Category: Suburban News

  • Water rate increase back on the table in Sayreville

    Latest proposal has council considering 19 percent hike BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The Sayreville Borough Council is reconsidering a water rate hike in order to tackle a near $900,000 deficit in the water and sewer budget. Frank Bella Councilman A sharp decline in water consumption last year led to decreased revenue to the tune…

  • Those who were there remember Kristallnacht, Holocaust

    Josef Korngruen was just 13 years old when he witnessed the actions of the Nazi regime during what is known as Kristallnacht and the Holocaust. St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Port Reading held “The Spark That Ignited the Holocaust” event last month. Josef Korngruen (l-r), 84, told his story during Kristallnacht and…

  • Plan for Woodhaven back but ‘less intense’

    Now calls for 1,616 units and up to 450,000 sq. ft. of retail BY LAUREN CIRAULO More than three years after Old Bridge denied the large-scale Woodhaven development, the saga continues, with the builder now seeking approval for a scaled-back plan. The application, which originally called for 3,000-plus residential homes and over a million square…

  • Winter Wonderland

    CHRIS KELLY staff Alexis Vaccaro, 2, gives Frosty a hug during the Winter Wonderland open house event held at the Goddard School of South Old Bridge Saturday.

  • Homemade Blankets

    CHRIS KELLY staff Keriann Durgin and Katie Amato, both 15, work on fleece blankets during a program at the Old Bridge Public Library Jan. 18 for Project Linus NJ Inc., which provides handmade blankets to children suffering serious illness and trauma. For more photos, see page 18.

  • New director brings personal experience to Vietnam vet center

    Plans call for public education and outreach program BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA William Linderman brings his personal experience of serving in Vietnam to his new post at the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation. HOLMDEL — William “Bill” Linderman is standing in the center of exhibit space at the Vietnam Era Educational Center in Holmdel, surrounded by a…

  • Cleanup well under way at National Lead site

    Court will hear motion to dismiss environmental groups’ lawsuit BY JENNIFER BOOTON Redevelopment of the former National Lead site has continued to progress despite a federal lawsuit filed in September against 11 entities involved with the project, dubbed Sayreville Seaport. Remediation of the 70-acre waterfront section known as Parcel A is nearing completion, and approvals…

  • Council divided over ‘Call to Service’ idea

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Township officials postponed a resolution that would schedule a summit for volunteer opportunities, citing uncertainties about the costs involved. The Township Council tabled the resolution, which some members of the governing body felt was unnecessary and redundant, at Monday night’s meeting. “I applaud trying to increase volunteerism,…

  • Canine helps take care of wounded veteran

    Sayreville man’s life changed due to kindness of students he had never met BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer Aveteran from Sayreville who was injured during the war in Iraq said his life has been forever changed due to the kind deeds of a small group of high school students. JEFF GRANIT staff Heriberto Vidro, a…