Category: Suburban News

  • Middlesex Cty’s Young Democrats start over

    Group reorganizes after ‘breather’ period BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer The Young Democrats of Middlesex County, an organization for people ages 14-36, is alive once again. The group, reorganized for the first time since just after the 2008 presidential election, recently elected a new slate of officers to lead the movement toward a greater understanding…

  • Local man to head up NJ Transit police force

    Law enforcement career spans more than 30 years OLD BRIDGE — Township resident Christopher Trucillo is NJ Transit’s new police chief, according to a recent announcement from NJ Transit Executive Director Jim Weinstein, who said the appointment followed an extensive nationwide search. Trucillo was formerly chief of police at the Port Authority of New York…

  • On that note

    Above: Members of the Jack Allen Orchestra and Sandy Sasso perform during “A Night of Nostalgia” at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy on Aug. 11. The event was part of Middlesex County’s summer concert series. Below: John Chludzinski of East Brunswick dances with a partner. PHOTOS BY MIKE JAGENDORF

  • Tickets available for trip to Atlantic City

    The Saints Peter and Paul Church Altar Society will sponsor a Sept. 23 bus trip to the Showboat Resort and Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 9 a.m. from the church parking lot, Whitehead Avenue, South River. Cost is $25, with a $30 slot-credit return. For more information and to reserve, call Elaine…

  • Peace movement to be focus of talk

    Bob Narus, assistant director of the Coalition for Peace Action and former New York Times journalist, will offer a presentation titled “How the Peace Movement Can Be Successful” at the next meeting of the Coalition for Peace Action of Monroe Township planned for 10 a.m. Sept. 15 in the Monroe Township Municipal Building, Perrineville Road.…

  • Jack Allen Orchestra

    The Jack Allen Orchestra performs during “A Night of Nostalgia” with Sandy Sasso at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy on Aug. 11. MIKE JAGENDORF

  • Old Bridge will finally get its Cottrell Farm

    County, state help town come up with $10.6 million for orchard, adjacent tract BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Afive-year mission to preserve 63 acres of land in the center of Old Bridge will soon be accomplished, thanks to financial assistance from several parties. In a joint effort by Old Bridge, Middlesex County, the state of…

  • A sad day for Raritan Bay

    Locals decry forced removal of Baykeeper oyster project BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer An effort to restore the eastern oyster population to the Keyport Harbor officially came to a close on Aug. 9, a day that marked the shutdown of the largest shellfish restoration project in New Jersey and New York. Meredith Comi (c), NY/NJ…

  • Possibility of casino at Meadowlands in limbo

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Plans that could have one day allowed the establishment of a casino at the Meadowlands sports complex in East Rutherford were under way before the recent release of a report from an advisory commission appeared to put those plans on hold for the time being. The advisory commission was headed by…