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…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Daniel Gill of Old Bridge throws a javelin during the fourth annual Community Friendship Games at Geick Park July 15. Kids ages 10 and 11 from summer camps in Monroe, Edison and Old Bridge competed in a day of games. More photos, page 6.

  • Council OKs budget with tax increase

    Residents tell officials more must be done to control taxes BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent The Sayreville Borough Council adopted a municipal budget with an average $124 tax hike last week, despite opposition from residents and one council member. The 2009 municipal budget, approved 5-1, will raise taxes on average about $124 per household. Councilman David…

  • Officials pay tribute to longtime volunteer

    Council dedicates ice arena to the late John Piccolo BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Old Bridge ice hockey coordinator John Piccolo was considered so instrumental to the local sports program that he was affectionately called “Father Hockey” around the rink. “He was a fixture at Old Bridge Arena,” Mayor Jim Phillips said. “Those that went…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Jeff Alai (l-r) of Metuchen, Lee Howard of Old Bridge and Robert Murdock of Edison perform as the Robert Murdock Band during a concert at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy July 15. The band played tribute to rock’s “British Invasion” period.

  • State expected to keep funding EMT training

    May extend recertification time from three to five years BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Sayreville officials are urging Gov. Jon Corzine to leave a $4 million training fund intact so that volunteer emergency medical technicians throughout the state do not have to pay for their own training. The Sayreville Borough Council approved a resolution that…

  • Planner makes case for ‘faith-based use’

    Group continues testimony for prayer hall, residences BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America (DRSANA) will move on to a 14th hearing in October in its quest to secure building approval from the township. The religious group has been appearing before the township Zoning Board of…