Category: Suburban News

  • Tighe named honorary grand marshal of parade

    SOUTH AMBOY — The St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee has chosen Sayreville resident Tom Tighe to serve as honorary grand marshal for 2009. Tighe, an active member in the community for many years, is a past president of the Middlesex County Ancient Order of Hibernians, and belongs to the David B. Kelly Chapter Division of…

  • Toll collector sentenced for theft

    Apart-time toll collector for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority was sentenced last week to serve a 364-day jail term and repay $5,523 that was stolen over a 13-month period. Michael F. Yuhas, 55, of Manchester, Ocean County, also was placed on probation for five years and was forever barred from holding a public job, according…

  • Children’s Holiday Party

    Andrea Dinger, head of public programs and youth services at the Sadie Dowdell Public Library in South Amboy, reads “Holiday Express” to a group of kids during the Children’s Holiday Party at the library Dec. 11. CHRIS KELLY staff Dowdell Public

  • Blood drive planned for Jan. 2 in O.B.

    The Old Bridge First Aid Squad, 200 Marlboro Road, Old Bridge, will sponsor a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 2. Type O blood is especially needed. All other blood types will also be accepted. Sixteenyear olds can now donate with parental permission. For more information, call 732-238-6686.

  • Festive fun

    Lili Poland (r), 6, and Malaysia Moreno, 5, both of South Amboy, play Christmas Bingo during the Sadie Dowdell Public Library’s Children’s Holiday Party in South Amboy Dec. 11. CHRIS KELLY staff

  • Council discusses Broadway repairs, raises, committees

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Officials sought to redress issues caused by the paving of Broadway in recent weeks during their Dec. 16 meeting. The City Council approved a resolution for emergency street repairs “due to the failure of the milling and paving of North and South Broadway between Main Street and Bordentown.”…

  • Perrin- Harootunian

    Marianne and Raymond Perrin of Old Bridge announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Lynn Perrin, to Timothy John Harootunian, son of Linda and Walter Harootunian, also of Old Bridge. Timothy Harootunian, Laura Perrin The future bride is a graduate of Old Bridge High School. She is a hairdresser at Tekniques Salon, East Brunswick. Her…

  • Assaly- Bini

    Rosalyn and Joseph Assaly of Little Falls announce the engagement of their daughter, April Assaly, to Robert M. Bini II, son of Maria and Robert Bini of the Parlin section of Sayreville. Robert M. Bini II, April Assaly The future bride is a graduate of Passaic Valley High School, Little Falls, and the Capri Institute,…

  • Donohue- Jarvis

    Joan and Bruce Donohue of Old Bridge announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelly Donohue, to Matthew Jarvis, son of Barbara and Glenn Jarvis of Hamden, Conn. Kelly Donohue, Matthew Jarvis The future bride is a graduate of Old Bridge High School and the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, where she earned a Bachelor of…