Category: Suburban News

  • 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…

  • Talented teen plans to rock statewide music competition

    OBHS sophomore Alexa Mione named finalist in Rock’n Music Idol BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — An Old Bridge High School student is one step closer to making her rock ’n’ roll dreams a reality, now that she has been chosen as a finalist in a statewide music competition. Sophomore Alexa Mione beat…

  • Raritan Bay FCU discusses goals at annual meeting

    SAYREVILLE — Raritan Bay Federal Credit Union (FCU) held its 68th annual meeting on May 7, with the newly elected table officers, including Fredrick Kreiss, chairman. Robert Duffy will serve as vice chairman, Lori Synarski as secretary and Thomas Weinman as treasurer. The meeting was hosted by Frederick Kreiss, who was also the 2009 Chairman.…

  • County announces road resurfacing projects

    Middlesex County became one of the first counties in the state to put federal stimulus funds to work when the Board of Chosen Freeholders voted May 11 to approve a contract to mill and resurface 17 county roads. The work will begin this summer and include the installation or improvement of 1,000 ramps at intersections…

  • Weber Avenue flood victims want help now

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — With the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers levee project still years off, Weber Avenue residents whose homes were flooded in March have asked that something be done in the interim. The Corps project, which will build levees on both the Sayreville and South River sides of the South…

  • Watershed council to host beach seining survey

    KEYPORT — Members of the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council will conduct the first-ever Summer Seining Survey at four sites along Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay on Saturday, May 29, The public is invited to come out to watch and help monitor water quality. Seining team members will be citizen scientists. A 30-foot seine net…

  • Cancer survivor’s message: ‘I’m back and stronger’

    Young woman hopes O.B. Relay for Life walk will raise awareness BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Katie Arzig, dad Paul and brother Mike a few months before Katie was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. OLD BRIDGE — Although Katie Arzig is a cancer survivor herself, she got involved with the fundraiser Relay for Life…