Category: Suburban News

  • O.B. budget outlook grim with likely loss of aid

    Old Bridge school officials preparing for potential $10 million shortfall BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Like many school districts around the state, Old Bridge may be facing a substantial budgetary shortfall for the 2010-11 school year. School officials revealed that the district will be pushed into spending more than $2 million in surplus money to…

  • Old Bridge council rejects ‘Call to Service’

    Mayor hopes to still hold volunteer appreciation day BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Old Bridge officials denied a resolution that would schedule a summit for volunteer opportunities, citing uncertainties about the need for the event and the costs involved. The Township Council initially tabled the resolution in January, intending to revise the language to fit…

  • Alleged hotel meeting at center of dispute

    Councilwoman, Planning Board member call for separate investigations BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Two Sayreville officials have filed complaints regarding an alleged meeting held this month with Mayor Kennedy O’Brien, a local developer and a member of the borough Planning Board. The complaints indicate that matters involving a possible building application to the Planning Board…

  • Court sides with S. Amboy on ex-medical center site

    Property owner sued city in hopes of using property for drug treatment center BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — A state Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the city by Rocky Top LLC regarding the former Memorial Medical Center site on Bordentown Avenue. The medical center closed in 1999, and in…

  • Old Bridge YMCA

    Kacey Loughlin gets some airtime courtesy of Brian Kilpatrick during swimming class at the Old Bridge YMCA on Feb. 13. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Agreement reached in Winding Wood lawsuit

    Settlement regulates new security measures at complex BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — An agreement that will tighten security at Winding Wood has been reached between the borough and the owner of its largest apartment complex. The settlement emerged from litigation that Hillside Estates, which owns the Bordentown Avenue complex, brought against the borough…

  • Father, son perish in blaze

    OLD BRIDGE — A 21-year-old man and his 60-year-old father were killed Saturday night in an electrical fire that rapidly engulfed their two-story house. Both the son, Nicholas Lee, who authorities said was autistic, and the father, Peter Lee, who neighbors said was partially paralyzed by a stroke several years ago, were found dead on…

  • Suspect charged with robbing pharmacies in O.B.

    OLD BRIDGE — An Aberdeen man was arrested in connection with the robberies of two township pharmacies after he was caught while allegedly attempting to rob a third, authorities said. Daniel Strobel, 23, was charged with robbery, possession of a firearm and possession of a handgun following a robbery attempt at Carter Drugs on CliffwoodAvenue…

  • Wellness Center celebrates grand opening in Old Bridge

    OLD BRIDGE — A pharmaceutical team led by a husband and wife has recently opened The Wellness Center Pharmacy & Surgical in the Ticetown Square Shopping Center on Route 9. Snehal “Sam” and Bhavini Patel are the owners of the center, which opened on Jan. 20. The Patels’ stated goal is to empower the patient…