Category: Suburban News

  • Religious group’s plan changed to meet zoning

    House of worship, nine single-family homes proposed BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Old Bridge zoning changes have prompted the religious group Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America to make sweeping alterations to its site plan. DRSANA has undergone a grueling three-year application process in part due to the wording of the township’s Land Development…

  • O’Connor to challenge votes in S. Amboy race

    Henry says it’s time for city to heal, move forward BY JACQUELINE DURETT BY JACQUELINE Correspondent Arecount held Friday by the Middlesex County Board of Elections reaffirmed Fred Henry’s single-vote victory in South Amboy’s mayoral election. The Democrat and current City Council president edged out independent candidate Mary O’Connor by a vote of 1,128-1,127 in…

  • Museum celebrates water as art world inspiration

    Water is the subject and title of a far-reaching exhibition at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, this fall. Ranging from a 17th-century Chinese landscape to Bill Viola’s 2005 visceral video work, “Ablutions,” works on display are drawn from the museum’s own collections of French, American, Russian and SovietNonconformist art,…

  • Cheerleaders hope community will now rally behind them

    Two Old Bridge Knights squads qualify for national championship in Disney BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Two cheerleading squads from Old Bridge Knights Pop Warner have qualified for the national championships, but they are seeking help from the community to get there. The Junior Pee Wee and Midget teams outperformed all other…

  • Police: E.B. man arrested after chase through yards

    OLD BRIDGE — A 23-year-old East Brunswick man was charged with car theft following a motor vehicle accident the morning of Oct. 31. Police said David A. DeMarco was driving a stolen vehicle when it collided with another car that was pulling up to the pumps at the Wawa gas station on Route 34. The…

  • Citizens group has say in waterfront cleanup

    Meets monthly to discuss Raritan Bay Slag Site issues BY LAUREN CIRAULO BY LAUREN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — While residents wait patiently for the cleanup of the Raritan Bay Slag Site, a volunteer committee has been keeping track of its progress. The Raritan Bay Community Advisory Group has been meeting on a monthly basis…

  • Siblings say relationship has no bearing on service

    Eicher, Buchanan continue family tradition of public service in Sayreville BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Dan Buchanan SAYREVILLE — They represent something highly unusual: siblings who will serve together on a governing body. But for Dan Buchanan and Lisa Eicher, it’s just a matter of both having a desire to serve their community, and the…

  • Sayreville council OKs bond after some debate

    BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council has adopted an ordinance authorizing $836,000 in bonds to pay for new trucks and equipment for various departments. The final vote was 5-1, with Councilman Frank Bella the lone dissenter. The total cost of the equipment would be $880,000, which includes a $44,000 down payment.…

  • Holiday grave-blanket sale under way in S.R.

    St. Mary’s Altar Rosary Society, South River, is holding its annual holiday graveblanket sale. Cost is $24 for a 36-inch blanket decorated with pine cones, poinsettias and a bow. Orders are being taken through Dec. 5 after all Masses at St. Mary’s Church, Jackson Street, South River. Pickup is set for noon-2 p.m. Dec. 11.…