Category: Suburban News

  • E.B. woman to host ‘Asian America’ series

    Sue Robinson debuts new show on WNYE/NYC-TV Sept. 13 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Sue Robinson EAST BRUNSWICK — A personal tragedy helped inspire a local woman to work for the betterment of her community. Starting Sept. 13, Sue Robinson will be seen in living rooms across the tri-state area as host of “Asian America.”…

  • Students arrive today at bigger, newer school

    Sayreville puts final touches on $49M construction project BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer After four years, additions and renovations at Sayreville War Memorial High School have been mostly completed in time for the school year that begins today. ERIC SUCAR staff School officials last week explore the large band room that is among the new…

  • ShopRite owner sues O.B., retail developer

    Supermarket challenges approval of Wal-Mart complex BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Opponents of a Wal-Mart retail complex on Route 18 continue to fight its construction, months after the Old Bridge Planning Board voted to approve the application. The Old Bridge ShopRite at Route 9 and Fairway Lane, owned by Shakoor Supermarkets, has filed a lawsuit…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Members of the Sayreville War Memorial High School Marching Band put on their first public performance of the season Aug. 27. The 40 students in seventh through 12th grades spent five days last week learning music, precision marching and show designs as they prepared for the upcoming 2009-10 USSBA Group 1 competition…

  • Coughlin wins vote to run for Assembly

    Former Edison municipal judge, Fords resident will run alongside John Wisniewski in November BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Coughlin wins vote to run for Assembly BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — After what Middlesex County Democratic Party Chairman Joseph Spicuzzo called a “tough choice,” the 272 committee members who came out last night voted…

  • Strike up the band

    JEFF GRANIT staff Members of the Sayreville War Memorial High School Marching Band perform on the evening of Aug. 27 for an audience on the school grounds. The band spent five full days last week learning music, precision marching and show designs as they prepared for the upcoming 2009-10 USSBA Group 1 competition season.

  • Republicans select new candidate for council

    Parties gearing up for November election race BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The Republican Party has chosen a replacement candidate to run for Sayreville Borough Council this fall. The GOP has chosen Nick Perrette, a Sayreville resident for the past 16 years, to run alongside Frank Bella for the two available seats Nov. 3. The…

  • Monroe teenager killed in Englishtown crash

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — An 18-year-old Monroe man died in a two-vehicle crash on Wood Avenue (Route 522) on the night of Aug. 25. Englishtown police Sgt. Richard Settele said the driver of one of the vehicles, Matthew Bowdenhodge, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in front of…

  • O.B. man arrested on cockfighting charges

    Police say he ran training den on his Route 9 property BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer AOld Bridge Township man was charged with 114 counts of animal cruelty last week after authorities discovered that his home doubled as an alleged training den for cockfighting. Cuba-native Orphilio Chiavano, 78, stands accused of possessing and fighttraining the…