Category: Suburban News

  • Vital lessons

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top left: Members of the Keyport Fire Department listen during a briefing before beginning a high-rise fire training exercise at the Middlesex Fire Academy, Sayreville, on July 21. Keyport firefighters prepare for and then participate in various training exercises.

  • Diamond Girls license OK’d

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A local go-go bar that ran into trouble with the township last year is under new ownership and has undergone a sparkling name change. The Route 35 nightclub formerly known as After Dark has been reborn as Diamond Girls. The Township Council discussed its liquor license and…

  • South Amboy club’s swim team takes division title

    Coach says success due in part to family atmosphere BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Frog Hollow Swim & Tennis Club’s swim team completed its season with a record of 7-1, to finish in first place in the ‘B’ Division (red) in the New Jersey Swimming and Diving Conferences. The only loss for coach Georgann Tice’s…

  • Advisory committee supports bypass plan

    BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A committee established this spring to look at the proposed Main Street Bypass has started the recommendation process for the three-mile-long road. The 11-member panel was created to determine the feasibility of the bypass’ construction and its impact on the surrounding community while at the same time considering…

  • Sports Shorts

    Sky Blue FC and Saint Peter’s Healthcare System team up for the BE WELL! Health Fair beginning 5:30 p.m. Aug. 5 in the Yurcak Field parking lot at Rutgers University, Piscataway. The health fair will precede the final home game of the regular Women’s Professional Soccer season against FC Gold Pride at 7 p.m. The…

  • Man admits to taking inappropriate photos

    Photos taken of 15-year-old girl come only one month after sexual assault conviction BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer NEW BRUNSWICK — A month after he was convicted again for sexually assaulting a boy in the 1990s when the boy was a teenager, a 49-year-old former Woodbridge police officer pleaded guilty July 20 in a separate…

  • County introduces program to deter juvenile crime

    Anew county initiative called the “Clean Slate” program will give youngsters suspected of minor crimes a second chance to stay out of trouble, while easing the number of cases going to Family Court. According to a press release from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, when youngsters commit crimes such as carrying fake identification cards or…

  • Kosher butcher, deli opens

    OLD BRIDGE — Brothers Reuben and Joseph Rahmani have opened Galaxy Kosher Meat Market, a kosher butcher, deli and catering establishment, at 2628 Route 516. “When I found out that Goldberg’s Kosher Meats was closing, I was interested in filling the void in the community,” Reuben Rahmani said. “Jewish people need a kosher butcher.” The…

  • Local animal control officer in high demand

    Helmetta shares services with Sayreville and others BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Brandon Metz often begins his day at 9 a.m. cutting grass in Helmetta as a laborer for the town. He’ll spend a full day not only maintaining borough grounds, but until 1 a.m. can be found wrangling the stray animals of several Middlesex…