Category: Suburban News

  • Brick man pleads guilty to O.B., other bank heists

    ABrick Township man pleaded guilty on June 3 to committing a series of six bank robberies on consecutive Thursdays in Ocean, Middlesex and Monmouth counties, Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra Jr. announced. Peter A. Bielecke, 41, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano in Trenton to one count of bank robbery. Pisano…

  • Retiring the flag

    The American Legion Post 211, Sayreville, held its annual Flag Day ceremony for the proper retirement of American flags Sunday. Post Chaplain John Merritt (front) salutes alongside Post Cmdr. Arnold Valentino.

  • Board frustrated over polling location issue

    At odds with county in effort to move polls from schools BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Local officials and parents who want polling locations moved from district schools for safety reasons say they are frustrated with the response from county officials so far. The Middlesex County Board of Elections evaluated a borough school…

  • Safety first

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Obdyke siblings Taylor, 6, and Robert, 5, learn how things work on the first aid squad thanks to volunteers Scott Behnke (l) and Justin Galatro during Safety Awareness Day on June 6. Police and other emergency responders were on hand to educate the public during the event, held outside Friendly’s…

  • Arrest made in murder of Old Bridge woman, 28

    OLD BRIDGE — A North Jersey man stands accused of murdering his girlfriend, township resident Angela Paranzino, in her apartment last March. Frank P. Rendfrey, 34, of Bloomfield, was apprehended on May 21 in Newark following a lengthy investigation into the death of Paranzino, 28, who was found dead in her apartment on Rellim Drive…

  • Raceway Park hosting 40th NHRA Nationals

    Old Bridge Township Raceway Park will be the center of the drag racing universe this weekend. The famed quarter-mile drag strip on Pension Road, near Englishtown, will be reverberatingwith the sounds of the most powerful drag racing machines as Raceway Park hosts the National Hot Rod Association’s (NHRA) 40th annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals from…

  • Fundraisers

    June 11, ongoing • Bedtime Bags Drive, sponsored by the Junior Woman’s Club of the Greater Brunswick Area. Seeking donations of new children’s books, pajamas, stuffed animals and small blankets to be used in creating Bedtime Bags that will be donated to Foster and Adoptive Family Services. Bedtime Bags encourage foster parents to read bedtime…

  • South Amboy to govern clothing bins

    Ordinance mandates fee and permit; has support of charity BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Anew city ordinance that went into effect June 3 will govern the clothing collection bins in South Amboy. South Amboy’s ordinance comes six months after a state law was enacted that gives municipalities the authority to regulate bins, which includes requiring an…

  • Night of the arts

    JEFF GRANIT staff Carl Sandburg Middle School student Rebecca Niola, 12, and mom Beatriz take a look at the works on display during a June 3 art show at the Old Bridge school. Students in Laura McHugh’s art classes displayed sculptures, paintings, masks, jewelry and Origami.