Category: Suburban News

  • Disabled skaters visit 54 rinks in 54 hours

    Group seeks more ice time for people with disabilities BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A group of disabled hockey players tackled an ambitious schedule recently, visiting all 54 ice skating arenas in New Jersey to urge each facility to amp up their disabled hockey programs. EveryBODY Skates New Jersey, an organization designed…

  • Pair charged with scamming customers at car dealership

    Two Colts Neck men who operated used car centers in East Brunswick were arrested last week on charges of stealing $229,000 from a real estate investor and about $500,000 from 32 individuals and companies who gave them vehicles to sell on consignment. Brett Golkin, 47, and Peter Schladebeck, 46, allegedly sold 32 vehicles, valued at…

  • Jerusalem Post correspondent to speak at EBJC

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Yaakov Katz, military correspondent and defense analyst for The Jerusalem Post, will lead a discussion at the East Brunswick Jewish Center (EBJC), Ryders Lane, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. The event, “A Dangerous Neighborhood: Israel’s Challenges for 2010,” is presented by CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America), in…

  • Rafano discusses priorities as new freeholder director

    Economic development council among initiatives in works BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Longtime Middlesex County freeholder and South River resident Christopher Rafano will serve his first term as director of the board this year. Christopher Rafano Upon being sworn in to the role earlier this month, Rafano, who has been a freeholder since 1998 and…

  • Wisniewski to chair party ‘at a crossroads’

    Assemblyman from Sayreville to lead N.J. Democratic Party BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer State Assemblyman John Wisniewski of Sayreville will serve as chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee for the year ahead. John Wisniewski Democratic chairs from all 21 counties in New Jersey endorsed the 19th District assemblyman for the role, and the…

  • Performers’ artistry takes center stage at concerts

    Goliard Ensemble trio to perform as part of music series in South Amboy BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — St. Mary’s Catholic Church could be the ideal setting for Sunday’s musical performance. “I think chamber music is much loved by the audience because of its intimate nature,” Chris Deibert, executive director of Music at…

  • China delegation yields foreign language plans

    Plans call for adding German and Chinese Mandarin classes at sixth-, seventh-grade levels BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Old Bridge Public Schools Director of Secondary Education Christine Piscitelli (l), Salk Middle School Principal David Cittadino (c) and Sandburg Middle School Vice Principal Joseph Marinzoli met with Chinese educators and students during a 2009 visit to…

  • Investigation probes fatal train accident

    Officials are investigating an accident involving a NJ Transit train that fatally injured a Laurence Harbor man walking on the tracks near the Matawan-Aberdeen Train Station on Monday, according to NJ Transit. The train, which struck Krishna Kumar, 45, departed at 4:30 a.m. Feb. 1 from New York Penn Station and was scheduled to arrive…

  • Flower power

    Cristina Rybak of Flower Cart Florist demonstrates how to make a traditional dozen roses arrangement during an event at the Old Bridge Public Library Friday. ERIC SUCAR staff