Category: Suburban News

  • Senior citizens’ artwork displayed at MCC gallery

    Visitors to the Studio Art Gallery in the Performing Arts Center at Middlesex County College, Edison, look at some the works entered in a county-wide contest by professional and non-professional artists over the age of 60. EDISON — The artwork of Middlesex County artists over age 60 who participated in the Middlesex County Department of…

  • Check it out

    Above: The Cannon family of Sayreville checks out a 1928 Ford hot rod during the July 16 car show outside the Peter Pank Diner on Route 9, Sayreville. The Just Us Cruisers sponsor the show, accompanied by music from the ’50s to the ’80s, in the diner parking lot on Friday nights through Oct. 15.…

  • South Amboy troupe has eventful summer

    Musical revue tonight, soon to be followed by stage shows BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — While some programs and organizations take the summer off or least lighten their schedules, the Hernandez Theatre Workshop is doing just the opposite. The company will be running two different shows in the next couple of weeks, in…

  • Murder leads to calls for justice, protection

    Indian-American groups, Old Bridge community pay tribute to late resident BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Electronic candles and signs reading “Justice for Dr. Sinha” proliferated the Old Bridge High School auditorium late Sunday morning when over 300 people gathered to pay tribute to the recently murdered township resident. Hundreds pay their respects to late Old…

  • South Amboy YMCA is nearing completion

    Director expects facility to be a destination, with at least 7,500 members in first year BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent South Amboy’s new YMCA and Community Center is just weeks from completion, and it may open ahead of schedule. Katie McAdoo, branch director of the new YMCA, said recently that the 40,000- square-foot facility on Broadway…

  • Prosecutor will seek to try teens as adults in homicide

    Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan will seek a waiver to try the five juveniles charged in the recent murder of a township resident as adults. Springfield residents Prachi Makkar, 14, her brother Surya, 10, and dad Devendra take part in the July 18 candlelight vigil and memorial service for Divyendu Sinha at Old Bridge…

  • New 2% tax cap gets mixed reviews

    Local officials weigh in on governor’s latest reform BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Some view it as a political triumph, some as a means of tax relief. Still others see it as trouble ahead for local governments. Regardless, the state’s new 2 percent cap on property tax increases is a reality, having been signed last…

  • Police arrest four in theft of motor vehicle parts

    SAYREVILLE — Police arrested four men from Connecticut recently for allegedly stealing $40,000 worth of catalytic converters from an auto shop. Hector Fernando, 18, Andy Gomez Hernandez, 30, Carlos E. Pena, 27, and Moises Mejia Vasquez, 37, all from Norwalk, were charged with defiant trespassing, possession of burglary tools, and conspiracy to commit theft, Sayreville…

  • Pre-School Playtime

    Kristina McAnally, 5, of Old Bridge, has some fun during a Pre-School Playtime session for children and their moms at the Old Bridge Public Library on July 9. JEFF GRANIT staff