Category: Suburban News

  • Raritan Bay slag sites proposed for Superfund

    Officials hope to secure federal funding for cleanup BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Initial reports on the Raritan Bay slag sites may have only scratched the surface regarding the severity of contamination recently uncovered in Old Bridge and Sayreville. According to a report published by environmental consultant Chapin Engineering, the highest concentrations of lead and…

  • Healthy menu wins school visit from Jet

    Lineman Rob Turner tells Samsel students to eat right BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: New York Jets offensive lineman Rob Turner autographs a shirt for Samsel Upper Elementary School student Rose Holzapfel during his April 1 appearance at the school. Below: Turner tells the students the key to his…

  • Field of five seek terms on Old Bridge board

    Voters will elect three in April 21 school election BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Three Board of Education incumbents, a former member and a newcomer are all vying for the three seats on the school board in the April 21 election. The three-year terms currently belong to Annette Hopman, Ellen McDermott and…

  • Truck strikes utility pole, starts fire

    OLD BRIDGE — A truck driver struck a utility pole recently, resulting in a small fire in a nearby residential home. Police responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident and a residential fire on Englishtown Road near Soden Lane at 6:10 a.m. March 9. The 37-year-old truck driver sustained injuries in the incident,…

  • City thanks firefighter for 50 years of service

    English has served with fire company since Jan. 1959 BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — John English had no idea a suggestion from his wife’s cousin would lead to a 50 years of service to the city’s fire department. Earlier this month, the South Amboy resident was honored for the half century he’s spent…

  • Jamesburg symposium gets behind the mystery

    Authors and industry pros on hand for all-day event BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Mystery fans are in for a special treat April 25. Sisters in Crime in Central Jersey and New Jersey Press Women will cohost the fifth annual “Give Me a Clue!” mystery symposium at 139 Stevens Ave., Jamesburg. The conference runs from…

  • Marine back home after 4th deployment

    E.B. firefighter completed tours in Iraq, Afghanistan BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent U.S. Marine Cpl. Jason Nielsen feels like his life’s been on hold for nearly a year. ERIC SUCAR staff U.S. Marine Jason Neilsen talks with friends after arriving home in East Brunswick. But now that he’s returned to Middlesex County from a fourth overseas…

  • Fundraisers

    April 17 & 18 • Rummage Sale, sponsored by the Elizabeth Circle of Spotswood Reformed Church, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. April 17, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. April 18, at the church, 429 Main St., across from the post office. Clothes and small household items available for purchase. Donations should be brought to the church by April 17.…

  • Sayreville bank robbed

    Sayreville police provided this photo, taken from a surveillance camera, of the suspect inside the Capital One Bank in the Sayrebrook Towne Center Saturday. SAYREVILLE — Police responded to the scene of a bank robbery at the Sayrebrook Towne Center at 9:17 a.m. Saturday. Detective Mathew Bandurski of the Sayreville Police Department said that an…