Category: Suburban News

  • All the right moves

    Former dance retiree teaches local boys the art of break dance, hip-hop dance BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Students look on during a recent Boyz Only! Hip-Hop dance class. SCOTT FRIEDMAN NEW BRUNSWICK — It’s all about selfexpression. That is the focus of Daniel Levi-Sanchez’s new Boyz Only! Hip-Hop dance class, offered at the extension…

  • SADD’s Red Ribbon Week

    Clockwise from top left: Sayreville War Memorial High School freshman Natalie Lardieri and classmates hold up candles during an Oct. 27 vigil organized by the school’s chapter of Students Against Destructive Decision (SADD). Students hold up their candles during the event, held during Red Ribbon Week. Genevieve Corrales, adviser of Sayreville War Memorial High School’s…

  • Bera sisters ready to make their mark on Broadway

    Taylor, 11, and Maggie, 15, building impressive stage résumés BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — At age 11, Sayreville’s Taylor Bera left on her first professional tour — performing in the musical “Little House on the Prairie.” Now that the tour is over, she and her 15-year-old sister, Maggie, also an actor, have set…

  • Fence relocation in O.B. aimed at improving waterfront access

    OLD BRIDGE — In response to several requests, Congressman Frank Pallone announced last week that the federal Environmental Protection Agency will relocate the fence that surrounds the Raritan Bay Slag site.Old Bridge Mayor Jim Phillips and area residents requested that the placement of the fence line in the Laurence Harbor Waterfront Park area be re-evaluated…

  • Buchanan, Henry win Sayreville seats

    By Sam Slaughter SAYREVILLE — The Democrats of Sayreville have gained the two seats needed to even the balance of power on the Borough Council. In Tuesday’s election, former councilman Dan Buchanan and newcomer William Henry defeated a Republican slate that included the current council president, Paula Siarkiewicz, and newcomer Barry Giotta in a close…

  • Candlelit Vigil

    Sayreville War Memorial High School students hold up candles during an Oct. 27 vigil organized by the school’s chapter of Students Against Destructive Decision (SADD). The event was held in remembrance of victims of alcohol and drug abuse. More photos on page 26. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Provisional ballots to determine South Amboy mayor

    By Jacqueline Durett SOUTH AMBOY — Middlesex County election workers will count 21 provisional ballots Friday to determine who will serve as the city’s next mayor. After absentee ballots were counted Wednesday, Democrat Fred Henry was just three votes ahead of independent Mary O’Connor. Currently, Henry has 1,123 votes and O’Connor has 1,120. City Clerk…

  • Residents near river seek project funding

    State, FEMA funds among options for $11M proposal BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The residents of Weber Avenue in Sayreville are now playing a waiting game. After being denied an initial request for credit from the state government to address flooding from the South River, the only thing left to do now, they said, is…

  • Residents to decide on open space tax

    Fund created 10 years ago up for renewal Nov. 2 BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer It has been a decade since Old Bridge residents passed a referendum establishing a township open space fund. Now the community will have to decide whether the open space tax is worth keeping in place. Members of the municipal Open…