Category: Suburban News

  • Union contract seen as ‘fair’ to city, workers

    No retroactive salary increases; wages to go up 2 percent in 2011, ’12 & ’13 BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — After a two-year process, city officials have reached an agreement with the Municipal Employees Union, which includes about 30 employees. The contract is retroactive and runs from July 2008 through December 2013. As…

  • Woodhaven near final stages of approval

    Residential portion now under consideration by Planning Board BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Applications associated with the extensive residential and commercial complex known as Woodhaven are rapidly moving along. Two parts of the project are already approved, and the Planning Board is approaching its final hearings on the rest. Representatives of Woodhaven…

  • Emma Glasser, 3, of South Amboy, shows her patriotism

    Emma Glasser, 3, of South Amboy, shows her patriotism as a convoy of Army trucks passes by during the South Amboy Memorial Day Parade on May 22. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • E.B. festival showcases works of local artists

    Event includes art for display and sale, demonstrations, and a juried competition BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Creative minds from across the state will be displaying the fruits of their labor at the township’s eighth annual Fine Arts Festival. The June 5 event will feature works representing a multitude of aesthetic genres,…

  • Family hopes 3rd annual cut-a-thon is biggest yet

    June 6 event to raise money for pancreatic cancer research BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Hair Shop has turned the fight against cancer into a family affair. Maryann Lavery-Minnella, owner of the salon on Washington Road, lost both of her parents to pancreatic cancer. On June 6 she and her two sisters…

  • Environmental groups oppose power plant

    PurGen official says plant would be clean, safe BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Local environmental groups are trying to block a proposal for a power plant that would include a 100-mile-long underwater pipeline transporting pressurized liquid carbon dioxide around Sandy Hook, through Raritan Bay and along the coast of New Jersey. Led by the New…

  • Fresh from the farm: Old Bridge to hold monthly outdoor market

    Vendors will offer variety of goods and services directly to the public first Wed. of month BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Local farmers and business owners will showcase their goods and services at the township’s first-ever farmers market Wednesday. The event, which is sponsored by the Old Bridge Economic Development Corporation (EDC),…

  • Rte. 9 pile-up snarls traffic

    OLD BRIDGE — A major accident on Route 9 near Ticetown Road last week involved multiple vehicles and caused a handful of injuries. Police said that the collision, which happened at about 6:11 a.m. on May 19, occurred after a motorist traveling southbound on Route 9 crossed the median into the northbound lane. The Red…

  • Lori Fabian of Hightstown, as Nurse Ratched, sternly disapproves

    Lori Fabian of Hightstown, as Nurse Ratched, sternly disapproves of the antics of the boisterous Randall P. McMurphy, played by Jeff Jelling of Neptune, in the Main Street Theatre Co.’s production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” The show will run at the Main Street Theatre, 3018 Bordentown Ave., Parlin, from June 4-19. Friday…