Category: Suburban News

  • May the best bulldog win

    Public invited to watch up-and-coming stars’ at match show in East Brunswick BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Stock up on Milk-Bones and hold tightly to the leash. Bulldogs from across the state will be convening in the township this weekend for the Bulldog Club of New Jersey’s (BCNJ) match show. The event,…

  • Senior health, well-being to be topic

    Barbara Guseman, assistant administrator, Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Reformed Church Home Caregiver’s Support Group set for 2-3:15 p.m. Aug. 17 at the facility, 1990 Route 18 north. Guseman’s presentation, “Prevention: The Key to Health and Well-Being for Seniors,” will focus on in-home safety…

  • Bean inspires Senate bill for vets’ services

    Lautenberg joins Holt in fight to better protect mental health of returning soldiers BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Sgt. Coleman Bean EAST BRUNSWICK — New Jersey political leaders have intensified efforts to revamp treatment resources within the Veterans Administration. Members of both the House and Senate have now proposed legislation in hopes of reducing the…

  • Sayreville woman is hospital’s Student Nurse of the Year

    Sayreville’s Cherika Wright is this year’s recipient of the Monmouth Medical Center Student Nursing Award. SAYREVILLE — When student nurse Cherika Wright went to check on a patient at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, she knew something wasn’t right. She could feel it. The woman’s vitals weren’t significantly abnormal, but her hands were cold…

  • India Day parade brings 37,000 to Oak Tree Road

    EDISON — Hundreds of marchers, 107 New Jersey-based Indo-American associations, three marching bands and 26 floats paraded along Oak Tree Road Sunday in celebration of India’s 64th year of independence. An all-ages crowd of 37,000 waved American and Indian flags and cheered throughout the one-mile route that began in Edison and ended in Iselin. The…

  • Sounds of music

    Quinn Surdez (l-r, top) of Matawan, Alyssa Bistrimovich of Parlin, Steven Braunstein of Manalapan and Rachel Brudner of Holmdel; Jordan Gilbert (l-r, bottom) of Holmdel, Nicole Laudati of Parlin and Gabrielle Bitran of Sayreville portray the children of The Von Trapp Family Singers in the Main Street Theatre Co.’s production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein…

  • Middlesex officials highlight hiking trails in county parks

    Middlesex County’s Parks and Recreation Department recently updated its park maps, including the addition of several new trails. “Residents don’t need to travel far to find a great outdoor experience,” said Freeholder Stephen J. “Pete” Dalina, chairman of the county’s Parks and Recreation Committee. “There are a wide variety of trails available for everyone from…

  • Council changes course on $16.5M water plant

    Sayreville officials proceed with bond ordinance, for now BY JACQUELINE DURETT BY JACQUELINE Correspondent A$16.5 million proposal to expand a water treatment plant is not dead yet. The initiative, which failed to gain enough votes at the Sayreville Borough Council’s July 26 meeting, was back on the agenda Monday night. At the earlier meeting, Councilman…

  • Three Handstanding Kids

    Julia Raygorodsky (l-r), 15, Tori Beake, 14, and Jason Maletzky, 14, perform headstands alongside the wall of the Old Bridge recreation building in the municipal complex during an Aug. 4 session of the township’s full-day summer camp for teenagers. See story, page 14. JEFF GRANIT staff