toward…

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    Figure skater Kelly Walsh of Staten Island, N.Y., practices her moves during a New Year’s Day skating session at Roosevelt Park Family Ice Skating Rink in Edison. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Film recalls famed music scene of 1980s

    ‘Rockin’ Brunswick’ captured unique period in New Brunswick BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer A lively scene gathers outside the Melody Bar in the 1980s. Many local bands performed at the venue, where popular entertainment personality Matt Pinfield was a DJ. JEFF TARANTINO: TARANTINO PHOTOGRAPHY Power-up the synthesizer and slip on the Ray-Bans — a recently…

  • Proposed panel would work to help Sayreville businesses

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Borough officials are forming a new committee intended to make the town more business friendly. Councilman Frank Bella, who championed the idea for the Zoning Review Committee, said its function would be to review ordinances and laws to make sure they are supportive of the local business environment…

  • Police charge O.B. man with weapons offenses, burglary

    OLD BRIDGE — A township man arrested for allegedly firing a gun in his backyard has been connected to two other incidents related to the weapon, according to police. Trevor Bieniek, 19, is accused of allegedly stealing a .357 Magnum revolver from an Old Bridge home and later allegedly holding the weapon to a township…

  • Sayreville police: ATM stolen from service station

    SAYREVILLE — Police are investigating the theft of an ATM and a drawer of cash from a local service station. According to borough police, thieves broke into the convenience store at the Raceway gas station located at Ernston Road and Bordentown Avenue and stole the banking machine and a cash register drawer just before 4:30…

  • Palma set to perform at O.B.’s Friendly Sons

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Patsy Palma OLD BRIDGE — A local crooner is set to serenade the crowd with standards from the Great American Songbook this Saturday. The Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh on Oak Street is the next stop for Patsy Palma and Friends, a Sayreville-based singing group that frequents local venues, performing…

  • Local author helps students realize their ‘bubble gum dreams’

    Stresses value of hard work and the determination needed to self-publish a book BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Old Bridge resident Mary Ann Castagnetta discusses her book “Elephant Soup?” with students at Southwood Elementary School. OLD BRIDGE — Mary Ann Castagnetta urged Southwood School students to follow their “bubble gum dreams” last month, and she’ll…

  • Minor changes as O.B. reorganizes for 2011

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — With no major elections in the preceding year and few new appointments, the township’s annual reorganization meeting was a quiet affair. The Jan. 3 meeting of the governing body sawthe reappointment of many familiar faces, with the only notable changes occurring within the makeup of the Planning…