Category: Suburban News

  • They’ll be dancing the Jig at Aug. 19 waterfront gig

    The Perry Brothers Band returns to South Amboy BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — The sounds of Ireland will echo throughout the beachfront on Aug. 19 when the Perry Brothers Band comes to town for Irish Night. The Aug. 19 show is part of the Middlesex County concert series, which is a joint venture…

  • Sun ‘n’ fun

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Elijah Calderone, 2, of Cliffwood Beach, dances with his mom Lauri during Salt Water Day, held Saturday on the beachfront in Old Bridge’s Laurence Harbor section. Right: Joey Tackman, 7, of Laurence Harbor, emerges from the “Dunk the Little Leaguer” tank.

  • Police find suspects while investigating car break-ins

    OLD BRIDGE — Three suspects have been arrested in connection with numerous car break-ins in the township’s Southwood development. Robert Reserve, 19, of Union, Shanea Bennett, 18, of Cliffwood, and a 17-year old female from Union were arrested in the early morning of Aug. 5 on charges of burglary and theft, according to Old Bridge…

  • Fundraisers

    Aug. 15 • End-of-Summer Garage/Yard Sale, sponsored by New Hope Church of God, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., at the church, 1004 Old York Road, corner of Route 539, East Windsor. Proceeds go to the church’s building-fund project. 609-448-9420. Aug. 15 & Saturdays ongoing • Organic Fertilizer and Home- Cleaning Product Sale, featuring chemical free products, sponsored…

  • Resident leaves legacy at Thompson Park

    Monroe volunteer recalled for work on trail system BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer STEVEN M. BARON Larry Shulman (r) of Monroe shows Ken Hauser, Alvin’s son, a map of the trails his father worked to improve in Thompson Park. A new park bench has been installed with a plate reading “Alvin Hauser: He Loved the…

  • EPA finalizes cleanup at Horseshoe Rd. sites

    SAYREVILLE — The plan for the last stage of cleanup at two Superfund sites in has been finalized, paving the way for the remediation to be completed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its plan for the third and final stage of cleanup at the Horseshoe Road site and the adjoining Atlantic Resources Corporation…

  • Sports Shorts

    A 2009 Field Hockey Camp, run by Sticks Down Field Hockey, will be held Aug. 10-14 at Carl Sandburg Middle School, Route 516, Old Bridge. Old Bridge High School field hockey coach Tammy Heitmann will coordinate the program with assistance from the school’s field hockey program. The camp, for kids ages 10 to 15 from…

  • Cliffwood Beach man dies in crash

    OLD BRIDGE — A 22-year-old Cliffwood Beach man was killed after his vehicle veered off Route 516 at 2:30 a.m. on July 23. The driver, Ehab A’Hady, was heading east on Route 516 when his 2001 Mercedes Benz left the road and entered the front yard of a residential property on Route 516 near Morganville…

  • Longhouse to be focus of event at park

    Structure was type of home used by natives of N.J. area JAMESBURG — Area residents are invited to step back in history this Saturday and help members of Intertribal American Indians of New Jersey build a traditional native dwelling called a longhouse. Longhouses, not tepees, were the type of homes favored by the natives in…