Category: Suburban News

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    Old Bridge Police Lt. Ross Moltisanti and Texas Roadhouse assistant manager Christine Fenton celebrate with Andy the Armadillo during the Cops for Kids party.

  • Sayreville officials pledge bipartisan effort in 2011

    O’Brien: I will continue tightening the belt … and make new holes if necessary BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Before looking ahead at the issues the governing body will face in the year ahead, Sayreville Mayor Kennedy O’Brien noted that the stark economic realities of a year ago are still daunting. “Last year, I talked…

  • Blizzard cleanup costly, effective in local towns

    Officials commend public works crews, emergency personnel BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Area towns facing drastic budget cuts and shrinking work forces had to put those issues aside and dig their communities out after a couple feet of snow was dropped on the region Dec. 26-27. Old Bridge officials said their Public Works Department responded…

  • New YMCA looking at a busy year in S. Amboy

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The new year may be just under way, but at the YMCA, they’re already thinking summer. “The biggest thing that we’re doing [in 2011] is opening summer camp,” said Amanda Rushnak, South Amboy Branch YMCA membership and marketing director. Camp SAY (South Amboy YMCA) will be open to children in kindergarten…

  • Sayreville set to improve roof, cupola at boro hall

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The roof at borough hall is on its way to getting a makeover. The Borough Council recently approved a resolution authorizing its engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the rehabilitation of the roof. This will coincide with the restoration of the cupola that sits atop borough hall.…

  • Foundation on path to honor O.B. alumni

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLDBRIDGE— With only a fewmonths left until construction, the Old BridgeAlumni Path Foundation’s walkway project has been ramped into overdrive. Project details are quickly shaping up, and an addition to the walkway that will include bricks dedicated to current elementary and middle school students is being drafted, according to Nora…

  • Foursquare and seven friends ago

    Teens warned of the dangers of Internet, cell phone technology BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Just because an email or text message is deleted does not mean it is gone forever. During “Teens, Tech and Sex: Keeping It Real in the Digital World,” Judith Brown discussed the dangers of a cyber world with 190 teenage…

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    Faith Chudkowski, 10, of Sayreville, glides along the snow at Thompson Park in Jamesburg Dec. 30. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Army officer gets a hero’s welcome

    Sayreville youth gets her wish: a school visit from her recently deployed father BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer All the Christmas lights in Sayreville could not have shone brighter than the smile of 8-year-old Laila Montanez as her father entered the room at her school Dec. 21. U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Estaban Montanez…