Category: Suburban News

  • Orchestra to perform holiday masterpiece

    ‘Messiah’ concert has become a popular December event in South Amboy BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The Music at St. Mary’s (MASM) performance of Handel’s “Messiah” has become an annual tradition. This year’s program will be MASM’s eighth performance of the piece — an English oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741…

  • Chanukah Carnival

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above, Sherry Bakhman, 6, of Old Bridge, with help from her aunt Maryanne, carefully removes shaving cream from a balloon during the Chanukah Carnival Sunday at Old Bridge High School. Below, Kayla Buchbinder (r), 8, of Old Bridge, shows her candy menorah to Debbie Tobias, 9, of East Brunswick. Bris Avrohom…

  • County shuttle bus driver from Parlin admits theft

    NEW BRUNSWICK — A shuttle bus driver for Middlesex County has admitted stealing cash from a donation box used by passengers who make voluntary contributions in appreciation of free rides to various destinations around the county. Mark B. Wolfthal, 50, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, waived his right to have his case presented to…

  • Council ups tree removal fees despite objections

    Planning Board leadership says decision was rushed BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A divided Borough Council voted Monday to change the borough’s tree ordinance, upping the penalties for tree removal in an effort to conserve open space. As a result of the 4-2 vote, developers will face an increase in the cost to…

  • Police tout upgraded fingerprint technology

    Live Scan said to be more accurate, cut down process time BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Five local police departments will get upgraded technology for its fingerprinting process if the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders approves the expenditure today. A grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will enable the county to purchase the…

  • O.B. moves forward with senior, veterans’ housing

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A plan that will provide seniors and disabled veterans with housing and satisfy the township’s affordable housing requirement continues to progress. The Township Council approved the implementation of the Council on Affordable Housing’s (COAH) third-round fair-share ordinance at its Dec. 14 meeting, also authorizing a letter of…

  • Economic group producing new marketing tool for Old Bridge

    OLD BRIDGE — A new publication due out next spring will tout the township as a great place to live, work and do business. The publication, now in production, will feature ads from local businesses and highlights of the township’s assets, according to Gail Lemaldi, executive director of the Old Bridge Economic Development Corp. (EDC).…

  • Pedestrian killed on Main Street

    SAYREVILLE — A 53-year-old Parlin woman died from injuries sustained when she was struck by two cars on Main Street Dec. 3, authorities said. Elizabeth A. Meyers Hoffman was struck shortly after she stepped off a commuter bus around 5 p.m. on Main Street near Avon Way. Hoffman, known by many as “Lee,” had been…

  • Childhood memories form basis of book

    BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Three years ago when Pat Pattan started her book, “When We Were Growing Up,” little did she know that it would reveal a message for the economic turmoil of today. Subtitled “Uplifting Stories of Families That Turned Hard Times Into Good Times,” Patten interviewed people who were born between 1914 and…