Category: Suburban News

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    South Old Bridge Fire Chief Bob Verney gets a laugh out of Old Bridge police officers including Jim McCauley (l) by waving a doughnut on a string in front of them as the town’s finest and bravest get set for a hoagie-building contest to raise money for charity. The event was held as part of…

  • Wawa marks store opening with hoagie competition

    Left: Old Bridge police officer Anthony Mottola grabs a hold of South Old Bridge firefighter Louis Gregoire during a friendly food fight that followed a hoagie-building contest to raise money for charity at the new Wawa on Englishtown Road Nov. 18. Above: Old Bridge police officers endure a spray of lettuce courtesy of the firefighters.…

  • 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…

  • South Amboy council talks redevelopment

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The City Council at its Nov. 3 meeting took action to advance some of its redevelopment efforts. For one, the council decided to move forward with investigating the former Sun Oil site for potential redevelopment, though no plans are definite yet. “It’s just going into a study to…

  • Police say group used pipe, bat in Old Bridge beating

    OLD BRIDGE — Police have arrested six residents of Sayreville and Old Bridge in connection with an aggravated assault that police said took place Oct. 31 at a residence on Kirschman Drive, off Morganville Road. A seventh suspect remained at large earlier this week. The group is accused of allegedly using a pipe, bat and…

  • Toys for Tots drive ongoing in Sayreville

    The Sayreville Department of Recreation is holding its annual Toys for Tots drive through Dec. 3. Interested individuals may donate new, unwrapped toys; gift certificates; or a check made payable to the Sayreville Recreation Department Toy Drive. Donations may be dropped off 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, at the Recreation Center, Dolan Street. For more information,…